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On ‘Best Medicine,’ Josh Charles Has a Heart

After years of playing smarmy characters, the actor is stepping up as the lead in a comedy about a grumpy but charming doctor.

After ‘Working Girl,’ Can Christopher Ashley Bring His Sunshine to New York?

Before returning to New York to lead Roundabout, Christopher Ashley is concluding his 18-year tenure at La Jolla Playhouse with the new musical “Working Girl.”

‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Has Tricks Up Its Sleeve

The magician heist thriller franchise is back for a third installment. We go beyond the illusion to find out why these movies endure.

What Is the Right Way to Say Godot?

The latest starry revival of Samuel Beckett’s play is on Broadway, and one thing is certain: Whatever you call its elusive character, he doesn’t come.

Diane Keaton’s Only Documentary Was About the Afterlife

Keaton, who died on Saturday, was an actor, director and producer on multiple films and series. Her sole documentary, “Heaven,” explored popular ideas of the…

‘Masquerade’ Review: ‘Phantom of the Opera’ Gets the Immersive Remix

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” returns to New York in an immersive spectacle, as silly as it is thrilling.

For Lupita and Junior Nyong’o, ‘Twelfth Night’ Is Child’s Play, Revisited

The siblings “really enjoyed make-believe” as kids. Now they are playing Shakespeare under the stars at the newly reopened Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

Book Review: ‘Waiting for Britney Spears: A True Story, Allegedly,’ by Jeff Weiss

In a scrappy new memoir, Jeff Weiss blurs fact and fancy as he recounts his stint as a bit player in the celebrity-industrial complex.

This ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Star Knows She’s Intimidating

Natalie Venetia Belcon insists she’s not as regal as the Cuban musician she plays, but she’s worked hard to make you think otherwise.

Andrew Scott on ‘Vanya’: ‘Who Isn’t Sad?’

The actor calls his solo performance in Chekhov’s melancholy comedy an “endless experiment.” Even all alone, he can really fill a stage.