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Adam Godley, Simon Russell Beale, and Adrian Lester star in Stefano Massini and Ben Power’s <em>The Lehman Trilogy</em>, directed by Sam Mendes, at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre.
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Review: A Fairytale of American Dreams and Financial Nightmares in The Lehman Trilogy
Stefano Massini's three-part epic about the rise and fall of Lehman Brothers finally opens on Broadway.
Tristan Mack Wilds, Dyllón Burnside, Forrest McClendon, and Da'Vinchi in Keenan Scott II's <em>Thoughts of a Colored Man</em>, directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, at Broadway's Golden Theatre
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Review: Thoughts of a Colored Man Makes a Triumphant Broadway Debut
Keenan Scott II's new play is an early highlight of the 2021-22 season.
Ramiz Monsef in <em>Letters of Suresh</em>
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Review: In Letters of Suresh, Four People Search for Connection Through Snail Mail
Rajiv Joseph's new play is a follow-up to his 2008 drama Animals Out of Paper.
Emily Davis, Pete Simpson, and Will Cobbs star in <em>Is This a Room</em>, directed by Tina Satter, at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre.
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Review: Is This A Room Dramatizes a Real-Life Encounter With the FBI
One of the best off-Broadway shows of 2019 transfers to Broadway.
<em>Chicken & Biscuits</em> Is Not Nutritious, But It Is Delicious
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Chicken & Biscuits Is Not Nutritious, But It Is Delicious
Top-notch comedic performances bolster Douglas Lyons's new family comedy at Circle in the Square Theatre.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Junior Mack in <em>Lackawanna Blues</em>
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Review: You Won't Sing the Blues at Ruben Santiago-Hudson's Lackawanna
Lackawanna Blues makes its Broadway debut two decades after its off-Broadway premiere.
Jeanna de Waal in a promotional image for <em>Diana: The Musical</em>
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Review: Instant Camp Classic Diana: the Musical on Netflix Is a Delicious, Trashy Ride
If you have an appreciation for theatrical turkeys, have we got a show for you.
Anna Uzele (Catherine Parr, center) with Adrianna Hicks (Catherine of Aragon), Andrea Macasaet (Anne Boleyn), Abby Mueller (Jane Seymour), Brittney Mack (Anna of Cleves), and Samantha Pauly (Katherine Howard).
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Six Is Back. And These Queens Don't Need Your Pity
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss's pop concert about Henry VIII's ex-wives officially opens its doors on Broadway.
A scene from <em>Animate</em> at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory
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Review: Mixed Blood Theatre's Animate Paves a Way for Post-Pandemic Performance
The play was performed at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in Minnesota.
Chad Carstarphen appears in Lynn Clay Byrne's <em>Between the Bars</em>, directed by Benjamin Viertel, at HERE Arts Center.
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Review: Between the Bars Takes Audiences Inside the American Prison System
Lynn Clay Byrne's drama takes place inside the visit room of an upstate prison.
Lynnette R. Freeman, Craig Wesley Divino, and Daniel Pearce star in Alix Sobler’s <em>Hindsight</em>, directed by Aaron Rossini, for Fault Line Theatre at the Paradise Factory.
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Review: Hindsight Is 2016 When It Comes to Rush Limbaugh and the Fairness Doctrine
Alix Sobler's new play grapples with far more than the origins of our tribal politics.
Caroline Grogan and Claire Hsu in Bedlam 's <em>Persuasion</em> at the Connelly Theater.
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Persuasion Gets the Comic Treatment From Off-Broadway's Most Innovative Company
Jane Austen's last novel bubbles to life with satire and delicious absurdity at the Connelly Theater.
Bryonha Marie Parham plays Regina Comet, and Ben Fankhauser plays Man 2 in <em>A Commerical Jingle for Regina Comet</em>.
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Review: Two Young Songwriters Pen A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet
Can you supercharge your career by catching a falling star?
Chita Rivera and Andrew Lloyd Webber prepare to present the Tony Award for Best Musical at the Winter Garden Theatre.
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Review: The 2020 Tony Awards - Broadway's Back?
A belated Tony presentation for the 2019-20 season reveals that Broadway still has a lot of work to do to get back in fighting shape.
Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo star in <em>Only an Octave Apart</em>, directed by Zack Winokur, at St. Ann's Warehouse.
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Review: Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo Are Only an Octave Apart
This concert by two very different vocalists welcomes audiences back to St. Ann's Warehouse.
Sharlene Cruz and Jasai Chase-Owens in <em>Sanctuary City</em> at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
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Review: Sanctuary City Reminds Us of Theater's Power to Tell the Truth
Martyna Majok's new play debuts via New York Theatre Workshop, 18 months after starting previews.
Scott Weston stars as Dorian Corey in Jeffrey S. Jones's <em>Case Closed: The Dorian Corey Story</em>, directed by Laurence C. Schwartz, at the Gene Frankel Theatre.
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Review: Case Closed: The Dorian Corey Story Exhumes the Mummy in the Drag Queen's Closet
Jeffrey S. Jones has written a compelling family drama disguised as true crime.
Performers hit the beach in Lina Lapelytė and Vaiva Grainytė's <em>Sun & Sea</em>, directed by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, at BAM.
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Review: Sun & Sea Brings the Beach Into the Opera House
BAM hosts a new opera from Lithuania about a day at the beach.
Xavier Scott Evans and Daniel J. Watts in <em>The Last of the Love Letters</em>
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Review: The Last of the Love Letters Is Addressed to Everyone and No One At All
Ngozi Anyanwu kicks off a new era at the Atlantic Theater with a work of inscrutable madness.
Ben Platt and Julianne Moore in <em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>
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Review: Dear Evan Hansen Movie Is So Drab, So Banal
Ben Platt stars in the cinematic adaptation of the stage show that launched his career.
Jay O. Sanders, Haviland Morris, Yvonne Woods, Rita Wolf, Maryann Plunkett, and Charlotte Bydwell in a scene from <em>What Happened?: The Michaels Abroad</em>
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Review: In Pandemic-Inspired What Happened?, Richard Nelson Asks the Same Questions We All Are
The last play of Nelson's Rhinebeck Panorama debuts at Hunter College.
Max Harwood (center) stars in <em>Everybody's Taking About Jamie</em>, directed by Jonathan Butterell, for 20th Century Studios.
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Review: Everybody's Talking About Jamie, but I'm Not Sure Why
The hit West End musical gets a glossy film adaptation.
Jamael Westman as Alexander Hamilton in <em>Hamilton</em> at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre
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Hamilton in Hollywood Review: A Critic's First Show Back After 17 Months
So…What did I miss?
Arturo Luís Soria wrote and stars in '’Ni Mi Madre'’, directed by Danilo Gambini, at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.
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Review: An Actor Explores the Life of His Mother by Becoming Her in Ni Mi Madre
Arturo Luís Soria's solo play has an undeniably fabulous protagonist.