Theater
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‘Elyria’ Off Broadway Review: The Real Housewives of Suburban Cleveland Wear Saris
Deepa Purohit’s melodrama unfolds like a Douglas Sirk movie by way of the Indian diaspora
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‘Black Odyssey’ Off Broadway Review: Ulysses Now Travels Home to Harlem
Marcus Gardley’s exhilarating new play is as much a send-up as an update of Homer
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‘A Bright New Boise’ Off Broadway Review: Hobby Lobby May Be Even Worse Than You Imagined
An early play from Samuel D. Hunter has echoes of his new movie, “The Whale”
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‘The Wanderers’ Off Broadway Review: A Woody Allen-Tinged Character Pursues Katie Holmes on the Internet
Anna Ziegler’s play recalls the best of a banished filmmaker while plunging us even deeper into old Brooklyn
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‘Cornelia Street’ Off Broadway Review: Norbert Leo Butz Slices and Dices Like a Pro
Mark Eitzel’s score is also Michelin-worthy, but Simon Stephens’s book keeps this musical about a famous Village cafe off the front burner
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Reunite for ‘Restless Leg’ Comedy Tour
The comedic duo launches their first-ever comedy tour this spring
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‘Pictures From Home’ Broadway Review: Nathan Lane Doesn’t Sing but Acts Up a Storm
Based on Larry Sultan’s acclaimed photo memoir, Sharr White’s new play delivers laughs amid the schmaltz
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‘Spirited Away’ Stage Musical Gets Theatrical Release From GKIDS This Spring
The adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece finally comes stateside
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‘Lucy’ Off Broadway Review: When Having It All Turns Into a Childcare Nightmare
Erica Schmidt’s thriller puts a few new spins on moms, nannies and the kids who are their victims
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‘La La Land’ Will Dance Its Way to Broadway
Damien Chazelle’s six-time Oscar-winning movie musical starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling is being adapted into a stage production
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‘Without You’ Off Broadway Review: Anthony Rapp Looks Back on ‘Rent’ and Loss
The “Star Trek: Discovery” star offers a heartfelt but thin musical memoir
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‘Small Talk’ Off Broadway Review: Colin Quinn Serves Another Round of Familiar Gripes
The comic’s latest monologue returns to the same well of complaints about how online culture is ruining America
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Stephen Greif, ‘The Crown’ and ‘Blake’s 7’ Actor, Dies at 78
“We will miss him dearly and our thoughts are with his family and friends,” the English actor’s representative Michelle Braidman Associates said
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10 Worst New York Theater Productions of 2022 (Photos)
TheWrap critic Robert Hofler picks the year’s biggest misfires on stage, from “Almost Famous” to “MJ: The Musical”
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The 10 Best New York Theater Productions of 2022 (Photos)
The real news this year was all the wonderful new plays and musicals