The Greatest

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

Who are the greatest composers? Some candidates: above, from left, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Mozart, Schoenberg, Haydn, and Stravinsky; below, from left, Schumann, Brahms, Schubert, Handel, Bach, and Debussy.

A critic tries to pick the Top 10 composers of Western classical music. You’re invited to help.

•  First Video in a Series: Bach
• ArtsBeat: Help Write the List

The Importance of Being Astonished

By BEN BRANTLEY

Brian Bedford, who seems to pick up a Tony nomination whenever he steps foot on a Broadway stage, has returned to portray Lady Bracknell in “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

The Comic Who Explores Comedy’s Darkest Side

By DAN SALTZSTEIN

Marc Maron is an angry and bitter comedian. All the better to get other comics to open up on his cult-hit podcast.

•  Video

He’s Fought His Own Way Back to Work

By TERRENCE RAFFERTY

The Australian director Peter Weir, with his film “The Way Back,” returns to his “large canvas” look at life, this time with prisoners in a gulag.

• Filmography: Peter Weir

‘Game’ on: More Real Than Reality TV

By JON CARAMANICA

“The Game,” which is returning to television on BET, was an inadvertent precursor to reality television about the semi-famous.