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This shouty book’s arguments against ‘boring’ buildings are too wafer-thin to obscure its true aim of self-promotion, argues Catherine Slessor

So, for this podcast, Editor-in-Chief Via Poolos and Senior Multimedia Editor Jared Adelman sat down with two people who are intimately familiar with the process of dying. In Act One, Dan Loesche explains Washington University's Gift of Body donation program and what it is like to be a mortician. In Act Two, we talk with Barbara Finch, who is signed up to donate her body to Dan's program when she dies.

Unadorned, beautifully delivered, linguistically gorgeous and both funny and wrenchingly sincere, it’s one of the most beautiful plays I’ve ever seen, and I think you should see it, too.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning play is about a family who are brilliant at math but also face challenges of mental illness.

Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks bring a bracing comedic energy to a “Waiting for Godot” that makes sense of the play’s various absurdities and resonant depth.

The rise of the Nazi regime, recounted in a Cabaret-adjacent musical with songs by Barry Manilow, makes for a show that is too light for its material but has been swept into relevance.

Disney's trading card game expansion has keen art and underbaked mechanics, while Descent: The Betrayer's War and Ticket to Ride Legacy offer huge campaigns for invested gamers.

Despite Dan Berry’s magnetic performance in the title role, this new musical largely contents itself with taking us on a dutiful tour through the King’s life and career.

Communications and data platform vendor Twilio has had another strong quarter, but its AI focus means that it needs to fuel growth in the data side of its...

Sharing a 25th anniversary with James Cameron's blockbuster this year, Titanic: The Musical finally has a Fathom Events theatrical release.