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  1. emergency discussion
    All Hail Dickinson, a TV Show Made Specifically for Literary WeirdosWe feel like we’re being trolled.
  2. behind the scenes
    How the His Dark Materials Puppet Master Conjured Daemons on SetLead puppeteer Brian Fisher on the benefits of using physical daemon stand-ins and Ruth Wilson’s close working relationship with her monkey puppet.
  3. casting
    Tracy Letts’s The Minutes Is Coming to Broadway With Armie HammerPerformances begin at the Cort Theatre on February 25.
  4. haunted
    Take a Moment to Meditate on The Little Mermaid Live’s Cursed Flounder PuppetA nightmare of face for the ages.
  5. the little mermaid live-ish
    The Highs and Lows of the (Barely) Live Little MermaidBreaking down the best, worst, and most baffling moments of ABC’s live-action and animated experiment.
  6. bees?
    Yes, Dickinson Cast Jason Mantzoukas As a Giant Talking BeeYou may also recognize the bee puppet from The Nice Guys.
  7. briefcases
    Why Watchmen Turned Laurie Into a Comedian, and Gave Her That Big Blue DildoJean Smart’s FBI agent is a key character from the graphic novel in a very different position.
  8. dickinson
    Toby Huss and Jane Krakowski Took a Very Awkward, Dickinson-Themed Road Trip“We’re like a bickering married couple. We don’t have to work on that for the show.“
  9. thank goodness
    Kristin Chenoweth Knows Exactly How She Wants to Appear in the Wicked MovieShe’s also planning a “Glinda master class” as part of her Broadway show.
  10. a soap operetta
    Watch This ’80s Patti LuPone Haunted Laundromat Video The New Yorker Dug UpImportant spooky musical theater history.
  11. casting
    Andrew Garfield Will Star in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tick, Tick … Boom!A movie version of the Jonathan Larson musical is going to Netflix.
  12. theater
    How Matthew Lopez Adapted Howards End Into the Queer Play The Inheritance“I consider this the ultimate in fan-fiction, basically,” says the playwright of his two-part, nearly seven-hour gay drama.
  13. wild nights
    The Story Behind Dickinson, a Sexy, Queer, Gothic, Millennial Apple TV+ SitcomSexy Dickinson, explained.
  14. protests
    Jane Fonda Arrested Once Again, This Time With Special Guest Star Ted DansonFonda’s climate protests continue into a third week.
  15. radical efficiency
    Gwyneth Paltrow Simply Did Not Have Much Time to Film The PoliticianAccording to Ben Platt.
  16. sister act
    Galaxy Brain: Whoopi Goldberg Is Doing a Revival of the Sister Act MusicalThe production will play London’s Eventim Apollo in summer 2020.
  17. chat room
    Corey Stoll, Nadia Bowers on the ‘Intimacy’ of Doing Macbeth As a Married Couple“He just wanted to make sure that we weren’t going to have pillow talk about it.”
  18. star wars episode ix
    But What Does the Title Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Mean?Some guesses about Episode IX’s mysterious name.
  19. the affair
    Busy Tonight Is Still on TV, But Only in the Universe of The AffairBusy Philipps herself was apparently surprised to discover this.
  20. protests
    Sam Waterston and His Cable-Knit Sweater Also Got Arrested With Jane FondaAt Fonda’s weekly climate protest in D.C.
  21. theater review
    Theater Review: Teen Perseus Alights on West 48th in The Lightning ThiefThe YA novels come to Broadway, exuberantly.
  22. broadway
    Hello! The Mrs. Doubtfire Musical Is Coming to Broadway in 2020Starring Rob McClure.
  23. theater review
    Theater Review: Flipping the Classic Musical Script in Soft PowerDavid Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori reverse Rodgers and Hammerstein.
  24. chat room
    Matthew Macfadyen Ate ‘Quite a Lot of Chicken’ for the Succession Finale“I grabbed a really big bit of breast of the chicken and I almost choked.”
