‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ Theater Review: It’s Donald Trump v. Pat Buchanan
Will Arbery exposes a wild Roman Catholic cult in his bizarre and very messy new play
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5 Things You May Not Know About My Vile, Malicious Cousin Roy Cohn (Guest Blog)
Cohn’s mother “was the original helicopter parent, fussing over her only son’s grades, appearance and relationships,” writes his cousin, journalist David L. Marcus
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‘Sunday’ Theater Review: ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘King Kong’ Playwright’s New Drama Is Just Awful
Jack Thorne’s follow-up play manages to give young people, as well as Anne Tyler, a bad name
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‘Derren Brown: Secret’ Broadway Review: When Distraction Is Magic
The British showman is the William Castle of illusionists
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Rob Zombie Talks ‘Miserable’ Studio Projects, Naked Shoots and (Yes) Robert Altman (Guest Blog)
“Sometimes when I get that critique of characters being too campy or wacky I think, ‘They look real to me,'” the “3 From Hell” director tells his actor Jeff Daniel Phillips
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‘American Moor’ Theater Review: An Actor Confronts Othello – and a Fraught History With White Directors
in his fiery new play, Keith Hamilton Cobb unleashes on everything when told how to play Othello
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‘Betrayal’ Broadway Review: Tom Hiddleston Gives a Master Class in Minimalism
The actor takes the play’s big moments and makes them explode by underplaying them in this revival of the Harold Pinter classic
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Female Composers Worked on 1% of Top Films Since 2007 – Can a New Concert Help Even the Score? (Guest Blog)
This month’s concert “Women Warriors: The Voices of Change” celebrates historic women — and female composers who seldom land industry jobs
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‘Make Believe’ Theater Review: Why Childhood Isn’t for Sissies
The kids are not all right in Bess Wohl’s arresting new play
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What’s Worth Dying For? ‘The Johnny Cycle’ Immerses You in Dalton Trumbo’s ‘Johnny Got His Gun’ to Provoke Questions About Patriotism
A new immersive theater experience asks you to consider your place in the world — when you feel trapped in the bubble of your own mind
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‘Sea Wall/A Life’ Broadway Review: Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge Go Solo Together
Revivals of minor plays by Nick Payne and Simon Stephens get the star treatment
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‘Bat Out of Hell’ Theater Review: How to Turn a Musical Into Meat Loaf
Jim Steinman’s long-touring musical makes a summer pit stop in New York City
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Why Hollywood Loves Redeeming Male Characters With a Dog (Guest Blog)
From “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” to “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” Hollywood again proves that dogs really can be a man’s best friend (and most civilizing quality)
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Screenwriting Assignments Are on the Wane, but Here’s How to Break Into the Game (Guest Blog)
The Rep Sheet: “It’s really about launching your client with a great piece of material and socializing them in the right way,” MGMT’s Michael Diamond says
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‘Moulin Rouge!’ Broadway Review: Director Alex Timbers Is No Baz Luhrmann
The director continues not to impress with his latest movie-to-stage musical after “Rocky” and “Beetlejuice”
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New Mike Wallace Documentary Arrives at the Right Moment for the Media (Guest Blog)
“These days, those who dare to ask the kinds of questions Mike asked often face repercussions,” producer Peggy Drexler says
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‘Broadway Bounty Hunter’ Theater Review: Annie Golden Plays a Badass Annie Golden to Perfection
The “Orange Is the New Black” actress survives drug lords and gunfire, as well as her material
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‘Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow’ Theater Review: It’s Funny Funny Funny
Halley Feiffer and director Trip Cullman go burlesque with updated version of “The Three Sisters”
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‘Mojada’ Theater Review: Euripides’ Medea Now Lives and Murders in Queens
Luis Alfaro continues his provocative exploration of the classics by turning a spurned mother into a desperate Mexican woman
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‘The Rolling Stone’ Theater Review: The Fight Goes on for Gay Ugandans
Chris Urch’s drama examines extreme homophobia in Africa, only to find that family is more important than freedom
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The Emmys and the Future of Muslim Portrayals on Television
Sue Obeidi, director of the Hollywood Bureau of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, hopes Emmy contenders “Ramy” and Netflix’s “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj” will inspire many more nuanced portrayals
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Will a Black ‘Little Mermaid’ Flip the Script on White Actresses in Hollywood? (Guest Blog)
If a British prince can marry a biracial American divorcee and maybe live happily ever after, there’s no reason why a black mermaid can’t have her own dreams come true
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Meet Simon Mercs, YouTube’s Model Maker Extraordinaire (Guest Blog)
This former Hollywood prop master’s how-to videos are like Captain Kangaroo on acid, going solo without the support of Mr. Green Jeans and Bunny Rabbit
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‘We’re Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time’ Theater Review: Memoir as Therapy
David Cale looks back a tragedy in his family and sings about it
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Is John Cusack as Bad as Trump When It Comes to Retweeting Anti-Semitic Images? (Guest Blog)
Like Trump, the actor brought anti-Semitism into a political issue that said more about the tweeter than the tweet
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‘Toni Stone’ Theater Review: A Magnificent Drama About the First Woman to Play Pro Baseball
Lydia R. Diamond’s fine fact-based new play profiles an amazing athlete and trailblazer
