Reviews
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‘Extrapolations’ Review: Apple TV+ Series Makes a Passionate Statement on Climate Crisis, but Its Purpose Remains Unclear
Meryl Streep, Kit Harington and more lead the ensemble of the anthology show exploring the effects of climate change in the near future
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‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3 Review: Comedy Plays More Like a Network Drama in Possible Final Chapters
Jason Sudeikis and the cast are as good as ever, but the first four installments make it feel more like a back-to-school story with fewer laughs
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‘A Doll’s House’ Broadway Review: Jessica Chastain Plays Ibsen’s Nora Sitting Down
Jamie Lloyd’s staging of the classic takes minimalism to the extreme
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‘Dark Disabled Stories’ Off Broadway Review: How Using a Walker Can Totally Ruin Your Grindr Date
Ryan J. Haddad’s play explores the challenges of living with a physical disability
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‘Misty’ Off Broadway Review: Arinzé Kene Grapples With Black Violence, Gentrification and Balloons
The British writer-performer’s meta approach to his material reflects the challenges for young Black creators
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‘Scream VI’ Review: The Stabbings Are More Berserk, But Ol’ Ghostface Doesn’t Have Much New to Say
At least we’re getting to know the so-called “Core Four” legacy leads better than ever
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‘The Trees’ Off Broadway Review: The Title Rhymes With Twee
Trees aren’t the only things that don’t move in Agnes Borsinky’s new play
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‘Green Book’ and 13 Other Best Picture Winners That Don’t Hold Up
Some Oscar winners stand the test of time — these, not so much
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‘Love’ Off Broadway Review: A Heart-Tugging Peek Inside a Homeless Shelter in All Its Humanity
Alexander Zeldin’s intimate one-act drama arrives Off Broadway after an acclaimed run in the U.K.
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‘The Best We Could’ Off Broadway Review: Aya Cash Discovers Her Dad’s a Toxic Male
Emily Feldman’s promising but flawed drama is a bait-and-switch look at blinkered boomer narcissism
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‘Operation Fortune’ Review: Guy Ritchie’s Long-Delayed Action Comedy Misses the Mark
Even Hugh Grant and Aubrey Plaza can’t penetrate this lackluster spy lark
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‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ Review: Riley Keough Is Spectacular in Prime Video’s ’70s Rock Band Series
The limited series based on the novel of the same name stars Keough and Sam Claflin as incendiary lovers and collaborators on the road to stardom
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‘Public Obscenities’ Off Broadway Review: A Stunning Snapshot of India Through a Gay Ph.D. Student’s Lens
Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s intimate and revelatory new drama explores many facets of society by showing, not telling
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‘The Seagull/Woodstock, NY’ Off Broadway Review: Parker Posey Steals the Spotlight
Thomas Bradshaw’s very funny update transforms the Chekhov classic into a send-up of bed, Broadway and beyond
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‘Letters From Max’ Off Broadway Review: Death Becomes Them
Sarah Ruhl adapts an epistolary book into a solemn stage exercise in endurance, grief and self-congratulation
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By Robert Hofler