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Justin Austin plays Marcellus, Allan Clayton plays Hamlet, and Jacques Imbrailo plays Horatio in Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn's <em>Hamlet</em>, directed by Neil Armfield, at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Review: A Dark New Hamlet at the Metropolitan Opera
Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn's new English language adaptation makes its North American debut.
Mary Mallen and Labhaoise Magee appear in Jaki McCarrick's <em>Belfast Girls</em>, directed by Nicola Murphy, at Irish Repertory Theatre.
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Review: Belfast Girls Unveils Secrets and Lies on the Long Journey to Australia
Jaki McCarrick's immigration drama makes its off-Broadway debut.
Mister Fitzgerald, MaYaa Boateng, Claudia Logan, Amandla Jahava, Malik Childs, Toney Goins in the Roundabout Underground production of Dave Harris's <em>Exception to the Rule</em>.
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Review: Exception to the Rule Confirms an Exceptional New Talent
Dave Harris's intriguing world-premiere play at Roundabout Underground follows his incendiary Tambo & Bones earlier this year.
Max Gordon Moore, Kristen Hung, Fang Du, and Daniel Jenkins star in Anchuli Felicia King's <em>Golden Shield</em>, directed by May Adrales, for Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center.
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Review: Golden Shield Tells of Chinese Communists and their American Capitalist Accomplices
Anchuli Felicia King's play makes its American debut.
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Interview: General Hospital's Lisa LoCicero Is Ready for Her Turn in God of Carnage
After four years away from the stage, LoCicero talks about challenges and satisfaction of live performance.
Ricardy Fabre plays Silas in Karen Hartman's <em>New Golden Age</em>, directed by Jade King Carroll, for Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters.
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Review: New Golden Age Imagines the Terrifying Dystopia Awaiting Us in 2033
Karen Hartman's play envisions the next step in the tech revolution.
Hadi Tabbal stars in the off-Broadway debut of Mona Mansour's <em>The Vagrant Trilogy</em>, directed by Mark Wing-Davey, at the Public Theater.
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Review: In The Vagrant Trilogy, Palestinians Long for Home, and Can't Wait to Escape
The Public Theater presents Mona Mansour's trio of one-act plays, a decade in the making.
Levi Kreis, Morgan Siobhan Green, and Nicholas Barasch in the national tour of <em>Hadestown</em>
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Review: Hadestown National Tour Smolders Without Lighting a Fire
The Tony-winning musical comes to the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.
Sas Goldberg and Max Jenkins in the MCC Theater production of <em>Which Way to the Stage</em>
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Review: In Which Way to the Stage, Always Starting Over on the Quest to Be a Blazing Supernova
Ana Nogueira's new comedy explores the friendship of two Idina Menzel obsessives, and the boy who gets in the way.
A scene from the George Street Playhouse production of the new musical <em>A Walk on the Moon</em>
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Review: A Walk on the Moon Makes a Successful Landing at George Street Playhouse
The new musical, based on a 1999 film, is having its East Coast premiere in New Jersey.
Brittany Bradford plays Julia and Thomas Sadoski plays Herman in Alice Childress's <em>Wedding Band</em>, directed by Awoye Timpo at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center for Theater for a New Audience.
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Review: Alice Childress's Rarely Seen Classic Wedding Band Ignites the Stage
Awoye Timpo directs a brilliant cast in a new production for Theatre for a New Audience at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center.
Review: Encores! <em>Into the Woods</em> Leaves You Wishing for Nothing
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Review: Encores! Into the Woods Leaves You Wishing for Nothing
Neil Patrick Harris and Sara Bareilles lead a star-studded revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's fairytale musical at New York City Center.
Alexandra Silber and Danny Gavigan star in Karen Hartman's <em>The Lucky Star</em>, directed by Noah Himmelstein, for the Directors Company at 59E59.
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Review: The Lucky Star Dramatizes One Jewish Family's Letters From Nazi-Occupied Poland
Karen Hartman's play makes its New York debut.
Harrison Chad, Allen McCullough, and Dan Sharkey star in Charles Gluck's <em>Our Brother's Son</em>, directed by David Alpert, at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
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Review: Our Brother's Son Is Sophie's Choice Made Easy
A new playwright makes his off-Broadway debut with a medical melodrama.
Review: In <em>Wish You Were Here</em>, the Politics of Female Friendship Are More Complex Than Revolution
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Review: In Wish You Were Here, the Politics of Female Friendship Are More Complex Than Revolution
Sanaz Toossi sets her latest play during the Iranian revolution, but leaves plenty of room for sex jokes.
Calista Flockhart and Zachary Quinto in <em>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</em> at the Geffen Playhouse
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Review: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Starring Zachary Quinto and Calista Flockhart, Packs a Wallop
A new, highly charged production is currently running in Los Angeles at the Geffen Playhouse.
The cast of <em>Bob Fosse's Dancin</em>' at the Old Glove in San Diego
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Review: Pre-Broadway Run of Bob Fosse's Dancin' Makes More Than a Couple Missteps
The legendary choreographer gets a lackluster tribute at San Diego's Old Globe.
Will Brill and Kyle Beltran in Samuel D. Hunter's <em>A Case for the Existence of God</em>, directed by David Cromer.
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Review: Samuel D. Hunter's Case for the Existence of God Will Make You Believe
David Cromer directs an uncommonly empathetic play about male friendship and fatherhood.
Sean Ewing leads the cast of <em>Americano!</em>, directed by Michael Barnard, at New World Stages.
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Review: ¡Americano! Introduces the Musical Theater to Its Newest Dreamer
A new off-Broadway show reminds us of America's unkept promise to the DACA kids.
Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga (seated front) lead the cast of William Shakespeare's <em>Macbeth</em>, directed by Sam Gold, at Broadway's Longacre Theatre.
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Review: Vaulting Ambition Lands With a Thud in Macbeth, Starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga
Craig reunites with his Othello director for a Broadway return.
Billy Crystal as Buddy Young Jr. in <em>Mr. Saturday Night</em> on Broadway
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Review: Billy Crystal's Mr. Saturday Night Musical Is Matzo Ball Soup for the Jewish Soul
Crystal delivers the punchlines in a stage version of his 1992 movie.
Lilli Cooper, Julianne Hough, Rachel Dratch, Julie White, Vanessa Williams, Lea DeLaria, and Suzy Nakamura in <em>POTUS</em> by Selina Fillinger
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Review: POTUS: Or, Behind This Bad Play Are Eight Women Trying to Keep It Alive — and They Do
Susan Stroman directs a cast of scene-stealers led by Julie White, Vanessa Williams, and Rachel Dratch in a new Broadway farce by Selina Fillinger.
Jason Veasey, James Jackson Jr., Jaquel Spivey (center), L Morgan Lee, and Antwayn Hopper appear in Michael R. Jackson's <em>A Strange Loop</em>, directed by Stephen Brackett, at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre.
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Review: A Strange Loop Champions the Individual in a Culture Obsessed With Group Identity
A new voice arrives on Broadway not a moment too soon.
Julian Robertson, Roslyn Ruff, and Paige Gilbert star in Thornton Wilder's <em>The Skin of Our Teeth</em>, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, at Broadway's Vivian Beaumont Theatre.
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Review: A New Jersey Family Survives an Ice Age and More in The Skin of Our Teeth
Thornton Wilder's comical epic of human history gets a Broadway revival at the Vivian Beaumont.