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'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, David Broza & The Andalusian Orchestra Ashkelon bring together the energetic sounds of southern Spain and North Africa, and more top picks.
Top Picks: The Music Memos app, PBS’s '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 ’n’ 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.
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 a successful Muslim American New York lawyer whose 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.
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’s 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’s Provence,' the Count Basie Orchestra's 'A Very Swingin’ 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’s 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.
