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Available on demand to Apple Music subscribers, Lady Gaga’s intimate performance at the Wiltern in Los Angeles features a performance of her entire last album complete with rearrangements and interludes.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
15 May 2026 -
On his latest album of shaky rapping and abstract interludes, the multi-hyphenate creator finds a strange middle ground.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
15 May 2026
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In his urban dramas, Kurosawa can open a frame onto the sprawl of Tokyo; on a historical set, any exterior view risks revealing a studio wall or an anachronism.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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The dramas and comedies of Fall 2026 that will be aired by the big four networks will have a much better chance of being popular reruns in 2036 or 2046 than anything made for Netflix.—
Ted Linhart,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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One of the most interesting additions is a batch of History Channel dramatizations of the lives of American presidents.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
15 May 2026
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Are there any like dramatizations of his life that exist in TV or film?—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2026
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Now, viewers for dramas, comedies and reality shows are harder to come by, because people now have the leeway to watch their favorites at any moment of their own choosing.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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These self-aware comedies, each following women trying to leave their mark in Hollywood before their cachet expires, have satirized the business with cutting specificity.—
Caroline Framke,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Because San Diego is one of the biggest creators of new plays and musicals in the United States, the new musical and play categories were the highlights of the evening.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The performers in the touring casts of Broadway musicals often follow strikingly similar paths from high school to hit show — hours spent practicing show tunes with vocal coaches, years of dance classes, roles in a dozen amateur musical theater productions.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Playlets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playlets. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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