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  1. highs and lows
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2022 Emmy AwardsWhy was Zedd in charge of interrupting and playing off the best of TV?
  2. chat room
    Jay Duplass Wanted to See If He Could Survive the Brutality of IndustryOn Jesse Bloom’s similarities to Jeff Bezos and perfecting his gray streak.
  3. opening night
    Standing O’s and Subtext at Lea Michele’s First Funny Girl PerformanceThe crowd seemed to exist on separate, colliding tectonic plates, one-half wanting to see redemption and the other tilting toward comeuppance.
  4. fall preview
    29 Plays and Musicals We Can’t Wait to See This FallHow many Pulitzer winners can you fit in one season?
  5. cheat sheet
    Close-Reading Lord of the Rings With the Creatives Behind The Rings of PowerThe most expensive TV show ever excavates Tolkien’s supplementary materials to piece together an epic about the Second Age of Middle-earth.
  6. fall preview
    The White Lotus Returns, and the Behavior Is No BetterOn location in Sicily, with a new cast of characters who can’t stand one another.
  7. the greatest city in the world
    Lin-Manuel Miranda and John Kander Are Working on a New York, New York MusicalVery loosely based on the Scorsese film starring Liza Minnelli.
  8. chat room
    Milly Alcock Confirms Riding a Horse Is a Lot More Fun Than Riding a DragonHow the House of the Dragon star mastered constricting costumes, High Valyrian, and House Targaryen’s creatures for the Game of Thrones prequel.
  9. drama club
    Lea Michele Is the Funny Girl NowHere’s our first look at her as Fanny Brice, the role she’ll claim starting September 6.
  10. how to
    How to Sing Sondheim Like Sara BareillesWhy the pop singer’s voice was an unusual fit for the Broadway revival of Into the Woods.
  11. chat room
    Julia Lester Journeys to Theater Camp and Into the WoodsAs High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ Ashlyn seeks her starring moment, the actress who plays her makes her own Broadway debut.
  12. broadway
    Angelica Ross Will Fosse Her Way Into Chicago This FallThe long-running show’s first openly trans star.
  13. olivia rodrigo
    What’s Olivia Rodrigo Up To on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series?This week, she sings!
  14. behind the seams
    Get Inside Westworld’s Spooky Robot Flesh SuitPlaying a Drone Host comes with as much visibility as you’d expect.
  15. trailer mix
    Morally Bankrupt Finance Grads Are Back in the Industry Season-Two TrailerPremiering August 1.
  16. chat room
    Fala Chen Is Still Pondering the Questions Her Irma Vep Character Raises“I wanted to challenge myself not to impose my idea of who Cynthia is too much.”
  17. bridges you cross
    Amanda Seyfried Was Auditioning for Wicked While Playing Elizabeth Holmes[Elizabeth Holmes voice] Popular, you’re gonna be pop-u-lar.
  18. theater
    Beanie Feldstein Now Has Tonsillitis: ‘Ya Gotta Laugh’Further rain upon the parade.
  19. awards season
    The Good, the Bad, and the Weird of This Year’s Emmy NominationsAbbott Elementary domination: good! Reservation Dogs snub: bad, bad, bad.
  20. video games
    Oh Hey, I’m Having Fun Watching WestworldSeason four is already a goofier, more compelling reboot of the series.
  21. encounter
    Renée Elise Goldsberry, a Diva 5EvaRiffs, car crêpes, and a last-minute substitution with the multitasking theater star turned sitcom breakout.
  22. funny girl
    Potential Fanny Brice Replacements Most Likely to Satisfy VultureThe rumor mill has the role going to Rachel Berry, but should it?
  23. tonys 2022
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2022 Tony AwardsBig night for two Michael Jacksons.
  24. tony awards 2022
    Jennifer Hudson Has Produced Her Way to an EGOTHudson is one of a handful of celebrity producers of Best Musical A Strange Loop.
  25. tonys 2022
    What Should Win at the 2022 Tony Awards?A conversation about the best of the 2021–22 theater season.
