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Floyd Collins Is Beautiful But Can’t Break Free

A few crucial staging choices kneecap this production from the start, undermining its epic tragedy. By Sara Holdren

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So Is Sinners Going to Make or Lose Money?

According to a source close to the production, Sinners will only need to earn $170 million to recoup its upfront costs — not $300 million as reported. By Chris Lee

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Medical TV shows can lean into melodrama or comedy or mystery. There are as many terrible ones as there are genre-defining ones. By Maggie Fremont

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Star Wars Needed This

Andor’s second season doesn’t just cement the series as the best of the franchise, it also deepens the saga surrounding it. By Nicholas Quah

When Abby Met Joel

TLOU’s game-changing moment has arrived.

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Caryl Churchill, Acrobatically, at the Public Four short plays by the master of knotty stage language.
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Up in the Air Nathan Fielder makes a (somewhat) sincere effort to improve a truly terrifying problem: airline safety.
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The Mouth of God, My Dude A night of sibling reconciliation is a reminder that when the Gemstones put their differences aside, they make for a pretty good team.
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Saddle Up! Leaving the city is the best course of action for the show as we’re in desperate need of clearing the air after pistol-gate.
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Truth and Consequences Abby and her crew have reached Jackson, and nothing will be the same.
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No Regrets Joe has figured out who is responsible for Ernesto Cata’s murder.
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Winner Winner Season 17’s most charismatic performer may have lost the battle — the final lip sync — but she won the war.
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Sinners Consultant Dolly Li Explains Inclusion of Chinese Delta Community

Cultural consultant Dolly Li explains how Coogler’s family connection uncovered a new layer to Sinners. By Alejandra Gularte

coming soon Ready or Not 2 Books a Vampire Slayer and Citizen Detective Here comes experienced hunters Sarah Michelle Gellar and Elijah Wood. By Alejandra Gularte
mandatory viewing… literally Sorry Academy Members, But You Can’t Skip Three-Hour Movies Anymore The AMPAS have added a requirement that tracks whether voters have seen all the movies in a category in order for them to vote. By Fran Hoepfner
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Noah Wyle Denied a Spirit Tunnel Due to Worm-Related Trauma

He does seem game for the next time he’s on the Jennifer Hudson Show, though. By Alejandra Gularte

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‘What You Think About Me Is None of My Business’

Diane Warren has a reputation for being tough. It’s how she got so many chart-topping songs to exist. By Andrew Goldman

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Comedian Kyle Gordon Starts His Passover With Bacon

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Yes, George Clooney’s Hair Looks Like That on Purpose

That doesn’t make it any less startling, though. By Fran Hoepfner

a long talk People Don’t Always Get Tina Landau’s Vision. She’s Made Her Peace With That. With Redwood and Floyd Collins, the director-writer remains uncompromising. By Jackson McHenry
theater review Caryl Churchill, Acrobatically, at the Public Four short plays by the master of knotty stage language. By Sara Holdren
chat room Jak Malone’s Guide to Singing the Best New Song on Broadway “It makes me wonder if somebody somewhere has gone, ‘Yeah, we’ll give him a good go of it before he dies,’” the Operation Mincemeat star said. By Jason P. Frank
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Broadway Legends on the Show That Got Away Idina Menzel’s Moonstruck opera and Betty Buckley’s stadium-size Annie Get Your Gun. By Zach Schiffman

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chapters “It Feels Like We’re Lost in the East Village and Can’t Find a Way Out” Jeffrey Seller, co-producer of ‘Rent,’ on Jonathan Larson and his show’s bumpy road to success. By Jeffrey Seller
theater review Smash Is the Wrong Kind of Dud Instead of embracing its legendary love-to-hate-watch roots, the Broadway adaptation of the NBC show about a musical is surprisingly timid. By Jackson McHenry
the upside down Stranger Things Brings the Upside Down to Broadway Demogorgon of the opera, if you will. By Alejandra Gularte

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books There Is No Safe Word How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades. By Lila Shapiro
spellcasting Harry Potter Hires Its Hogwarts Professors Paapa Essiedu, Nick Frost, Janet McTeer, and more are headed to the teachers lounge. By Rebecca Alter
well read McNally Jackson Is Starting a Book Festival The city’s big little indie-bookstore chain is betting on the idea that readers want something more than the standard launch party. By Emma Alpern
say it ain’t so Weezer Bassist’s Wife Shot by Police, Arrested for Attempted Murder Jillian Lauren is “all right,” her husband said — and so is his band’s Coachella set. By Justin Curto
endings What Sunrise on the Reaping Means for the World of the Hunger Games Spoiler warning for just about every book in the series. By Ashley Wolfgang

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art The Billionaires Are Battling Over a Giacometti Sculpture David Geffen, lion of the old-guard art world, is up against Justin Sun, tech provocateur. By Rachel Corbett
art Critics Are Fuming About the New MoMA Head “What a disappointing and unsurprising choice.” By Rachel Corbett
art review The Wary Gaze of Amy Sherald A majestic new show at the Whitney features the artist’s gift for portraiture that seethes with subtleties. By Jerry Saltz
art review Behold the Frick The newly renovated museum is bigger and better than ever. By Jerry Saltz
the work of art Lisa Yuskavage Becomes the Protagonist After 35 years of painting her signature girls, the artist has turned to a new subject: herself. By Adam Moss