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Ato Blankson-Wood plays Edmund Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's <em>Long Day's Journey Into Night</em>, directed by Robert O'Hara for Audible Theater at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
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Review: Mourning Becomes America in a New Production of O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night
Robert O'Hara directs a stunning revival of O'Neill's play of guilt and addiction at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
El Beh appears in a costume designed by Machine Dazzle in <em>The Hang</em>.
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Review: Taylor Mac's The Hang Is a Radical Cry for Gaiety in an Oppressively Serious World
The jazz opera set around the execution of Socrates is New York's best party.
Molly Hager, Alex Boniello, and Samantha Mathis star in Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow's <em>Whisper House</em>, directed by Steve Cosson, for the Civilians at 59E59 Theatres.
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Review: Whisper House Is an Intimate Musical Ghost Story
Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow's musical receives its long-awaited New York debut.
Cecily Strong stars in the off-Broadway revival of Jane Wagner's <em>The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe</em>, directed by Leigh Silverman, at the Shed.
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Review: Cecily Strong Embarks on The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
The SNL star resurrects Lily Tomlin's celebrated one-woman show.
Amanda Jane Cooper as Alida Bloodgood in <em>The Streets of New York</em>, directed by Charlotte Moore at Irish Repertory Theatre.
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REVIEW: Musical Melodrama The Streets of New York Delivers Fun Moments in an Uneven Revival
Irish Repertory Theatre brings back its adaptation of Dion Boucicault's play 20 years after its premiere.
Kristin Chenoweth enters through the house of the Metropolitan Opera for her holiday concert, <em>Christmas at the Met</em>.
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Review: Kristin Chenoweth Stars in a Joyous Christmas at the Met
The Broadway icon leads an eclectic evening of music at the Metropolitan Opera.
Robert Sella, Harry Hadden-Paton, Carmen Cusack, and Tony Yazbeck in <em>Flying Over Sunset</em>
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Review: Flying Over Sunset; or, Why I'd Rather Take an Edible and Watch North by Northwest
This new musical imagines Cary Grant, Aldous Huxley, and Clare Booth Luce tripping on LSD together.
Katrina Lenk (center) as Bobbie, with the cast of <em>Company</em>
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Review: A Rousing Company Shows That Sondheim Was Still Innovating to the Very End
Marianne Elliott's new revival, led by Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone, does right by its recently departed songwriter.
Ivette Dumeng and Darlene Tejeiro appear in John Patrick Shanley's <em>Candlelight</em>, directed by Lori Kee, for Nylon Fusion Theatre Company at New Ohio Theatre.
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Review: In Candlelight, John Patrick Shanley Illuminates the Lives of a Modern Romeo & Juliet
Shanley's distinctive new magical-realist play makes its world premiere with the Nylon Fusion Theater Company.
Camille O'Sullivan performs her concert <em>Where Are We Now?</em> at Irish Arts Center.
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Review: Camille O'Sullivan Opens the New Irish Arts Center with Where Are We Now?
Answer: 11th Avenue.
Victoria Clark in <em>Kimberly Akimbo</em>
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Review: Off-Broadway's Most Convincing Teen Is Victoria Clark in Kimberly Akimbo
The Tony winner stars in the new musical from Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire.
Review: <em>Jolly Holiday</em> Is a Christmas Crowd-Pleaser Set to Disney's Greatest Hits
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Review: Jolly Holiday Is a Christmas Crowd-Pleaser Set to Disney's Greatest Hits
Paper Mill Playhouse enlists five Broadway veterans to celebrate the Disney musical canon.
Lauren Nicole Cipoletti, Bradley Dalton Richards, and James Romney star in <em>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child</em>, directed by John Tiffany, at Broadway's Lyric Theatre.
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Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Magically Half as Long
Broadway's most enchanting show emerges from the pandemic shorter than it was.
Review: Candace Bushnell Speaks as Herself In <em>Is There Still Sex in the City?</em>…Or Does She?
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Review: Candace Bushnell Speaks as Herself In Is There Still Sex in the City?…Or Does She?
The iconic Sex and the City creator looks back on her life and career in an autobiographical solo show at the Daryl Roth Theatre.
Janet Dacal and Sasson Gabay in <em>The Band's Visit</em>
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Review: The Band's Visit, With Sasson Gabay and Janet Dacal, Lands in Hollywood
David Yazbek and Itamar Moses's Tony-winning musical plays the Dolby Theatre.
Dario Ladani Sanchez stars in Sylvia Khoury's <em>Selling Kabul</em>, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, at Playwrights Horizons.
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Review: Selling Kabul Depicts the Forever War Between Freedom and Safety
Sylvia Khoury's latest drama takes us to the hideout of an Afghan translator targeted by the Taliban.
Bradley Whitford and Kate Burton in <em>A Christmas Carol</em>
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Review: Bradley Whitford Is Not Your Grandpa's Scrooge in Tony-Winning A Christmas Carol
Matthew Warchus's Old Vic Theatre production comes to the Ahmanson in Los Angeles.
Avery Sell plays Natalie, Jake Ryan Flynn plays Christopher, Analise Scarpaci plays Lydia, Jenn Gambatese plays Miranda, and Rob McClure plays Daniel in <em>Mrs. Doubtfire</em> on Broadway.
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Review: Mrs. Doubtfire Is Now a Broadway Musical. Why?
The latest screen-to-stage transfer fails to justify its existence.
Phillip Attmore, Melanie Moore, Kaitlyn Davidson, and Jeremy Benton appear in <em>Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood</em>.
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Review: Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood Dances Us Back to the Movies
Randy Skinner's new musical revue makes its world premiere at the York Theatre Company.
Ariana DeBose plays Anita in Steven Spielberg's <em>West Side Story</em>.
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Review: Steven Spielberg's West Side Story Is Better Than the Original
The remake of the iconic American musical takes big risks, and they pay off.
Kenny Mellman and Justin Vivian Bond star in <em>Kiki & Herb: SLEIGH at BAM</em>.
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Review: Kiki and Herb Kick the Season Into High Gear With Their New Holiday Show SLEIGH
The beloved cabaret duo returns to the stage for a limited run at the BAM Harvey Theater.
Uzo Aduba and Ron Cephas Jones star in Lynn Nottage's <em>Clyde's</em>, directed by Kate Whoriskey, for Second Stage Theater at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre.
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Review: Lynn Nottage's Clyde's and the Sandwich Shop on the Road to Redemption
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ruined and Sweat pens a comedy about formerly incarcerated people.
Drew McVety and Thom Sesma in <em>A Sherlock Carol</em>, written and directed by Mark Shanahan, at New World Stages.
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Review: In A Sherlock Carol, Sherlock (With Help From Scrooge) Finds the Reason for the Season
Mark Shanahan's new play runs at New World Stages through the holidays.
Manoel Felciano, Reg Rogers, and Jennifer Sánchez star in Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation of Ben Jonson's <em>The Alchemist</em>, directed by Jesse Berger, for Red Bull Theater at New World Stages.
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Review: The Alchemist, When a Plague Becomes an Opportunity for Con Artists
The team behind The Government Inspector returns with a new adaptation of Ben Jonson's 1610 comedy.