He found beauty in the prosaic: bars, phone booths, hamburger joints, barber shops — first in a downtrodden Paterson, then throughout the state and beyond.

As the show celebrates its 50th season, look back at some of its most fiery, shocking and groundbreaking performances.

Widely considered America’s first prima ballerina, Tallchief is being celebrated by New York City Ballet, where she was a Balanchine muse, in her centennial year.

With a recipient list stocked with old-guard icons and political backers, the president is signaling support for the establishment his successor wants to tear down.

The honorees include high-profile figures like Hillary Clinton, the singer Bono, the philanthropist and donor George Soros, and Lionel Messi.

Jimmy Carter defied the unwritten rule of former presidents: Don’t criticize the occupant of the Oval Office.

Jimmy Carter’s relationship with his successors in the Oval Office, both Republicans and fellow Democrats, was generally tense because of his outspokenness. That never mattered to him.