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Da’Merius Ford (center) and cast members of <em>Camp Morning Wood: A Very Naked Musical</em>, directed by Marc Eardley, at Asylum NYC.
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Otters and Foxes and Bears, Oh My! Camp Morning Wood Brings the Gay Outdoors Inside
The musical in the buff is running at Asylum NYC.
Mikhail Baryshnikov (above) leads the cast of <em>ChekhovOS /an experimental game/</em>, directed by Igor Golyak, for Arlekin Players Theatre’s Zero Gravity Lab.
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Review: Mikhail Baryshnikov Plays the Steve Jobs of Modern Drama in ChekhovOS /an experimental game/
Forget 1984. Arlekin Players Theatre is taking us back to 1894.
Katherine Hreib (center) plays Persephone in Camilo Quiroz-Vazquez's <em>Persou</em>, directed by Ellpetha Tsivicos, at the Cell Theatre.
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Review: Celebrate New York's Rebirth the Cypriot Way in Persou
One Whale's Tale presents the first indoor immersive show with live actors following the pandemic.
Ruth Wilson and Andrew Scott in <em>Oslo</em>
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Review: Oslo Once Again Wonders Why Israelis and Palestinians Can't Get Along
J.T. Rogers's Tony-winning docudrama is now an HBO movie starring Ruth Wilson and Andrew Scott.
Anthony Ramos plays Usnavi, and Melissa Barrera plays Vanessa in <em>In the Heights</em>.
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Review: In the Heights Sounds the First Notes of an Extraordinary Summer
Lin-Manuel Miranda's first Broadway musical gets a lavish screen adaptation.
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park appears under a half-moon.
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Review: Hear Murder Under a Blood Moon in Caesar: A Surround Sound Experiment
Knock at the Gate presents an audio production of Shakespeare's tale of tyranny and murder.
Jesse (Max Sangerman) and Molly (Carrie Manolakos) gaze across the Ohio River in <em>Lights on the Radio Tower</em>.
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Review: Lights on the Radio Tower, a Rock Musical About Heartland Despair
A brother and sister reunite, possibly for the last time, in Emily Goodson and Kevin James Thornton's streaming musical.
Debora Balardini stars in Group.BR’s <em>Metanóia</em>, directed by Jonathan Hart Makwaia, for Downtown Live.
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Review: Group.BR Presents Scenes From the Pandemic in Metanóia
The New York-based Brazilian theater troupe presents a short play in Downtown Live about what we've all been through this past year.
Heather Christian wrote and stars in <em>Animal Wisdom</em>, a new film of her stage show.
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Review: Heather Christian and Her Ghosts Impart Some Animal Wisdom
A new film brings a musical séance into your living room.
Afsoon Pajoufar has reimagined the porphyry chamber for off-off-Broadway in <em>Icons/Idols: In the Purple Room</em>.
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Review: Icons/Idols: In the Purple Room Takes Us Inside the Palace of Constantinople
Byzantine Choral Project reopens New Ohio Theatre for this unique installation.
Norm Lewis, seen here at a 2019 event, headlined the kickoff of Lincoln Center's Restart Stages program at Damrosch Park.
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Review: Restart Stages Presents Norm Lewis at Damrosch Park
The Broadway veteran opens a planned summer of live performances at the Lincoln Center.
Ethan Hawke and John Leguizamo star in Samuel Beckett's <em>Waiting for Godot</em>, directed by Scott Elliott, for the New Group.
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Waiting for Godot: Samuel Beckett's Endless Zoom Call
A starry cast performs a new production of the existential masterpiece, specially made for the pandemic year.
Christian Douglas and Sam Bolen star in Mark Sonnenblick's <em>Midnight at the Never Get</em>, directed by Matthew Gardiner, in a special film for Signature Theatre.
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Review: The Afterlife Is a Cabaret in Midnight at the Never Get
Signature Theatre presents a streaming version of Mark Sonnenblick's musical about a pre-Stonewall gay romance.
This is the setup for <em>Odd Man Out</em> once you remove the contents from the box.
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Review: Odd Man Out Is Black Box Theater Delivered to Your Home
Take a flight from New York to Buenos Aires...while never leaving the ground.
Jessica Hung Han Yun's in-your-face lighting is the main antagonist of <em>Blindness</em>.
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Review: Blindness Welcomes Off-Broadway Audiences Back Inside
...for a hard look at the darkest recesses of the human soul.
Olivia Colman and Anthony Hopkins star in <em>The Father</em>
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Review: Anthony Hopkins Plays a Patriarch in Decline in The Father
Florian Zeller brings his breakthrough stage play to the screen in an adaptation co-starring Olivia Colman.
Sri Rao in <em>Bollywood Kitchen</em>, a production of the Geffen Stayhouse.
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Review: Sri Rao's Bollywood Kitchen Is a Feast for the Belly and a Feast for the Senses
Rao's new interactive theater piece is presented by the Geffen Playhouse.
Rita Moreno in a scene from <em>Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It</em>
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Review: A Star Is Reborn in Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
The EGOT-winner's honesty, fortitude, and glamor are the shining star in this decades-spanning documentary.
Darek DelGaudio beside the signature gold brick of <em>In & Of Itself</em>.
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Review: Derek DelGaudio Elicits Wonderment and Deep Thought in New In & Of Itself Film
The conceptual magician's hit off-Broadway show is now available to a wider audience in a new filmed version on Hulu.
Andrew Lincoln as Scrooge
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Review: A Remarkable Turn by Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln in A Christmas Carol
London's Old Vic streams its Tony-nominated production worldwide.
William Bellamy, Jay Aubrey Jones, Melissa Errico, Kathy Fitzgerald, Shereen Ahmed, Austyn Johnson, Kylie Kuioka, and Ali Ewoldt in <em>Meet Me in St. Louis</em>
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Review: Irish Rep's Meet Me in St. Louis Is a Gloriously Sung Christmas Present
Shereen Ahmed, Melissa Errico, Ali Ewoldt, and Max von Essen head the cast of this virtual production.
Jefferson Mays
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Review: Jefferson Mays (and Jefferson Mays and Jefferson Mays) Dazzles in A Christmas Carol
The Tony-winning actor goes back to his roots in a filmed edition of his one-man take on Dickens.
Meryl Streep and James Corden star in <em>The Prom</em>, directed by Ryan Murphy, for Netflix.
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Review: The Prom on Netflix Delivers Broadway to Your COVID Bubble
Meryl Streep and James Corden star in the film adaptation of the delightful 2018 musical comedy.
Joe Morton and Deirdre O'Connell in <em>Lessons in Survival</em>.
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Review: Vineyard's Lessons in Survival Is An Expert Theatrical History Lesson
Veteran stage actors channel historic conversations with famous Black thinkers in this new series.