What’s on Tuesday by KATHRYN SHATTUCK

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By KATHRYN SHATTUCK

Television highlights.

Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Boston Ballet Visits New York With a Bulging Suitcase by ALASTAIR MACAULAY

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By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

Boston Ballet’s season at the Koch Theater included works that show the troupe’s strengths and weaknesses.

Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Bacon Painting Sets Pace for Auctions in London by CAROL VOGEL

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By CAROL VOGEL

A Francis Bacon triptych brought $45.4 million, well above its estimate, at Sotheby’s in London on Monday.

Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM

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More Time for Sifting Among Clues by NEIL GENZLINGER

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The disappearance of the bandleader Glenn Miller is among the mysteries undertaken by a longer-form “History Detectives” in July.

Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Playing the Fool on TV, Perhaps Unwittingly by JASON ZINOMAN

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By JASON ZINOMAN

Two TV comedies beginning their second seasons on Comedy Central, “Drunk History” and “Nathan for You,” tap into the time-honored entertainment of laughing at fools.

Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Return of a Player’s Sex Romps by JON CARAMANICA, BEN RATLIFF and NATE CHINEN

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By JON CARAMANICA, BEN RATLIFF and NATE CHINEN

Trey Songz, OOIOO and Rubén Blades have come out with new albums.

Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Making It Work, but on Wheels by NEIL GENZLINGER

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By NEIL GENZLINGER

TruTV’s “Motor City Masters” and History’s “Biker Battleground Phoenix” feature competitions to design vehicles.

Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Using Brains, Not Guns, in World War I Trenches by STEPHEN TOTILO

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By STEPHEN TOTILO

Valiant Hearts: The Great War, a video game from France, is based on real battles in the First World War.

Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Mick Jagger Teases Monty Python: ‘Wrinkly Old Men Trying to Relive Their Youth’ by ALLAN KOZINN

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In a YouTube video, Mr. Jagger chides the members of Monty Python for being over the hill: “Who wants to see that again?”

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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A Very Quiet Opening Week for ‘Holler if Ya Hear Me’ by ERIK PIEPENBURG

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The new Broadway musical based on the lyrics and life of the rapper Tupac Shakur was the lowest-grossing show on Broadway.

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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France Gives Cold Shoulder to Amazon by DOREEN CARVAJAL

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By DOREEN CARVAJAL

The French Senate has passed legislation, nicknamed the anti-Amazon law, designed to protect local bookstores.

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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The Who to Tour for 50th Anniversary by ALLAN KOZINN

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By ALLAN KOZINN

The group will tour the British Isles in the fall, with future dates to be announced.

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Bolshoi Director Back at Work After Hospitalization by ROSLYLN SULCAS

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Sergei Filin, who was injured in an acid attack in January 2013, is back at work after being hospitalized for an allergic reaction.

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Video: How to Draw a Phish Song by BEN RATLIFF

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Mike Hamad, a music writer, creates impressionistic diagrams charting the dynamics within a song. It all started with Phish.

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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How To See Songs by Channon Hodge and Ben Ratliff

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While listening to Phish, the music writer Mike Hamad developed a way to sketch a road map through a song. He’s hoping his technique will help him “see” the magic in music.

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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London Theater Journal: A Weekend of Hedonism and Hope by BEN BRANTLEY

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By BEN BRANTLEY

Ben Brantley on “Antony and Cleopatra,” “The Last Days of Troy,” “Adler & Gibb” and “Red Forest.”

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Ken Watanabe Will Star Opposite Kelli O’Hara in ‘The King and I’ by ALLAN KOZINN

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By ALLAN KOZINN

The Lincoln Center Theater production, which would be Mr. Watanabe’s American stage debut, is scheduled to open April 16 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Isabella Boylston Promoted to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theater by MICHAEL COOPER

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Ms. Boylston has danced in “Giselle,” “La Bayadère,” and “Swan Lake” this season, earning a number of good reviews.

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse to Tour With a Substitute Bassist by ALLAN KOZINN

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Billy Talbot, who has played with Mr. Young since the 1960s, is recovering from a stroke and will be replaced by Rick Rosas.

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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‘Penny Dreadful’ Recap: Did the Finale Surprise? by ERIC GRODE

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By ERIC GRODE

A lot happened, but the outcomes were more or less as expected.

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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What’s On TV Monday by KATHRYN SHATTUCK

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By KATHRYN SHATTUCK

Television highlights.

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Michael Brown, Whose Industrial Musicals Gave Wings to ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 93 by MARGALIT FOX

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By MARGALIT FOX

Mr. Brown wrote industrial musicals for American corporations, which were meant to rally employees, and used some of his earnings to support Harper Lee while she wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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‘The Leftovers’ Recap: Trying to Explain What Cannot Be Explained by MICHAEL GRYNBAUM

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By MICHAEL GRYNBAUM

Tom Perotta’s novel comes to HBO.

Published: June 29, 2014 at 4:00AM

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‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Recap: A Cold Cup of Joe by FARHAD MANJOO

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By FARHAD MANJOO

The show is getting better, but Joe is still as troublesome as ever.

Published: June 29, 2014 at 4:00AM

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Allen Grossman, a Poet’s Poet and Scholar, Dies at 82 by BRUCE WEBER

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By BRUCE WEBER

Mr. Grossman was typically referred to as a poet’s poet for his brainy and lyrical poems that were proudly high-minded and often written in a voice described as conversationally academic.

Published: June 30, 2014 at 4:00AM

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