“The Rep” – what insiders call the Yale Repertory Theatre – is a unique entity on the American theater scene, a place where graduate students at the Yale Drama School work side-by-side with experts in every aspect of theater. Now celebrating its 50th year, it has been the launching pad for many a fabled career, from Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver to playwright Christopher Durang. Rita Braver looks back at the company’s history with Streep, artistic director James Bundy, and actor James Earl Jones, who appeared with then-Yale grad student Courtney B. Vance in the Yale Rep-produced premiere of August Wilson’s “Fences” in 1985. Source

The real superpower of the comic book heroine, who just turned 75, is the power to inspire. Faith Salie explores the history of Wonder Woman (now featured in the hit movie with Gal Gadot), and talks with Lynda Carter, made immortal by playing the Amazonian on TV in the 1970s, and author Jill Lepore (“The Secret History of Wonder Woman”). An earlier version of this story originally aired on March 26, 2017. Source

Elise Engler has painted the streetscapes of Broadway – all 13 miles of it! “Sunday Morning” joins the artist as she goes about capturing the bright lights and façades of New York City’s most famous avenue. Source

In this web exclusive, 20-year-old New Zealand-born singer-songwriter Lorde talks with Anthony Mason about her creative process. Source

French master glass musician Jean-Claude Chapuis, who performs music specially written for instruments made from glass, continues a tradition championed by Ben Franklin, inventor of a mechanized glass armonica. David Turecamo reports. Originally broadcast January 15, 2006. Source

Samantha Geimer delivered a passionate plea to drop the case that’s kept her in the headlines for the past 40 years, saying the trauma of media scrutiny has been more painful than the crime. Geimer was 13 when director Roman Polanski gave her champagne and a pill during a photoshoot and sexually assaulted her. Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful intercourse with a minor in 1977, but fled the country to avoid prison time. Danielle Nottingham has more. Source

Pressure is building for British Prime Minister Theresa May to resign following her election debacle earlier this week. May called for this week’s snap vote three years early, hoping to increase her party’s majority and strengthen the U.K. ahead of their divorce from the European Union. Instead, the results showed a nation divided. Jonathan Vigliotti has more. Source

Closing arguments are set for Monday in the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of a black driver during a traffic stop. Philando Castile was stopped for a broken tail light when officer Jeronimo Yanez fired his gun seven times, hitting Castile with five shots. Barry Petersen reports. Source

On Friday, President Trump responded to former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony from the previous day. Mr. Trump forcefully denied pressuring Comey to drop the Michael Flynn investigation, and said he did not ask for his loyalty. Mr. Trump did say he was willing to speak under oath to special counsel Robert Mueller about their private conversations. Erroll Barnett reports. Source

Footage released by police in South Carolina shows officers rescuing a woman who spent two months chained inside a storage container. Her captor Todd Kohlhepp confessed last month to killing seven people. Brianna Smith with WSPA-TV has the story. Source