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"I'm a student first in everything that I do," says Nnamdi Asomugha. "So it's always about: How can I get the edge mentally?" Asomugha, shown above on the sidelines of an Oakland Raiders game in November 2010, is now making his Broadway debut. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images hide caption
Pro Bowl To Broadway, This NFL Star Says The Stage Is Another 'Team Sport'
Director Bartlett Sher is now working on an opera based on Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel, and preparing the London premiere and national tour of To Kill A Mockingbird. He's shown above during a rehearsal in May 2006, in Seattle. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption
One Director's Secrets To Success: Chaos, Confidence And 'Collective Genius'
Jeremy O. Harris wasn't sure he even wanted Slave Play to be on Broadway. "It's literally just a plot of land in New York," he says. "And nobody wants to go to Time Square anyway." Tricia Baron hide caption
Moni Yakim teaches a movement class at Juilliard in May 2019. Claudio Papapietro hide caption
Phoebe Waller-Bridge breaking the fourth wall in Fleabag is among the great things of this year. Steve Schofield/Amazon Prime Video hide caption
It was undeniably the year of Lizzo. Bill McCay/Getty Images for iHeartMedia hide caption
Anna Karina, the French New Wave actress who in the 1960s established herself as a fixture in films directed by Jean-Luc Godard, died on Saturday in Paris. She was 79. INA/INA via Getty Images hide caption
Jamar Roberts, the first resident choreographer of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, is the creator of Ode. Andrew Eccles/Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater hide caption
Adrienne Warren, center, stars in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. Manuel Harlan/Courtesy of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical hide caption
'I Done Been Through Some Things': The Tina Turner Musical Is Now On Broadway
Actors Ron Leibman and Madeline Kahn are shown at the Tony Awards in New York, June 6, 1993. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
Elizabeth Stanley plays Mary Jane Healy, a central character in Jagged Little Pill. Matthew Murphy/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption
Jenny Slate's new Netflix comedy special is Stage Fright. JoJo Whilden/Netflix hide caption
Inspired by E.M. Forster's Howards End, Matthew Lopez wrote The Inheritance, which explores different generations of gay men, and the legacy they pass on to one another. Pictured above are Samuel H. Levine, left, Kyle Soller and Andrew Burnap. Marc Brenner/Polk & Co. hide caption
Ghosts Haunt 'The Inheritance,' From E.M. Forster, To The Generation Lost To AIDS
Mary-Louise Parker stars (with Will Hochman) in the new two-person Broadway drama The Sound Inside. Jeremy Daniel/Courtesy of The Sound Inside hide caption
'I'm A Purist': Mary-Louise Parker Returns To Broadway For A New Challenge
The Savitsky Cats are now scampering through New York City's Lincoln Center as one of the new star attractions of the Big Apple Circus. The Gingerb3ardMen/Courtesy of Big Apple Circus hide caption
These Circus Cats Will Jump Through Hoops — Thanks To Training (And Treats)
Not My Job: We Quiz 'Hamilton' Star Leslie Odom Jr. On Ben Franklin
David Hasselhoff performs during a concert in Berlin on Oct. 3 — Germany Unity Day. In 1989, his song "Looking for Freedom" was the anthem to many Germans' newfound freedom. Frank Hoensch/Getty Images hide caption
David Hasselhoff Is Still Big In Germany 30 Years After His Berlin Wall Show
John Witherspoon leaves a taping of The Late Show with David Letterman in New York in December 2009. Actor-comedian Witherspoon, who memorably played Ice Cube's father in the Friday films, has died at age 77. Charles Sykes/AP hide caption