Prologue

For years, Mike Comite has replayed in his head the moment when he and his bandmate blew their shot of making it as musicians.

Producer Emmanuel Dzotsi has a tale about something he avoids at all costs, even though it seems to follow him everywhere he goes. (8 minutes)

The musicians in the orchestra for Phantom of the Opera tell reporter Jay Caspian Kang about what it’s like to play the exact same music every single night—for decades.

Sean Cole speaks to Washington Post reporter Siobhan O’Grady about her visit to the zoo in Kyiv.

Disinformation and propaganda works differently in Putin’s Russia than it did during the Soviet Union.