  25. big mouth
    Why Big Mouth Created Disclosure the Movie: The Musical!What, you don’t remember Michael Douglas and Demi Moore’s 1994 erotic thriller?
  26. revive parade i dare you
    Well, Hello, Carolee Carmello: Here She Is in Hello, Dolly!See a first look at Carmello in the show’s national tour.
  27. tomelettes
    But Really, How Do You Spell ‘Tomelette and Greggs’?An important Succession investigation.
  28. the slap
    Anyway, Here’s Glenn Close Repeatedly Slapping a MentalistIt somehow helps Derren Brown count!
  29. finding dory
    Search Party Will Return for a Third (and Fourth!) Season on HBO MaxWhen the cult hit returns in spring 2020, it’ll shift from Hitchcockian paranoia to a legal thriller.
  30. tony for marty?
    Netflix Will Screen The Irishman in Broadway’s Belasco TheatreThe (potentially back-breaking) theatrical experience lives!
  31. theories
    Who Will Be Logan’s ‘Blood Sacrifice’ on Succession?Logan needs to do “something big.” Who’s the target?
  32. casting
    Naomi Watts Will Play Gretchen Carlson in Showtime’s Roger Ailes SeriesBased on the book The Loudest Voice in the Room.
  33. trailer mix
    His Dark Materials Trailer: Ruth Wilson and James McAvoy Wage Zepplin-Based WarRuth Wilson wears a nice coat!
  34. casting
    Bernadette Peters Has Somehow Been Convinced to Appear on the Riverdale SpinoffMeet Ms. Freesia!
  35. casting
    Eliza Scanlen Joins To Kill a Mockingbird Replacement Cast Alongside Ed HarrisThe Broadway production has announced a mostly new second-year cast.
  36. strike a pose
    I Love Judith Light’s Favorite Red-Carpet PoseWherever she goes, Judith brings the drama, and also her shoulder.
  37. last night on late night
    See More Belting in this Late-Night Performance of ‘Suddenly Seymour’Lift up your head.
  38. theater
    How Do You Make the Reverse of The King and I?“It’s a future China through the lens of a current-day Asian-American.”
  39. trends
    Marie’s Crisis Is Suddenly the Hottest Piano Bar on TVThe Politician, Younger, and even Katy Keene love this famed West Village bar. But do they actually get it right?
  40. l to the og
    Wait, Did Jeremy Strong Wear His Succession Suit to the Emmys?A brown, bow tie-centric journey.
  41. casting
    Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski Will Play Sisters in HBO’s The Gilded AgeDownton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes created the period drama.
  42. egg
    The Masked Singer’s Costume Designer Breaks Down All 16 Egg-cellent New Looks“The talent just wanted to be an egg, and of course, I don’t know what that means.”
  43. tv development
    Billy Joel’s Music Is Becoming a TV Show. Here’s What We KnowCalled Scenes From an Italian Restaurant.
  44. overall deals
    Phoebe Waller-Bridge Is Cashing in on a $20 Million a Year Deal With Amazon[Looks directly at bank account.]
  45. emmys 2019
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of a Deeply Chaotic Emmy AwardsWithout a host, there were bumps and awkward moments aplenty, but the scattershot ceremony still hit a few bull’s-eyes.
  46. emmys 2019
    Jason Bateman Is Really Surprised Jason Bateman Won an Emmy Over Game of ThronesEmmy! Win! Michael!
  47. trailer mix
    The Crown Season 3 Trailer: Olivia Colman Compares Herself to Claire Foy’s QueenPremiering on Netflix November 17.
  48. trailer mix
    Dickinson Trailer: Hailee Steinfeld Is Young, Horny Emily DickinsonComing to Apple TV+ November 1.
  49. trailer mix
    Peaky Blinders Season 5 Trailer: Someone’s Coming for Tommy Shelby’s CrownPremiering on Netflix October 4.
  50. profile
    Jonathan Groff Is More Than Just the Murder GuyBouncing from Mindhunter to Little Shop of Horrors, the actor is finally having fun.
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