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Heroin-themed plays have surfaced elsewhere recently, too: at a high school in New Market, Md.; a community theater in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; and a children’s theater in Roanoke, Va. And on Broadway this spring, the new play “Sweat” — which won the Pulitzer Prize in drama in April — featured two …

Photo Stephen Colbert read an alternative version of Emma Lazarus’s famous poem, “The New Colossus.” Credit CBS Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do you think of it? What else are you interested in? …

Photo Pete Holmes, star of the HBO sitcom “Crashing,” will host a night of stand-up at the Bell House on Wednesday; see listing below. Credit Whitten Sabbatini for The New York Times Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows. ‘THE ADVENTURES OF DANNY & MIKE’ at Union Hall (Aug. …

Mr. Lear’s opinion of the president isn’t surprising or new. He told The Daily Beast last year that “Archie Bunker was far wiser of heart” than Mr. Trump. “Sure, the thoughts he held were antediluvian,” Mr. Lear said. “But Donald Trump is a thorough fool.” Photo Mr. Lear, the groundbreaking …

Photo Nancy Opel, center, as the title character in the musical “Curvy Widow,” about a woman searching anew for love. Christopher Shyer, left, and Alan Muraoka play some of the men she encounters. Credit Matthew Murphy I wish I had Bobby Goldman’s faith that New York is filled with attractive, …

By Mr. Taylor’s account, he was stunned by the Jacksons and especially taken with the lead singer, a child phenomenon named Michael. “He was singing like James Brown,” Mr. Taylor said on the NBC program “Dateline” after Jackson’s death from a drug overdose in 2009. “He was dancing as well …

Photo Melanie Griffith in Jonathan Demme’s “Something Wild.” That film will show on Friday at BAM Rose Cinemas as part of a retrospective of the work of Mr. Demme, who died in April; see listing below. Credit Orion/Photofest Our guide to film series and special screenings. All our movie reviews …

Photo Osnel Delgado, center, director of the Cuban contemporary dance troupe Malpaso Dance Company, will lead his dancers in a SummerStage performance in Central Park on Wednesday night. See listing below. Credit Andrea Mohin/The New York Times Our guide to dance performances. COMPANY STEFANIE BATTEN BLAND at East River Park …

Mr. Lear’s opinion of the president isn’t surprising or new. He told The Daily Beast last year that “Archie Bunker was far wiser of heart” than Mr. Trump. “Sure, the thoughts he held were antediluvian,” Mr. Lear said. “But Donald Trump is a thorough fool.” Photo Mr. Lear, the groundbreaking …

Photo From left, Toni Collette, Molly Shannon, Katie Aselton and Bridget Everett in “Fun Mom Dinner.” Credit Momentum Pictures Psst. Have you heard? On big screens across the nation women are behaving badly, really badly. And now, bringing up the rear of this summer raunch parade led by “Snatched,” “Rough …