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Biggest late-night guests now bring a news angle, not a movie clip

With impeachment in the air and the 2020 presidential campaign underway, the shows that do best are the ones that do not shy away from politics.

The Ticket: What’s happening in the local arts world

This week’s picks from Globe critics.

At House of Blues, Charli XCX leans forward into pop’s future

The British singer’s adventurousness was on full display in a riotously fun stage show.

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Taking faith and friendship to the streets in New Rep’s ‘Trayf’
A comedy by Lindsay Joelle follows two young Hasidic men on a journey through the streets of Manhattan in a “mitzvah tank.’’

It’s a Thing
Ill communications, blood floods, amazing grace, and toot suites
Michael Andor Brodeur’s review of the week online.

An intimate, open-ended biography of Broadway star Elaine Stritch

‘The SpongeBob Musical’ is a sea of joy

That hand symbol you’re seeing everywhere? Not OK

Family ties (and lies) in dark comic masterpiece ‘Parasite’

A child’s death, a ruined life, in ‘Who Killed Garrett Phillips?’

MORE ARTS HEADLINES

Milestone mural brings Shepard Fairey back to Providence

The celebrated street artist returns to his artistic birthplace to paint his 100th mural, open an art retrospective, and speak at his alma mater, the Rhode Island School of Design. 4:49 p.m.

Music Review

With rigor and fantasy in equal parts, pianist András Schiff returns to the BSO

The Hungarian-born soloist led works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Bartók. 4:44 p.m.

Music Review

For Boston Philharmonic, a satisfying start to the 2019-20 season

Founder Benjamin Zander presided over performances of Mozart, Brahms, and Bartók. 4:36 p.m.

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Artist Savanna Nelson loves her colors to be bright and fluorescent

A recent graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Nelson majored in painting and art history, two fields of study that have fueled her creative process. 4:15 p.m.

TV Critic’s Corner

Stephen Colbert to host CBS’s ‘The Late Show’ until 2023

Colbert has become the highest-rated late-night host since he signed on for five years as David Letterman’s successor in 2015. 2:39 p.m.

TV Critic’s Corner

Tom Brady makes a cameo in Paul Rudd’s new comedy, ‘Living With Yourself’

It’s a cute bit, as they say, although the fact that a New England Patriot is in a scene involving a spa may trigger a raised eyebrow or two. 12:01 a.m.