Theater
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‘A Bright Room Called Day’ Theater Review: Tony Kushner Revisits His First, Flawed Play
The author of “Angels in America” rewrites his stage debut, about Nazi Germany, the Reagan Revolution and other things on his mind
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‘The Young Man From Atlanta’ Theater Review: Aidan Quinn Enters Willy Loman’s Turf
The “Elementary” actor recalls the theater’s most beleaguered salesman in this uneven but ultimately moving revival
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‘The Crucible’ Theater Review: Bedlam Offers a Visceral Take on Arthur Miller’s Witch-Hunting Classic
Eric Tucker’s stripped-down approach to the material yields strong results
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‘The Underlying Chris’ Theater Review: Will Eno Goes Full Hallmark
The playwright continues to explore the wondrousness of life, even when it’s downright ordinary
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Michael Jackson Broadway Musical ‘MJ’ Casts Ephraim Sykes as King of Pop
Sykes was Tony nominee this year for another biomusical, “Ain’t Too Proud”
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‘The Half-Life of Marie Curie’ Theater Review: Kate Mulgrew Is Radioactively Great
Lauren Gunderson’s new two-hander gives all the best lines to a woman you probably never heard of
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‘History of Violence’ Theater Review: Edouard Louis’ Best-Seller Makes a Transatlantic Crossing
The French novel is retold in a new German play in which a young man’s mental state is fractured even further in the aftermath of a sexual attack
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‘The Inheritance’ Broadway Review: A Big Gay Mashup Offers Real Suds, Limp Toes
Matthew Lopez’s opus delivers a Homophile 101 course in camp classics and other major works of questionable art
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‘Evita’ Theater Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Eva Peron Is Back and Lovelier Than Ever
Solea Pfeiffer rules by giving the public what it wants: a star and a clothes horse
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‘Fires in the Mirror’ Theater Review: A Stirring Revival of Anna Deavere Smith’s Solo Show About a 1991 Race Riot
Michael Benjamin Washington takes on nearly 30 characters in Smith’s incisive solo documentary show
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Laurel Griggs, Broadway and ‘SNL’ Actress, Dies at 13
Griggs played Ivanka in the Broadway production of “ONCE the Musical”
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‘Kristin Chenoweth: For the Girls’ Broadway Review: Get This Woman a Variety Show
The Tony-winning legend returns to Broadway with a cabaret act supersized with lots of guest performers
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‘Tina’ Broadway Review: Adrienne Warren Captures Tina Turner’s Distinctive Bray of a Voice
The new jukebox musical highlights a unique showbiz mother, but otherwise sticks to the rules of the genre
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‘Cyrano’ Theater Review: Peter Dinklage Drops the Big Schnoz to Sing
The “Game of Thrones” star headlines a musical adaptation of the classic play, playing a hero who’s masochistic rather than noble
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‘Seared’ Theater Review: Raúl Esparza Sizzles in Theresa Rebeck’s New Top-Chef Comedy
Rebeck cooks up a storm in her raucously funny new play about genius in the kitchen
