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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.
Brandon Micheal Hall, Jessica Frances Dukes, Michael Zegen, LaChanze, and Chuck Cooper in <em>Trouble in Mind</em>
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Review: LaChanze and Chuck Cooper Astonish in Alice Childress's Monumental Trouble in Mind
Charles Randolph-Wright directs the long overdue Broadway premiere of this timely drama about racism in theater.
Alaska 5000, Lea DeLaria, and the cast of <em>Head Over Heels</em> at Pasadena Playhouse
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Review: Alaska 5000 Owns Immersive Head Over Heels at Pasadena Playhouse
The Go-Go's jukebox musical takes on a new shape after a failed Broadway run in 2018.
Alicia Pilgrim and Lauren F. Walker in the world premiere production of Erika Dickerson-Despenza's <em>Cullud Wattah</em>, directed by Candis C. Jones, at the Public Theater.
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A Portrait of a Black Family Amid a Health Crisis in Cullud Wattah
Erika Dickerson-Despenza's new play makes its off-Broadway premiere at the Public Theater.
Jeanna de Waal (center) is hounded by dancing paparazzo in <em>Diana the Musical</em>
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Review: Live on Broadway, Diana: The Musical Is a Cult Classic in the Making
The Princess Diana bio-musical finds its footing at the Longacre Theatre after the Netflix version got memed to hell.
Julia Murney, Liz Flemming, Danielle Summons, and Jamila Sabares-Klemm
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Review: Baby Tries to Have It All in the 21st Century
Julia Murney stars in a site-specific revisal of Maltby and Shire's 1983 musical about the intricacies of pregnancy and parenthood.
Alley Mills, Lindsay Crouse, Patty McCormack, and Alma Cuervo star in <em>Morning's at Seven</em>, directed by Dan Wackerman, at the Theatre at St. Clement's.
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Review: The Nostalgic Bubble of Morning's at Seven Has Burst
Paul Osborn's 1939 comedy may have aged itself into obsolescence.
David Aron Damane and Garth Kravits appear in Hank Morris's <em>A Turtle on a Fence Post</em>, directed by Gabriel Barre, at Theater 555.
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Review: In A Turtle on a Fence Post, Hell Hath No Fury Like a Cuomo Scorned
A new musical tells the story of a political consultant jailed by the vindictive Prince of Darkness.
Ethan Slater (foreground) plays the balladeer in <em>Assassins</em>.
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Review: In Assassins, Presidential Killers Throw an Opposition Party
Classic Stage Company revives Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's controversial musical.
Nana Mensah and Sandra Okuboyejo star in Jocelyn Bioh's <em>Nollywood Dreams</em>, directed by Saheem Ali, at MCC Theater.
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Review: In Nollywood Dreams, Two Women Fight to Star in a Direct-to-Video Movie
Jocelyn Bioh's new comedy sends up Nigerian cinema in the early '90s.
Andrew Garfield in <em>Tick, Tick...Boom!</em>
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Review: Tick, Tick...Boom! Movie Is Paradise for Theater Geeks
Lin-Manuel Miranda brings Jonathan Larson's semiautobiographical musical to the screen.
Holden William Hagelberger as Trevor, and Sammy Dell as Pinky in <em>Trevor</em>, a new musical written by Dan Collins and Julianne Wick Davis and directed by Marc Bruni at Stage 42.
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Review: The Kids Are Better Than All Right in Trevor
An amazing young cast brings this funny and moving new musical to life off-Broadway at Stage 42.
Brian Fiddyment plays Brian in <em>while you were partying</em> at Soho Rep.
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Review: While You Were Partying Attempts a Comedy About Suicide
Julia Mounsey, Peter Mills Weiss, and Brian Fiddyment present a dark hour of theater at Soho Rep.
<em>Gnit</em>, directed by Oliver Butler, runs through November 21 at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center.
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Review: Will Eno's Gnit Turns a Typo Into a Parable About the Absurdity of Self-Discovery
Eno's comic adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt makes its off-Broadway debut with Theatre for a New Audience.
David Hyde Pierce and Ahmad Maksoud (foreground) star in the world premiere of Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey, and Kwame Kwei-Armah's <em>The Visitor</em>, directed by Daniel Sullivan, at the Public Theater.
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Review: The Visitor Makes an Unwelcome World Premiere Off-Broadway
Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey, and Kwame Kwei-Armah adapt a 2007 film about oppressed immigrants into a musical.
Kristina Wong is the writer and star of <em>Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord</em>, directed by Chay Yew, at New York Theatre Workshop.
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Review: Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord Is an Actually Funny Show About the Pandemic
When the world is falling apart and your government is failing, why not sew your way out of it?
Edie Falco, Marin Ireland, and Blair Brown in <em>Morning Sun</em> at New York City Center – Stage I.
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Review: Morning Sun Is a Work of Art With No Regrets
Edie Falco, Blair Brown, and Marin Ireland play three generations of a New York City family in this new play by Simon Stephens.
Martin Dockery plays Beau James Walker in <em>Tammany Hall</em>, created and directed by Alexander Flanagan-Wright and Darren Lee Cole, at Soho Playhouse.
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Review: A Trip Back to Tammany Hall on the Eve of a New York City Election
A new immersive play considers the mayoral election of 1929.