The New Season: The most anticipated new movies, music, TV and more

"Sunday Morning" looks ahead to the latest entertainment offerings, from screens to stage, from music to page.

• Sep 22, 2024

How Mad Magazine's humor created a revolution

The humor magazine that began in 1952 as a comic book making fun of other comic books soon became an institution for mocking authority in all spheres of life, from TV, movies and advertising, to politicians and parents. Now its art is in a museum.

• Sep 26, 2024

Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone: Pals, and now co-stars on Broadway

Patti LuPone, the star of "Evita" and "Gypsy," is returning to Broadway alongside her longtime friend Mia Farrow in a new play, "The Roommate," which explores the strength, depth, humor and surprise found in women of a certain age.

• Sep 1, 2024

Elephant sculptures make their way across the U.S.

An exhibition of giant creatures is currently touring the country, spreading a message of coexistence between humans and the animal world. Correspondent Nancy Giles reports on "The Great Elephant Migration," which features sculptures depicting a herd of elephants, created by artists in India to benefit both indigenous artisans and conservation efforts.

• Sep 1, 2024
• 04:36

Creating a memorial to the horrors of World War I

After years of preparation, the completed National World War I Memorial, featuring a 60-foot-long bronze relief sculpture dramatizing the horrors of war, will be unveiled this month in Washington, D.C.

• Sep 1, 2024

Opera for Peace: A master class for diversity in the arts

By inviting singers from around the world, the non-profit Opera for Peace hopes to develop greater diversity among performers of opera, and to inspire the next generation of opera audiences. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with African American singer Hannah Jeané Jones, who traveled to Rome to participate in the program; and with soprano Forooz Razavi, who sang with an R&B group in Iran before she fell in love with opera.

• Aug 25, 2024
• 05:24

Artist Mickalene Thomas and her dream of making a difference

The 53-year-old artist, whose mixed-media pieces celebrate women, is now being featured in an exhibition at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles titled "Mickalene Thomas: All About Love."

• Aug 23, 2024

The art of Mickalene Thomas

In college Mickalene Thomas studied pre-law because she wanted to change the world. But then she saw an exhibition of photographs by Carrie Mae Weems, and she knew then what she wanted to do. The 53-year-old artist, who creates pieces celebrating women, is now being featured in an exhibition at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles titled "Mickalene Thomas: All About Love." Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Thomas about her muses and her mixing of media, from collage and silkscreen to rhinestones.

• Aug 18, 2024
• 05:34

Carol Burnett & Sutton Foster: "Once [again] Upon a Mattress"

In 1959 Carol Burnett burst onto the New York stage in the musical comedy "Once Upon a Mattress." In the new Broadway revival, two-time Tony-winner Sutton Foster recreates the role of Winnifred, a princess in search of a suitable mate.

• Aug 11, 2024

New York City Ballet turns 75

Co-founded by George Balanchine in 1948, New York City Ballet is considered one of the best dance companies in the world, and at 75 is catering to an increasingly younger audience.

• Aug 2, 2024

New York City Ballet turns 75

Co-founded by George Balanchine in 1948, New York City Ballet is considered one of the best dance companies in the world, and the foundation of ballet in America. Correspondent Serena Altschul talks with the company's current leaders Jonathan Stafford and Wendy Whelan, and with legendary dancer Suzanne Farrell and principal ballerina Megan Fairchild, about NYCB and its affiliated School of American Ballet, and how, at 75, the company is catering to an increasingly younger audience.

• Jul 28, 2024
• 05:02

Creating meditative "Circles in the Sand"

Sand artist Denny Dyke has been creating elaborate designs on the beach at Bandon, Oregon – twisting shapes that have drawn fans to walk his labyrinths before Nature washes them away. Correspondent Conor Knighton visits these temporary artworks that have become a spiritual ritual for many.

• Jul 28, 2024
• 04:24

The secrets of Banksy

Putting together the first authorized exhibition in 14 years of works by the anonymous street artist Banksy required extensive planning, and a cover story to hide its secret until it opened, unannounced, in Glasgow last summer. Correspondent Seth Doane explores the art and the mysteries of Banksy's world, including the continued speculation about the artist's true identity, a closely-held secret for decades. [An earlier version of this story was broadcast August 13, 2023.]

• Jul 28, 2024
• 07:04

Rock star: Sculptor Jago on unveiling humankind in marble

Thirty-seven-year-old sculptor Jacopo Cardillo, better known in his native Italy as Jago, has earned a following with his contemporary approach to this classical art form, exposing on social media his process of shaping marble. When he embraced a group of teens who'd defaced one of his works, Jago won a new fan touched by his humanity: Whoopi Goldberg. Correspondent Seth Doane talked with the artist about his most ambitious project yet: creating what will be a 6-ton sculpture more than 16 feet tall.

• Jul 21, 2024
• 05:04

Afrofuturism: Turning pain into possibility

Correspondent Nancy Giles visits art exhibitions, in Washington, D.C., and New York City, that explore the possibilities of a future as distilled through the pain and promise of the African diaspora.

• Jul 7, 2024
• 04:27

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