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Jeff Lunden

We ask 3 Broadway photographers: How do you turn a live show into a still image?

Joan Marcus took this photo for 42nd Street. Marcus began taking production shots while she was a graduate student estimates she's now photographed 1,000 shows. (Joan Marcus)

Theater is, by its nature, evanescent; every performance is different, based on the chemistry of the cast and the audience. But there are ways theater fans can relive their memories: Playbills and souvenir programs, scripts, cast recordings – and production photos.

Only a handful of theater photographers work on Broadway and their challenge is to capture the essence of live performance for generations to come. Three of them spoke with NPR about their craft.

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