The 2025 Tony Nominees Discuss Their Biggest Tests and Triumphs by Thea Traff, Michael Paulson, Alexis Soloski, Nicole Herrington, Jolie Ruben and Amanda Webster

George Clooney, Audra McDonald, Daniel Dae Kim, Sarah Snook and other Broadway stars talk about the challenges they've faced " and surmounted.

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This Year's Tony Nominees in Portraits by Dana Scruggs, Michael Paulson, Julia Jacobs, Jolie Ruben and Amanda Webster

The Tony Awards are Sunday. Each year we photograph nominated performers and talk to them about their craft. This time, we asked about early theater memories.

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Best Arts Photos of 2023 by Marysa Greenawalt, Laura O'Neill, Jolie Ruben and Amanda Webster

Deadheads, ballerinas and Mick Jagger: As 2023 winds down, revisit a memorable handful of the thousands of images commissioned by our photo editors that capture the year in culture.

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Best Arts Photos of 2022 by Marysa Greenawalt, Laura O'Neill, Jolie Ruben, Elena Noel Santos and Amanda Webster

These are the images that defined a remarkable time across the worlds of art, music, dance and performance.

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Portraits of the 2022 Tony Nominees by Jingyu Lin, Michael Paulson, Jolie Ruben and Matt Stevens

As Broadway embarked on its road to recovery, these 45 theater artists helped pave the way.

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Our Favorite Arts Photos of 2021 by Laura O'Neill, Jolie Ruben and Jessie Wender

These are the pictures that defined an unpredictable year across the worlds of art, music, dance and performance.

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Our Favorite Arts Photos of 2019 by Marysa Greenawalt, Christy Harmon, Laura O'Neill, Jolie Ruben, Amanda Webster and Michael Cooper

Phoebe Waller-Bridge. DaBaby. Slime. Tom Hanks. Amy Schumer (naked). The Times's culture photographs revealed striking truths about art and the people who make it.

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Visiting Broadway After Dark by Kathleen Massara, Jolie Ruben and Amanda Webster

We sent four photographers to capture scenes beyond the stage in the theater district. Here's what they saw.

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28 Portraits of This Year's Tony Nominees by Celeste Sloman, Michael Paulson, Jolie Ruben and Joshua Barone

Why they act. What they've learned. And what they'll remember.

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The Arts: Photos We Loved in 2018 by Alana Celii, Marysa Greenawalt, Christy Harmon, Laura O'Neill, Jolie Ruben and Michael Cooper

Kanye West. Philip Roth. Opera. Jazz. Salsa. King Kong. Tonya Harding. We can go on, but why don't you see for yourself.

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23 Dazzling Portraits of Tony Nominees by Jesse Dittmar, Michael Paulson, Jolie Ruben and Joshua Barone

We invited Broadway's best to pose for us just 24 hours after they were nominated for theater's most prestigious award. Needless to say, they were a happy bunch.

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Theater: He Spent His Life in Theater. Here's What He Left Behind. by Michael Paulson, David Brandon Geeting and Jolie Ruben

James Houghton died last summer. Now his daughter is sharing his collection of theatrical treasures.

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It's Groundhog Day! Time to Put On That Costume (Again) by Scott Heller and Jolie Ruben

A team of dressers works in darkness to help the musical's cast make 300 costume changes, fat suits and hats included.

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