Some of Broadway’s brightest stars performed songs from this season’s Broadway musicals — exclusively for The Times — just days after the Tony nominees were announced. They sampled performances from “Ain’t Too Proud,” “Be More Chill,” “The Cher Show,” “Hadestown,” “Oklahoma,” “The Prom” and “Tootsie.”

During a riveting game of Top or Nah?, Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris discuss courtside Beyoncé at the N.B.A. Finals. They bring their tastes, opinions and lived experiences to bear on big and small issues of American culture, and they can’t believe even Beyoncé has to put up with this.