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Sondheim, who died Nov. 26, was the lyricist/composer behind Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods and other shows. Critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews the newly restored documentary Original Cast Album: Company.

Poitier, an actor who helped open doors for other Black actors, spoke to Fresh Air in 2000. Kidman says being an indoor kid and a bookworm led her to acting. She co-stars in Being the Ricardos.

When Emmylou Harris set out to compile a career retrospective, she didn't pick the recordings that made her an acclaimed country singer. Instead, she selected five discs' worth of rareties and forgotten gems. Hear an interview and live performance.

During his lifetime, South African poet Dennis Brutus made incredible contributions to the fight against apartheid. Brutus died on December 26, 2009, after successfully battling segregation in athletics with global recognition. Fresh Air remembers the life and achievements of Brutus in this interview from 1986.

Roots cofounder Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson shares his favorite holiday music. Justin Chang pairs the 10 best movies of 2022, and picks No Bears as his favorite.

For years Copeland was told that her skin color, her body and her hair didn't conform to what ballerinas should look like. A new over-the-top "biopic" tells the story of Yankovic's life — sort of.

Olyphant reprises the role of deputy U.S. marshal Raylan Givens in the sequel Justified: City Primeval. Donovan X. Ramsey examines crack's destructive path in When Crack Was King.

Moran talks jazz and plays selections from his latest recording, which borrows from the music of James Reese Europe. Dubus reflects on chronic pain and his new novel, Such Kindness.

Whitehead channels the paranoia and fear of 1970s NYC in Crook Manifesto, the sequel to Harlem Shuffle. Cosby's novel All the Sinners Bleed centers on a Black sheriff in a small Virginia county.

Byrne says Talking Heads was about making emotional sense — not literal sense. New York Times reporter Kashmir Hill says Clearview AI has a database of billions of photos scraped from the internet.