Theater
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‘Grangeville’ Off Broadway Review: Sometimes It’s OK for Brothers to Get a Divorce
Samuel D. Hunter’s new two-hander delivers a tough portrait of a family before hitting several false notes of harmony
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‘Liberation’ Off Broadway Review: Bess Wohl’s New Play Is as Good as New York Theater Gets
This propulsive dramatization of 1970s women’s liberation weaves a story that can only be told on stage
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Cynthia Erivo to Host 2025 Tony Awards
“I am so proud and excited to take on this glorious honor,” the Tony-winning actress says ahead of the June 8 ceremony
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Adam Lambert Explains Why He Shushes Broadway-Goers Who Laugh at ‘Cabaret’ Jew Joke
“I just looked at the audience, and said, ‘No, no, no, no, This isn’t comedy,’” the performer says
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Cynthia Erivo to Play Jesus in the Hollywood Bowl’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
“Just a little busy this summer,” the “Wicked” actress says of her casting
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‘Redwood’ Broadway Review: Climbing a Tree, Idina Menzel Gets Hit With Gravity
Despite a few good tunes by Kate Diaz, Tina Landau’s environmentally reckless book leaves the “Wicked” star stranded
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Actors Equity Condemns Trump-Run Kennedy Center for Canceling Children’s Musical ‘Finn’: ‘Beyond Appalling’
“It is disturbing to see the new leadership of this institution move so swiftly to suppress viewpoints they do not agree with,” the guild writes
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Richard Linklater’s ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Adaptation Rounds Out Core Cast With ‘Suffs’ Star Hannah Cruz
The Broadway actress joins Paul Mescal, Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt in the “Boyhood” director’s next decades-spanning film
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Donald Trump Says He’s Fired Kennedy Center Board Members and Will Name Himself Chairman
Trump also included a homophobic attack in his statement
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Comedian Corey O’Brien Sets His ‘Red Tour’ for States That Voted for Trump: ‘Laughter Is Universal’ | Exclusive
The comic tells TheWrap that he wanted to take his “loud, liberal, openly gay self straight into Red states” to push out of his comfort zone
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‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Full Cast Revealed
The stage prequel to the hit Netflix series will open on Broadway in April 2025 with West End star Louis McCartney reprising his role
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‘English’ Broadway Review: Something Gets Lost in the Translation
Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play embraces the tyranny, ignores the chaos in a classroom.
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Claire van Kampen, Prolific Composer and Wife of Mark Rylance, Dies at 71
Van Kampen was also a writer, playwright and accomplished musicologist
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Atlantic Theater Company Postpones 2 Off Broadway Productions as IATSE Stagehands Go on Strike
Eliya Smith’s “Grief Camp” and Mona Pirnot’s “I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan” have been postponed indefinitely
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10 Best New York Theater Productions of 2024
Itamar Moses writes the best play and musical in a year that features great performances from Adam Driver and Audra McDonald