Theater
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‘The Piano Lesson’ Broadway Review: John David Washington Gives a Master Class in Acting
Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Fisher and Danielle Brooks co-star in the first Broadway revival of this August Wilson classic
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Angela Lansbury Appreciation: This Titan of Stage, Film and TV Moved Generations of Fans
From her early work at MGM through Broadway stardom and “Murder, She Wrote” immortality, Lansbury stayed vibrant and creative throughout a long life
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Angela Lansbury, Legendary Actress of Stage and Screen, Dies at 96
The five-time Tony winner’s credits include “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “Beauty and the Beast”
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‘Death of a Salesman’ Broadway Review: Wendell Pierce and Sharon D. Clarke Lead a Revelatory Revival
Director Miranda Cromwell finds new depths in Willy Loman’s tragic story
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‘1776’ Broadway Review: Even Male Drag Can’t Rescue This Musical Clunker
It’s a show about the American Revolution that makes you root for the British
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‘I’m Revolting’ Off Broadway Review: Hell Is Other People in a Hospital Waiting Room
Playwright Gracie Gardner’s drama shows promise but mostly just kills time
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Charles Fuller, Pulitzer-Winning, Oscar-Nominated ‘A Soldier’s Play’ Playwright, Dies at 83
The play was adapted into the 1984 film “A Soldier’s Story” starring Howard E. Rollins Jr., Denzel Washington and David Alan Grier
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‘Funny Girl’ Broadway Review: Lea Michele Brings the Diva But Not the Laughs
The “Glee” star returns to the theater in that Barbra Streisand role
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‘Leopoldstadt’ Broadway Review: Tom Stoppard Remembers the Holocaust in Vivid Detail
With a cast of 38 actors, the playwright covers over half a century of anti-Semitism in Old Vienna
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‘Baldwin & Buckley at Cambridge’ Off Broadway Review: The Great Debate Loses Some of Its Bite
James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. continue to argue about dreams and race in America
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‘American (Tele)visions’ Off Broadway Review: Why the Tube Is Bad for Our Health
Victor I. Cazares’s new play makes a habit of repeating the obvious
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‘Weightless’ Off Broadway Review: The Kilbanes Give 2 Mythic Greek Sisters an Indie-Rock Lift
The Bay Area duo Kate Kilbane and Dan Moses have crafted one of the best new musicals in recent memory
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Scott Rudin and Broadway Ad Agency Settle $6.3 Million Lawsuit Over Alleged Unpaid Fees
A company called SpotCo sued the producer in 2020
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‘This Beautiful Future’ Off Broadway Review: Karaoke Perks Up a Doomed WWII-Era Love Story
Rita Kalnejais imagines a sappy alternate reality for a Nazi soldier and his French traitor girlfriend
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‘Phantom of the Opera’ to End Broadway Run After 35 Years
The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical has been seen by 19.8 million people and grossed $1.3 billion on the Great White Way