  26. theater
    Jodie Comer Will Try Killing It on Broadway in Prima Facie Next YearThe Emmy winner earned raves for her performance in London.
  27. tonys 2022
    Some 100 Percent Correct 2022 Tony Awards PredictionsLike Harold Hill, we may mislead you, but we’re very confident.
  28. emergency discussion
    Let’s Disagree About HacksThe beloved HBO Max series submits to interrogation: effortless comfort watch or lazy depiction of stand-up?
  29. theater
    Encores!’s Into the Woods Will Have an Encore on BroadwaySara Bareilles’s Baker’s Wife will return, alongside some newcomers.
  30. agents
    How Ten Percent Briticised Call My Agent!Creator John Morton reimagined the beloved French movie-industry comedy as a U.K. version, complete with David Oyelowo and Helena Bonham Carter.
  31. stage whisperer
    The Winners and Rained-on Parades of This Year’s Tony NomineesCongrats to A Strange Loop!
  32. tony awards 2022
    West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose Will Host the 2022 Tony AwardsGive us dance numbers!
  33. dinosaurs
    Paleontology! at the Vivian BeaumontPuppet designer James Ortiz on The Skin of Our Teeth’s big creatures.
  34. the internet
    The Best Moments in Twitter HistoryWhat makes Twitter great? Chaos, madness, hilarity.
  35. eleka namen namen
    After Years of Not Making a Wicked Movie, They Now Want TwoWhy couldn’t they stay calm for once instead of flying off the handle?
  36. small stories
    The Diamond Desk, Surveillance Shots, and 7 Other Stories About Making SeveranceVoices from onscreen and behind the scenes break down the small details shading in the series’ enigmatic world.
  37. roll clip!
    Watch Merritt Wever Meet a Special Someone (He’s a Duck)A glimpse at AppleTV+’s Roar.
  38. life in pictures
    Sexy CyranoBehind the scenes at BAM with James McAvoy as he brings a smoldering version of de Bergerac Stateside.
  39. chat room
    The Dropout’s Camryn Mi-young Kim on Capturing Whistleblower Erika Cheung“She’s watching when other people aren’t, asking questions when other people aren’t.”
  40. exit interview
    Elizabeth Meriwether Wants to Complicate Your Diagnosis of Elizabeth HolmesThe Dropout showrunner on identifying with the disgraced Theranos founder, making Holmes dance to “How to Love,” and keeping the green juice flowing.
  41. becoming julia
    How Julia’s Sarah Lancashire Found the Essence of Julia ChildResurrecting The French Chef through a custom wig, 750 eggs, and a voice “like a musical score.”
  42. highs and lows
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2022 OscarsIn a year when the Oscars pitched themselves as a grand return to normalcy, Hollywood felt more unnatural than ever.
  43. emergency discussion
    Is Bridgerton Still Sexy in Season Two?Depends on how you feel about yearning.
  44. competitions
    Do Not Challenge Theater Girl Anne Hathaway to Name That TuneEven if you’re Kelly Clarkson.
  45. thrilling content
    Brace Yourself for The Gilded Age Finale’s Most Intense MomentsZut alors! Le French chef is a fraud!
  46. raised by wolves
    We Simply Must Discuss GrandmotherAll veil — er, all hail Raised By Wolves’ even more ominous version of Mother.
  47. cameos
    Mrs. Maisel’s Season 4 Guest Stars in Order of Extremely Limited Screen TimeYes, we got some Gilmore Girls reunions, but for how many seconds?
  48. they live
    We Finally Have a Date for This Year’s Tony Awards (It’s June 12)It’ll be a hybrid Paramount+/CBS four-hour event.
  49. chat room
    Matt Reeves Sees His Batman As a ‘Rock-Star Recluse’On the real-life political parallels between America and Gotham City, plus the “big controversy” behind the scenes over Catwoman’s cat carrier.
  50. living legends
    Broadway’s Cort Theatre Will Be Renamed in Honor of James Earl JonesJones first performed in the theater in Sunrise at Campobello in 1958.
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