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Top Picks: Andrew Bird's 'Are You Serious,' the podcast 'The Memory Palace,' and moreJennifer Lawrence is terrific at playing tough in 'Joy' on DVD and Blu-ray, the app Serial Reader could give you a nudge to start a classic, and more top picks.
Tony Award nominations 2016: Will anything beat 'Hamilton'?The musical about the Founding Father has now received the most Tony nominations of any show in history. The production has become a phenomenon, with critics praising the show and tickets extremely difficult to obtain.
Top Picks: 'Merle Haggard 20 Greatest Hits,' the movie 'Son of Saul,' and moreThe documentary 'Everything Is Copy' explores the life of Nora Ephron and the principles that guided her writing, the app Flyover Country tells you more about your airplane voyage, and more top picks.
Here's what critics are saying about new Broadway musical 'Tuck Everlasting''Tuck' is based on the classic children's novel of the same name by Natalie Babbitt and stars Sarah Charles Lewis, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, and Terrence Mann.
Top Picks: 'The West Wing Weekly' podcast, 'The Lady in the Van' on DVD and Blu-ray, and moreThe Irish-American supergroup The Gloaming releases a new album, the Smithsonian Channel series 'Sports Detectives' explores the whereabouts of sports artifacts and what they mean to the American public, and more top picks.
$135 million painting found in French attic: A Caravaggio?The 400-year-old painting might have been by Italian master聽Caravaggio. But the art world is divided over its authenticity.聽
Top Picks: Lucy Dacus' 'No Burden,' PBS's 'Democrats/Soft Vengeance,' and moreMichael Pollan's four-part documentary on Netflix masterly narration reveals聽the crossroads where science, cooking, and dinner parties meet, Fathom Events' 'Renoir: Revered and Reviled' explores Pierre-Auguste Renoir's life and influence over artistic movements, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Ken Burns' 'Jackie Robinson,' 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' on DVD and Blu-ray, and moreMichelle Obama helps bring musicians together for the fundraising song 'This Is for My Girls,' National Geographic's series 'The Story of God' explores unifying and differing beliefs across religion and science, and more top picks.- 'Hamilton' casting call: Diversity or discrimination?The hit Broadway musical 'Hamilton' is facing accusations of discrimination after a casting call asked for nonwhite actors.
A play about terrorism with the audience as the juryFerdinand von Schirach's play 'Terror' tells the story of an Air Force major who decides to shoot down a plane that has been hijacked by terrorists, killing its passengers, then asks the audience to decide the major's fate.
Top Picks: CNN's 'Race for the White House,' the AllTrails app, and moreThe documentary 'Produced by George Martin' profiles the calm and elegant force who possessed the perfect mix of talent and temperament to pilot the Beatles and others to recording nirvana, PBS's '10 Homes That Changed America' look at various structures that influenced U.S. culture, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Michael Jackson's 'Off the Wall,' Stephen Harrigan's 'A Friend of Mr. Lincoln,' and moreAstronaut Scott Kelly's Twitter account includes glimpses from his time in space, comedian Samantha Bee's TBS program is a stand-out in the post-Jon Stewart late-night TV landscape, and more top picks.
'Hamilton' effect: Do musicals matter again?The massive success of 'Hamilton' comes as the Broadway musical is enjoying one of its most creative periods in decades.
Top Picks: James Bay's 'Chaos and the Calm,' the Berlin Philharmonic at the movies, and moreThe streaming service Acorn TV lets you find great international TV post-'Downton Abbey,' acclaimed movies 'Brooklyn' and 'The Big Short' will soon be available on DVD and Blu-ray, and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'Macbeth' on DVD and Blu-ray, the navigation app Waze, and moreSee Harper Lee's thoughts on reading and technology in a 2006 magazine letter,聽David Broza & The Andalusian Orchestra Ashkelon聽bring together the energetic sounds of southern Spain and North Africa, and more top picks.
Top Picks: The Music Memos app, PBS鈥檚 'Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl,' and morePhysicists Umberto Cannella and Daniel Whiteson's animated video explains how gravitational waves work, Wynonna Judd's album 'Wynonna & the Big Noise' sounds more like Bonnie Raitt or the Allman Brothers Band than anything on country radio, and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'Spotlight' on DVD and Blu-ray, the PBS program 'Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 鈥檔鈥� Roll,' and moreThe American Archive of Public Broadcasting has expanded its digital exhibit 'Voices of Democracy: Public Media and Presidential Elections' to include content from presidential candidates, the Smithsonian Channel's 'Major League Legends' will get you ready for this year's baseball season, and more top picks.
Top Picks: The BBC podcast 'Soul Music,' the Fairfield Four album 'Still Rockin' My Soul,' and moreThe movies 'Steve Jobs' and 'Black Mass' include a performance that was heralded by the Oscars and one that didn't make the cut, the PBS program 'Carole King: Natural Woman' examines the hitmaker's life, and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'Modern Love: The Podcast,' 'Bridge of Spies' on DVD and Blu-ray, and more'B.B. King: The Life of Riley' on PBS explores the life of the famous blues artist, the National Geographic Channel series 'Generation X' looks at how everything from Watergate to the movie 'Reality Bites' shaped the generation, and more top picks.
Super Bowl 50: A look back at the '85 Chicago BearsAs the 50th anniversary of the big game approaches, ESPN's new movie tells the story of the 1985 Chicago Bears, arguably the greatest team of any single season, and their pop culture domination.聽
