Theater
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Tony-Winning Actress Ruthie Ann Miles Injured in Car Crash That Killed Her 4-Year-Old Daughter
One other child was killed when a driver ran a red light
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‘Queens’ Theater Review: A Harrowing Look at Immigrant Women Trapped in America
In Martyna Majok’s new play, poor women from around the world encounter a war zone in a shared basement living space in Queens, N.Y.
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‘Amy and the Orphans’ Theater Review: ‘American Horror Story’ Star Jamie Brewer Steals the Spotlight
Lindsey Ferrentino’s new play recalls ’60s-era Neil Simon comedies — but she has a dramatic bomb up her sleeve
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‘The Amateurs’ Theater Review: Jordan Harrison’s New Comedy Upends Conventions
The “Marjorie Prime” playwright explodes the fourth wall in a wild, new look back at Noah and the ark
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‘An Ordinary Muslim’ Theater Review: Hammaad Chaudry Is No Ordinary Playwright
Chaudry’s riveting portrait of a Pakistani-Brit vividly recalls some of the angry young men of 1950s British theater: He’s railing against everything and everyone, including himself
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‘Frozen’ Broadway Musical Drops Elsa’s New Song ‘Monster’ (Video)
Song is performed by Caissie Levy and written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
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David Mamet Tackles Harvey Weinstein and ‘Ungovernable Genie of Sexuality’ in New Play
“There is great difficulty when you are switching modes, which we seem to be doing now,” right-leaning author says of his new project
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‘Hello, Dolly!’ Broadway Review: All Bettes Are Off as Bernadette Peters Takes Center Stage
The Tony-winning revival is still in fine form — with a British newcomer named Charlie Stemp nearly stealing the show
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‘Jerry Springer – The Opera’ Theater Review: An Inept Descent Into Daytime-TV Hell
The musical never makes us feel complicit with the Springer TV audience. The talk-show host’s low-life, stupid, morbidly obese guests are there on stage simply to be mocked
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‘Kings’ Theater Review: Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington and Confronts Big, Bad Lobbyists
Sarah Burgess’ dialogue is often scintillating, and would be even more arresting if any of the characters budged from his or her original position
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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson to Take on the Bard in LA Production of ‘Henry IV’
“The Post” star Hanks will play Falstaff in the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles’ production this June
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‘Hangmen’ Theater Review: Martin McDonagh Gleefully Explores the Habit of Murder
After 233 legal murders, a retired executioner finds cause to return to what he does best in McDonagh’s new comedy
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‘Fire and Air’ Theater Review: Terrence McNally Attempts a Master Class in Ballet
Nijinsky and Diaghilev meet again, but produce more hot air than anything resembling real dramatic fire
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‘He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box’ Theater Review: Adrienne Kennedy Looks Back in Anger
The beloved playwright’s first new work in a decade explores a tragic family story
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‘Cardinal’ Theater Review: Anna Chlumsky Struggles to Paint the Town Red
Greg Pierce’s new play leaves Chlumsky comically stranded, and she compensates by being flustered. Who wouldn’t be?
