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Aisha Harris is a host of Pop Culture Happy Hour.

Jones, who died Sept. 9, voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in The Lion King. He started out in theater in the 1950s, and later won a Tony and an honorary Oscar. Originally broadcast in 1993.

For every person still unaccounted for, there are family members and friends desperately trying to find them.

The Tony Awards are tonight, and NPR entertainment editor Trey Graham will be watching. But he thinks it's too bad that there aren't any categories for the best backstage dramas. Until that day comes, here are three applause-worthy books about what goes on behind the scenes.

Sources told AP that protocol was not followed in editing a transcript of a call the president had with Latino activists responding to comments made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at a Trump rally.

A Florida school district is restoring three dozen books removed from library shelves. The books range from classics like Toni Morrison's Beloved to a kid's book about a penguin family with two dads.

The Broadway hit musical, Hamilton, is up for 16 Tony Award nominations, and that's sure to boost its already high profits. In April, the musical's producers struck a deal to share some of its profits with original cast members. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Michael Paulson, a reporter for The New York Times, about what this means for the industry.

A special reunion conversation between Megan Atherton and the woman who changed the course of her life.

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the newest fighter plane set to enter the U.S. arsenal. The versatile, high-tech jet is supposed to help three military branches modernize their aging fleet of aircraft. It's in the skies now, but is still dogged with technical problems and questions about its high price tag.

Suzanne Lummis is the granddaughter of a California pioneer, a local legend and a woman who has turned her life's misadventures into edgy poetry. She speaks with host Jacki Lyden about noir poetry set in her beloved city of Los Angeles.