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The lights will apparently continue to light up Broadway's theater district. Contract talks between Actor's Equity and the League of American Theatres and Producers have produced a tentative agreement, averting threats of a strike. Jeff Lunden reports.

Every summer, Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, Conn., holds its annual poetry festival. Grace Paley opened this year's festivities, and we hear a recording of her reading her poem, "Responsibility."

Avenue Q, an adult musical featuring naughty puppets, wins the prize for best new musical at Sunday night's Tony Awards. In a major upset, Idina Menzel -- who plays the green-skinned Elphaba in Wicked, a retelling of the Wizard of Oz -- wins in the toughest race of the night, best actress in a musical. Phylicia Rashad becomes the first African American to win best actress in a play for her role in a A Raisin in the Sun. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Influential jazz saxophonist Steve Lacy died Friday of cancer at age 69, ending a career that was noticed by both John Coltrane and the MacArthur Genius Awards. Hear NPR's Tom Cole.

Anthony Holborne was an English composer during the Elizabethan age. While his music is fairly popular, little is known about his life. A group of musicians has created an imaginary biography of the composer's life, using the titles of Holborne's songs. This whimsical biography is performed by the Kings Noyse on a CD called My Selfe. Tom Manoff has a review.

HBO's Emmy-winning show Sex and the City was known for its bawdy tales of four single girlfriends in New York and their different trysts and relationships. As the series begins national syndication on cable's TBS next week, critics worry whether editing can really make the show appropriate for a family friendly channel. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

The group Magnetic Fields' latest release is called I. Fans of the band say that even though the lead singer sounds like a moping adolescent, the songwriting is sophisticated. Critic Tom Moon has a review.

Disputes over budgets, autonomy and compensation have raised tensions between Miramix founders Harvey and Bob Weinstein and parent company Walt Disney. The brothers' contract with Disney is due to expire next year, leading many to speculate whether Disney will oust them from the leadership of Miramax, the former indie film company they founded and turned into a powerhouse. NPR's Kim Masters reports.

Tony Hendra, a writer and performer best known for his biting satire, has written a loving memoir called Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul. Hendra, former editor of Spy magazine and National Lampoon, writes of the Benedictine monk who has had a life-long spiritual influence on him. Hear Hendra and NPR's Scott Simon.

Jolie Holland has a voice reminiscent of some of the great old blues vocalists, but the fresh approach of a 21st-century singer and songwriter. She was a founding member of the Vancouver roots band the Be Good Tanyas, and there is some of that sound in her music, an unschooled style with soul and heartache. Her latest CD is called Escondida.