Mayra Herrera, one of the women who gathered to celebrate the International Day of Afro-descendant Women in Tamiahua, in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Koral Carballo for NPR hide caption
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Broadway tickets are expensive — add babysitting to that and the costs are often prohibitive. But a nonprofit is trying to bring free babysitting to theaters around the country. Kohei Hara/Getty Images hide caption
Free babysitting on Broadway? This nonprofit helps parents get to the theater
Dancers Saya Date and Shashank Duggal (center couple) perform in the improvised "Tango de Pista" category at the annual Mundial de Tango competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lucas Babic/NPR hide caption
A black market, a currency crisis, and a tango competition in Argentina
Franne Lee at the New York Public Library's Hal Prince exhibition in 2019. Lee designed the costumes for Prince's Sweeney Todd and Candide. Doug Reside/New York Public Library hide caption
Franne Lee, who designed costumes for 'SNL' and 'Sweeney Todd,' dies at 81
In this image from video provided by Rebecca Barger, festival-goers are helped off a truck from the Burning Man festival site in Black Rock, Nev., on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Rebecca Barger/AP hide caption
Juan Lastra unabashedly stood up, sang and filmed himself during one of Adele's concerts in Las Vegas. When security tried to get him to sit down, Adele told them to leave him alone. @juanp_lastra hide caption
Tim Hatley's sketch shows the musical's DeLorean on stage. Tim Hatley/Back to the Future: The Musical hide caption
How 'Back to the Future: The Musical' created a DeLorean that flies
Billy McFarland, pictured in 2018, said he's relaunching the infamous Fyre Festival in response to "interest and demand" in his ability "to bring people from around the world together to make the impossible happen." Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
Comedians Brian Bahe, Maz Jobrani and Aparna Nancherla. Brian Bahe, Storm Santos and Aparna Nancherla hide caption
The destroyed Waiola Church is shown following wildfire, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
Yellowstone's later seasons were filmed in Montana. Paramount hide caption
Lizzo performs at the Governors Ball Music Festival in the Queens borough of New York in June. Andy Kropa/Invision/AP hide caption
Lizzo says hostile work environment allegations against her are 'unbelievable'
Paul Reubens poses after a performance of The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway in October 2010. Charles Sykes/AP hide caption
Drag Queen Brigitte Bandit reads a book during a story time reading at the Cheer Up Charlies dive bar on March 11, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Bills to restrict drag performances across the country have failed to make an impact. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Despite all the talk, no states have active laws banning drag in front of kids
Arielle Jacobs and Jose Llana as Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos in Here Lives Love. Billy Bustamante, Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman hide caption
Recording artist Patti LuPone performs on stage the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS hide caption
Terence Blanchard performs at the International Jazz Day Concert, New Orleans Tricentennial at the Orpheum Theater in 2018. Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images for Thelonioius Mon hide caption
NEA announces 2024 Jazz Masters including Terence Blanchard and Gary Bartz
Remembering Broadway legend and 'Fiddler on the Roof' lyricist Sheldon Harnick
Alan Arkin appeared in more than 100 films in a career spanning over seven decades. He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Little Miss Sunshine. He's pictured above in Los Angeles in March 2013. Eric Charbonneau/Invision/AP hide caption
We met Bob the Drag Queen on a sunny day in New York recently. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
Virginia Johnson, 73, the outgoing artistic director of Dance Theatre of Harlem poses in one of the company's ballet studios at 466 West 152nd street in New York City, N.Y. on Thursday, June 22, 2023. She joined the company in 1969 as a founding member and prima ballerina, returning to it as the Artistic Director from 2009-2023. Nicky Qumaina-Woo for NPR hide caption
Virginia Johnson on her time at Dance Theatre of Harlem: 'It was love'
The popular restaurant chain Hamburger Mary's, which features drag waitresses and family-friendly drag performances, has won a legal battle after filing a lawsuit against Florida's drag show ban. The chain's Orlando, Fla., restaurant is seen on June 13. Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption
Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick at the Tony Awards in May 2016. Matthew Eisman/Getty Images hide caption