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Jane Alexander plays Nancy, and James Cromwell plays Bill in Bess Wohl's <em>Grand Horizons</em>, directed by Leigh Silverman, for Second Stage at the Helen Hayes Theater.
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Grand Horizons Explores Divorce in Your Golden Years
Breaking up is hard to do…especially when you've been collecting social security for a decade.
Ben Porter appears in <em>The Woman in Black</em> off-Broadway.
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The Woman in Black Is Scaring New York Theatergoers out of Their Wits
London's long-running ghost story finds a new haunt off-Broadway.
Michelle Dooley Mahon in her solo play <em>The Scourge</em>, directed by Ben Barnes, at the Irish Repertory Theatre.
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When Daughter Becomes Mother in The Scourge
Michelle Dooley Mahon's solo play at Irish Rep recounts her experiences caring for her mother during her battle with Alzheimer's.
Anna Kostakis and Nikita Burshteyn play the title roles in <em>Romeo & Bernadette</em>, directed by Justin Ross Cohen, at A.R.T./New York Theatres.
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Yo, Romeo, Where You At? He's in Brooklyn in Romeo & Bernadette
A modern-day musical spoof of Shakespeare's tragic love story is running at A.R.T./New York Theatres.
Bruce McKenzie and Jules Latimer appear in <em>Paris</em>.
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Paris Is Where Dreams Go to Die
Eboni Booth pens a new play about the drudgery of retail employment.
A Fantastic <em>Soldier's Play</em> on Broadway Is About More Than Just Blair Underwood's Pecs
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A Fantastic Soldier's Play on Broadway Is About More Than Just Blair Underwood's Pecs
Underwood stars alongside David Alan Grier and Jerry O'Connell in a landmark Pulitzer winner making its Broadway debut.
George Abud (Nerd Face) and Laura Schein (Smize) in a scene from <em>Emojiland</em>.
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Emojiland Asks, Is It Really So Great to Be Alive?
Keith Harrison and Laura Schein wage war on nihilism inside an iPhone in their new musical at the Duke on 42nd Street.
Kathryn Hunter and the cast of <em>Timon of Athens</em> at Theatre for a New Audience's Polonsky Shakespeare Center.
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Contemplating Two Philosophical Extremes in Timon of Athens
Kathryn Hunter stars in Simon Godwin's new production of a lesser-known Shakespeare play at Theatre for a New Audience.
Barra Grant wrote and stars in <em>Miss America's Ugly Daughter</em>, directed by Eve Brandstein, at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater at the West Side YMCA.
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Miss America's Ugly Daughter Dishes on a Beauty Queen's Private Cruelty
Bess Myerson's daughter performs her confessional solo show off-Broadway.
Richard Topol plays George in Talene Monahon's <em>How to Load a Musket</em>, directed by Jaki Bradley, for Less Than Rent Theatre at 59E59 Theaters.
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How to Load a Musket Takes Aim at Historical Reenactment
Talene Monahon's new documentary play explores why some Americans dress up in Civil and Revolutionary War uniforms.
<em>Feos</em>, a play featuring puppetry by Aline Kuppenheim, is now running at the Public Theater as part of this year's Under the Radar festival.
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Under the Radar 2020: Samuel Beckett's Not I and Feos
Jess Thom's unique take on a Beckett classic and Aline Kuppenheim's poignant puppetry come to the Public Theater's annual festival of new works.
Laura Linney in <em>My Name Is Lucy Barton</em>, directed by Richard Eyre, at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
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Laura Linney Is All Alone in My Name Is Lucy Barton
Linney brings the solo stage adaptation of Elizabeth Strout's novel from London to Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
The day the music died, as depicted in Rick Miller's <em>Boom</em> at 59E59.
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Rick Miller's New Show Is Just OK, Boomer
Miller leads a multimedia trip across three tumultuous decades at 59E59.
Josué Maychi, Lupe de la Cruz, and Domingo Mijangos star in <em>Andares</em>, conceived and directed by Héctor Flores Komatsu, for Makuyeika Colectivo Teatral at Under the Radar.
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Under the Radar 2020: Andares
Makuyeika Colectivo Teatral presents an intimate look at modern indigenous life in Mexico.
Jess Bulzacchelli as Aunt Matilda and A.J. Ditty as Mr. Curry in <em>Paddington Gets in a Jam</em>.
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Manners, Messes, and Marmalade: Paddington Gets in a Jam Comes to the Stage
The accident-prone bear brings his butterfingered antics to the DR2 Theater.
Wataru Kitao stars in <em>The Unknown Dancer in the Neighborhood</em>, running through January 14 at Japan Society.
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Under the Radar 2020: The Unknown Dancer in the Neighborhood and The Truth Has Changed
Pieces by Suguru Yamamoto and documentarian Josh Fox join the Public Theater's annual festival of new works.
A scene from <em>Susan</em> at the Public Theater.
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Under the Radar 2020: Susan and Constellations
Ahamefule J. Oluo presents his new theatrical concert, while Nick Payne's Broadway drama is revived in Mandarin.
A scene from Dave Malloy's <em>Moby Dick</em> at American Repertory Theatre.
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Dave Malloy's Moby-Dick Musical Is a Whale of a Time
Director Rachel Chavkin premieres an immersive adaptation of Herman Melville's novel.
Taylor Swift as Bombalurina in <em>Cats</em>.
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Weird Digital Fur Aside, Cats Movie Is Catnip for True Diehards
If you love the show, you'll love the movie. If you hate the show, well, you'll just go see Star Wars.
Jovan E’Sean, Alex Getlin, Benjamin Eakeley, Mamie Parris, and Justin Keyes in <em>Anything Can Happen in the Theater: The Musical World of Maury Yeston</em>.
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Don't Go Into New Maury Yeston Revue Expecting to Hear Titanic
Anything Can Happen in the Theater is a tribute to the Tony-winning songwriter, but largely omits his few Broadway successes.
Jakeim Hart, Max William Bartos, Zara Devlin, Sam Poon, Brenock O'Connor, Brendan C. Callahan, and Gian Perez in <em>Sing Street</em> at New York Theatre Workshop.
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Sing Street Is Positioned as the Next Once, but Lightning Hasn't Struck Twice
Another John Carney film makes it to the stage at New York Theatre Workshop.
Rachel Pickup plays Lady Gay Spanker in <em>London Assurance</em>.
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London Assurance Is a Victorian Comedy About Old Man Swagger
Dion Boucicault's breakthrough comedy gets a revival at the Irish Rep.
Randy Danson (Linda) and Emily Cass McDonnell in Lucas Hnath's <em>The Thin Place</em>, directed by Les Waters, at Playwrights Horizons.
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The Thin Place Plays Scary Games With Your Suspension of Disbelief
Lucas Hnath's new play debunks communication with the afterlife…or does it?
Harry Connick Jr. in his new concert, <em>A Celebration of Cole Porter</em>.
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Harry Connick Jr. Brings a Goofy Cole Porter Tribute to Broadway
The jazz musician takes the stage at the Nederlander for a holiday-season run.