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The racial awkwardness on the show is so obvious that Dean — of “I’m ready to go black and I’m never going to go back” fame — was presented as an astute scholar. “The only people that I’ve seen Lee pick fights with have been not the people that he’s …

Photo Merce Cunningham onstage, with the composer John Cage to the right, in “How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run” in 1970. The image is part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s new digital archives. Credit James Klosty More than 70,000 playbills, posters and ephemera from the history of the …

Photo Steven Pasquale in “The Bridges of Madison County” in 2014. He was cast in a new play at Lincoln Center Theater and had to depart a musical at City Center. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times One theater’s gain is another one’s loss. Steven Pasquale (“The Bridges of Madison …

Photo Trevor Noah joked about Beyoncé and Jay Z’s twins, and took a moment to get serious about Philando Castile. Credit Comedy Central 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? …

“Everyone I encountered in the industry tried to tell me it wasn’t a problem any more, that it had been fixed,” she said. “Even people making these products are sure they’re gender-balanced when they’re profoundly not.” Photo Emily Deschanel in the Fox series “Bones,” which was judged by Common Sense …

Photo From left, Kofi Siriboe, Ethan Hutchison and Bianca Lawson in “Queen Sugar.” Credit Alfonso Bresciani/Warner Bros. Ride the rush of “Queen Sugar” as a second season begins. Or opt for the quiet charm and scene-stealing dog performances of “Paterson” and “Wendy and Lucy.” What’s on TV QUEEN SUGAR 10 …

Featuring sets by Brett J. Banakis and lighting by Eric Southern, “Ghost Light” transforms the compact, contemporary Claire Tow into a labyrinthine, old-fashioned show palace. Audience members are led in groups onstage and backstage; through dressing, storage and rehearsal rooms; and only at the very last into the sort of …

Photo Jennifer Ehle in “Oslo,” which has experienced an increase in ticket sales since it won a major Tony Award. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times The big money and the media attention at the Tony Awards are invariably directed at the musicals and the host, but the biggest short-term …

“I’ve always detested a certain type of dialect that’s an unkind caricature,” he said in a 1964 interview with The New York Post. “José is not a caricature. He’s the closest representation of a real human being that I can create.” On another occasion, he explained that José was “not …

To a listener skeptical that anything coherent might emerge from either mélange, each proved an absolute delight. They largely shared a single creative team: in addition to Mr. Blin, Kathleen Fay, the festival’s executive director, as executive producer; Anna Watkins, costume designer; and Melinda Sullivan, dance director and movement coordinator. …