Theater
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‘Trouble in Mind’ Broadway Review: LaChanze Delivers the Star Turn Denied to Too Many Others
A 1955 play by Alice Childress makes an historic and very belated debut
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‘Diana’ Broadway Review: A Musical Where the Costume Changes Steal All the Applause
Costumer William Ivey Long re-creates Princess Diana’s classic looks in a show that’s not even ready to wear
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‘Cullud Wattah’ Off Broadway Review: A Powerful Kitchen-Sink Drama Set in Flint
Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s new drama addresses a toxic water crisis in real time
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‘Medicine’ Off Broadway Review: Domhnall Gleeson Makes a Lot of Noise, But Not Much Sense
Someone goes crazy, again, in another new play by Enda Walsh
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‘Assassins’ Off Broadway Review: Presidents Aren’t the Only Targets Now
John Doyle’s revival exposes the souls of Stephen Sondheim’s most dangerous loners
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‘While You Were Partying’ Off Broadway Review: An Onstage Experiment in Misdirection – and Rage
The Soho Rep’s new genre-bending piece explores the nature of performance
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‘Nollywood Dreams’ Off Broadway Review: A Star Is Born in Lagos, Nigeria
Jocelyn Bioh’s new comedy looks for laughs among the TripAdvisor discounts
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Billy Crystal to Return to Broadway for Musical Comedy ‘Mr. Saturday Night’
Musical he co-wrote is based on his 1992 comedy film of the same name
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Tony-Nominated ’Slave Play’ Returns to Broadway With Some Performances Only Open to ‘Black-Identifying’ Audiences
Playwright Jeremy O. Harris cooked up idea for “private, invitation-only” shows “free from the white gaze”
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‘Gnit’ Off Broadway Review: Will Eno’s Peer Gynt Takes His Comedy Act on the Road
Playwright drops the trolls but mines more comic gold than Ibsen ever imagined
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‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord’ Off Broadway Review: She Sews Pandemic Masks of Comedy, Not Tragedy
L.A.-based performance artist finds humor and close-to-home truths during the pandemic
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‘The Visitor’ Off Broadway Review: David Hyde Pierce Plays the Drums as Well as a Saint
Based on the 2007 Tom McCarthy movie starring Richard Jenkins, this new musical finds something to sing about regarding ICE
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‘Morning Sun’ Off Broadway Review: Edie Falco Stars in a Version of ‘It’s Not a Wonderful Life’
Simon Stephens gives her a rough time in his new play, which spans a life and then some
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‘Caroline, or Change’ Broadway Review: An Unsung Musical Heroine Is Back Where She Belongs
Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s groundbreaking musical sounds better than ever
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‘Fairycakes’ Off Broadway Review: Douglas Carter Beane’s Fairy Tale Mash-Up Takes Flight
Beane recycles a bit of everything and makes it all rhyme
