‘Joan of Arc: Into the Fire’ Theater Review: David Byrne Is a True Believer About Butch Christian Saint
Heroine gets lost in a monumental showcase of nationalism and war
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‘Come From Away’ Broadway Review: Stranded in Newfoundland, as Well as the Theater
Thousands of air travelers make an unexpected stop at a small Canadian town on 9/11. You will experience their relief when this new musical gets them all back up in the air
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‘The Glass Menagerie’ Broadway Review: Sally Field Leads Solid Gold Revival
The actress reveals three faces of Amanda Wingfield in director Sam Gold’s production that redefines the Tennessee Williams classic
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‘Significant Other’ Broadway Review: ‘Bridesmaids’ Meets ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin,’ Only Gay
You may have seen Joshua Harmon’s distraught hero before. He’s worth another look, this time on stage
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‘If I Forget’ Theater Review: ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Writer Spins Magnificent Comedic Drama
Steven Levenson, book writer for “Dear Evan Hansen,” follows that script with an even more remarkable work
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‘All the Fine Boys’ Theater Review: Abigail Breslin Grows Up
‘Little Miss Sunshine’ actress deftly handles the shifts between sexual manipulator and victim in Off Broadway drama
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‘Linda’ Theater Review: Why It’s Tough Being a Feminist at a Cosmetics Company
There’s not much arc to the characters in Penelope Skinner’s new play about women who confront ageism and ruthless ambition
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‘The Penitent’ Theater Review: David Mamet Finds New Ways to Present an Argument
The writer’s latest play is of interest only when his character make believe they’re living in 1984 and print had lots of power
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‘Wakey, Wakey’ Theater Review: Will Eno Picks the Wrong Man to Die
William Emerson’s remarkably spontaneous performance is like Pee-Wee Herman after a stroke
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‘Sunday in the Park With George’ Broadway Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Paints as Well as Sings
The actor brings his gift for understatement to the big stage to deliver a moody but riveting George Seurat
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‘Kid Victory’ Theater Review: Life Is Not a Cabaret in John Kander’s New Musical
The legendary composer goes very dark with a new show about an abducted teenager
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‘Everybody’ Theater Review: What’s Really Old Is Almost New Again
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ new play is 90 minutes of theatrical whimsy based on a 15th-century classic
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‘Evening at the Talk House’ Theater Review: Wallace Shawn Gets Serious, Matthew Broderick Stays Cool
Broderick lets go with character critiques that savage like an assassin’s bullets, but a twist or major reveal is never delivered
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‘Man From Nebraska’ Theater Review: Tracy Letts Before His Trip to ‘August: Osage County’
A minor play from a major playwright finally makes its New York stage debut
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‘Sunset Boulevard’ Broadway Review: Glenn Close Leads an Awkward Comeback
Close gives a bravura performance — funny, over-the-top, ridiculous — but her silent film star is never vulnerable except when she attempts to sing
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‘The Liar’ Theater Review: David Ives Channels Trump Through Corneille
Death is easy, comedy is hard, and French farce is nearly impossible to perform
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‘Jitney’ Broadway Review: Pre-‘Fences’ August Wilson Runs on All Cylinders
Director Ruben Santiago-Hudson doesn’t completely conceal the play’s flaws but he does expose its brilliance
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‘The Present’ Review: Cate Blanchett Makes Her Broadway Debut in Great Company
Thanks to Blanchett and the brilliant Richard Roxburgh, you can’t take your eyes off these infantile Chekhovian characters
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10 Worst Theater Productions of 2016, From ‘Paramour’ to ‘Disaster!’ (Photos)
TheWrap Best & Worst 2016: Critic Robert Hofler cringes again at NYC onstage atrocities from Steve Martin, Nia Vardalos and more
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10 Best Theater Productions of 2016, From ‘The Crucible’ to ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ (Photos)
TheWrap Best & Worst 2016: Critic Robert Hofler ranks the top NYC stage shows of the year
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‘Othello’ Theater Review: David Oyelowo, Daniel Craig Go to War
The New York Theatre Workshop has been transformed into a plywood box, ready to ignite with one lit match
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‘In Transit’ Broadway Review: Where Underground Does Not Mean Cutting Edge
Set in a very sanitized subway system, Broadway’s first a capella musical presents not only a crime-free but a drama-free zone
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‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ Theater Review: Nia Vardalos Is No Miss Lonelyhearts
The forces behind “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and “Hamilton” make for a strange marriage, which should end in divorce
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‘Rancho Viejo’ Theater Review: Lost in the Desert, as Well as a Three-Hour Comedy
A geriatric “Friends” with Mare Winningham and Mark Blum turns into something far less interesting in Dan LeFranc’s new play
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‘The Babylon Line’ Theater Review: Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Reaser Bring Lust to Adult Ed
In his absorbing new comedy, Richard Greenberg teaches us much about not only creative writing but the strange place that is Levittown, Long Island
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‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Theater Review: A New Musical for the Hashtag Generation
Off Broadway musical could be new “Rent” for young people who prefer typing on computers to speech, and creates virtual communities on the Internet
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‘A Bronx Tale’ Broadway Review: Chazz Palminteri Returns to His Roots, Again
Palminteri’s mean-streets story, co-directed by Robert De Niro, is set to music that sounds more Disney than the Bronx
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‘Ride the Cyclone’ Theater Review: How to Give Rod Serling a Bad Name
A new Off Broadway musical embraces the macabre but not much else
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‘Sweet Charity’ Theater Review: Sutton Foster Galumphs Her Way to Musical-Comedy Greatness
This working girl resembles a clomping giraffe in a bad Dynel wig — both hilarious and pathetic
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‘Dead Poets Society’ Theater Review: Jason Sudeikis Goes Back to School, But Why Should We?
Tom Schulman adapts his 1989 screenplay about a 1950s boys’ prep school to the stage. Oh, for the future days of STDs and crystal meth among our youth
