Theater
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Broadway’s Revival Fever: Do Old Shows Still Play in #MeToo Era? (Guest Blog)
“Children of a Lesser God” cut a jokey reference to “rape,” producer Hal Luftig says
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‘Yerma’ Theater Review: Federico Garcia Lorca Wouldn’t Recognize This Adaptation – or Claim It
The Young Vic’s freewheeling adaptation starring Billie Piper updates the story to contemporary London. Yerma is now called Her, which is the least of Her problems
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‘Rocktopia’ Broadway Review: Beethoven’s Not the Only One Rolling Over in This Musical Mashup
A concert blending classical hits and rock/pop mainstays feels out of place on Broadway
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‘Lobby Hero’ Broadway Review: Chris Evans and Michael Cera Compare Their Guns
Sometimes movie stars make the segue to Broadway in high style
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‘Frozen’ Broadway Review: Disney’s Animated Hit Becomes Major Snow Job
Patti Murin and Jelani Alladin occasionally unthaw a rather frigid show
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Platt Drop Epic ‘Hamilton’-‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Mashup (Audio)
It’s the “Musical Theater Marvel/DC Crossover” you never knew you needed
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Cirque du Soleil Performer Killed in Onstage Accident
Performance troupe canceled its two remaining Tampa dates for its traveling show, “Volta”
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Jimmy Buffett Tells Lin-Manuel Miranda He Wants to Play King George in ‘Hamilton’ (Video)
“I can get some high-heel boots and then there we go,” composer of new Broadway musical “Escape to Margaritaville” says
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‘Escape to Margaritaville’ Broadway Review: Jimmy Buffett Kicks Back a Few Too Many
A new musical takes its cue from Buffett’s odes to gluttony “Cheeseburger in Paradise” and “Why Don’t We Get Drunk (and Screw)?”
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How a Blue-Collar Woman Taught Me to Stand Up to Hollywood Bullies and Harassers (Guest Blog)
“Maybe today an actor would think twice before grabbing his director’s breasts,” filmmaker Courtney Balaker writes
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‘Admissions’ Theater Review: Joshua Harmon’s Comedy Dissects One Family’s Yale-or-Bust Insanity
In Harmon’s insightful new comedy, it’s the parents who may never recover from their child’s rejection
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Judy Garland’s Daughter Lorna Luft Diagnosed With Brain Tumor After Backstage Collapse
Singer’s husband became concerned after noticing that she was forgetting lyrics
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‘Good for Otto’ Theater Review: Ed Harris and Amy Madigan Are Stranded in Podunkville
Various troubled souls stumbled into a mental health clinic in David Rabe’s purely cornball new drama
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Original ‘Frozen’ Cast Wants to Reunite for Live Show at Hollywood Bowl Next Year
Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad and others say they’re game to re-create their onscreen roles in new Broadway version
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‘The Low Road’ Theater Review: Bruce Norris Aims High to Bring Down the Rich
The playwright delivers an uproarious indictment of power, privilege and totally deregulated capitalism