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Top Picks: Hinds' album 'Leave Me Alone,' the documentary 'Take Me To the River,' and more'Late Late Show' host James Corden's 'Carpool Karaoke' skits are hilarious and wildly entertaining, PBS's 'A Ballerina's Tale' chronicles American Ballet Theatre principal ballerina Misty Copeland's struggles as a young black dancer and her landmark lead roles, and more top picks.
'Disgraced': Daring play spotlights the unease of faith and politicsThe most produced play in the United States right now isn't a fun musical. It's a drama about聽a successful Muslim American New York lawyer whose聽repressed feelings about his childhood religion and culture surface to torment him and everyone around him.
Top Picks: David Bowie's 'Blackstar,' the documentary 'East of Salinas,' and moreThe Web series 'Music Makes a City Now' tells the story of a Kentucky conductor, see how the Danish stay cozy in winter, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Greil Marcus's 'Real Life Rock,' the podcast 'The History Chicks,' and morePresident Obama appears on the web series 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,' the documentary 'In Football We Trust' looks at Salt Lake City teenagers trying to make it to the NFL, and more top picks.聽
Top Picks: The 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' soundtrack, the second season of the 'Serial' podcast, and moreThe hit science fiction film 'The Martian' arrives on DVD Jan. 12, the classic novel 'War and Peace' gets a new miniseries adaptation, and more top picks.
Top Picks: The TV series 'Deutschland 83,' Melody Gardot's album 'Currency of Man,' and moreNew York Philharmonic makes a poignant music selection for its New Year's Eve concert, the app Plex lets you organize your movies, TV shows, music, and photos and streams them all to your devices, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Van Morrison鈥檚 album 'Astral Weeks (Expanded),' Goldieblox's 'Fast-Forward Girls 2015,' and moreFood52.com's 'Cookies of the World' map lets you add international flavors to your baked goods this year, the Grammy Awards nominees could provide some gift inspiration, and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'M.F.K. Fisher鈥檚 Provence,' the Count Basie Orchestra's 'A Very Swingin鈥� Basie Christmas!,' and moreA holiday tradition returns with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, 'Miracle on 34th Street' returns to movie theaters, and more.
Top Picks: 'Frank Sinatra: A Voice On Air (1935-1955),' the movie 'Winter Sleep,' and moreExperience world-class ballet at the movie theater with Fathom Events' 'George Balanchine鈥檚 The Nutcracker,' singer Adele has returned with a new album, '25,' and more top picks.
Top Picks: 'Petty: The Biography,' NBC's 'The Wiz Live!,' and moreNovelist William Boyd develops intriguing fictional snapshots with his tale of a British female photographer in 'Sweet Caress,' PBS's 'Off the Menu: Asian America' is an intriguing look at how community, identity, and food are intertwined, and more top picks.
Bringing 'Confederacy of Dunces' alive onstageBoston's Huntington Theatre Company has adapted John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Can the unusual story be brought to the stage in a way that will appeal to book fans and newbies?
Top Picks: Chris Isaak's 'First Comes the Night,' Marie Kondo's 'The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,' and more'The Winter's Tale' comes to American movie theaters from London, Gena Hamshaw provides Thanksgiving recipe ideas for vegans, and more top picks.
Residents of Western states see benefits in an arts taxAfter voters in Denver and surrounding counties approved a tax to support the arts in 1989, several Western states are following Denver鈥檚 lead, and the small arts tax is yielding big results.
Top Picks: The Pilgrims on TV, the podcast 'Imaginary Worlds,' and moreSinger Lianne La Havas exudes a beguiling mix of soul and jazz, the films 'Mr. Holmes' and 'The End of the Tour' would both make good post-Thanksgiving home viewing, and more top picks.
Top Picks: Joseph Rosen's book 'Blues Hands,' PBS's broadcast of 'Act One,' and moreMoviegoers can see Benedict Cumberbatch's London turn as Hamlet, the Smithsonian Channel's program 'Hozier: The Church Tapes' includes interviews with and performances by the popular musician, and more top picks.
Keira Knightley's performance in 'Therese Raquin' is far better than the productionThe Broadway revival is uneven and the melodrama is too thick to swallow, but Knightley is wonderful as a woman who embarks on an affair.
Top Picks: PBS's 'Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades,' the album 'Peanuts Greatest Hits: Vince Guaraldi Trio,' and moreSara Bareilles' new album includes songs she wrote for the Broadway-bound musical 'Waitress,' chef and graphic designer Tal Spiegel's Instagram account lets viewers virtually sample Paris's sweet treats, and more top picks.
Top Picks: PBS's 'Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin鈥� to Do,' Ian Ethan Case's 'Run Toward the Mountains,' and more'Mozart in the Jungle' actor Gael聽Garc铆a Bernal takes the baton in real life,聽Peter Case鈥檚 'HWY 62'聽plays like a John Steinbeck novel set to music, and more top picks.
Top Picks: the movie 'Testament of Youth,' the album 'The Silver Linings: The Songs of Jerome Kern,' and moreThe short documentary 'Food for Thought, Food for Life'聽illustrates the importance of growing great-tasting food and the many ways of achieving this, Fathom Events presents a documentary about Ed Sheeran's concerts, and more.
Top Picks: the Maccabees' album 'Marks to Prove It,' PBS's 'Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration,' and moreElvis Costello's autobiography 'Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink' is a fascinating tale, a PBS broadcast brings the Tony Award-winning musical 'Billy Elliot' to your living room, and more top picks.
