If you're interested on what's been on Broadway the last year, the Tony Awards website has a great page of clips from darn near every show that's opened in that time. I dunno how long it'll be up but it's there at the moment.
Ezra Klein offers a quick overview of where this country may be going with regard to a "public plan" (i.e., government-offered) of health insurance. As one who thinks the current system is fatally broken, I'm for the strongest possible public option. Right now, the private insurance companies have no competition in the sense that you can go sign up with a firm that is not interested in boosting its earnings by denying coverage and claims.