Theater
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‘Shuffle Along’ Broadway Review: George C. Wolfe Delivers His Masterpiece
In a year of corn-pone musicals, “Shuffle Along” exudes elegance and intelligence. It’s big only in its ambitions, theatrical thrills, and the emotions it stirs
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‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ Broadway Review: Jessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne Tackle O’Neill and Each Other
Byrne and Lange capture the way families can be civil one moment and at each other’s throats the next. Theirs is a mesmerizing dance of death
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‘Tuck Everlasting’ Broadway Review: Why Immortality Isn’t What It’s Cracked Up to Be
Nothing gives us a better glimpse of eternity than this musical’s lax narrative, generic performances, and endless ballet
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‘Fully Committed’ Broadway Review: Jesse Tyler Ferguson Brings to Life Modern Family of Entitled Creeps
It’s only food. But in this revival, it’s also power and prestige and people treating people horribly — to great comic effect
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‘Waitress’ Broadway Review: Sara Bareilles, Jessie Mueller Bake Up a Musical Storm
What happens to Adrienne Shelly’s iconic movie when a resolute pie-baking heroine is turned into a singing doormat?
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‘American Psycho’ Broadway Review: Bret Easton Ellis’ Serial Killer Gets Songs and a Soul
Benjamin Walker emerges as far more tortured than Christian Bale. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Duncan Sheik’s new musical gives him a soul
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‘Hamilton’ Parody Mocks Jeb Bush’s Failed Presidential Campaign
“Jeb! An American Disappointment” is inspired by Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit and even features Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and George W. Bush
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Will ‘Hamilton’ Push Women to the Back of the $10 Bill?
The Broadway musical could end up changing the face of money – is this for real?
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J.K. Rowling Reveals ‘Harry Potter’ Play Storyline With Wand Tweet
“Cursed Child” is deep in rehearsals as we learn adult Harry Potter may have some marital problems in store
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Liev Schreiber, Janet McTeer to Return to Broadway in ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’
Tony winners will star in new production first mounted at London’s Donmar Warehouse
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‘Father Comes Home From the Wars’ LA Theater Review: Suzan-Lori Parks’ Entertaining New Masterpiece
The Pulitzer winner’s new drama at Mark Taper Forum is a thought-provoking, oddly funny exploration of slavery
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‘The Father’ Broadway Review: Frank Langella Loses It in a Very Big Way
The beauty and horror of seeing Florian Zeller’s play is that we’re taken inside the head of a man who’s losing his mind
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‘Nathan the Wise’ Theater Review: F. Murray Abraham the Comic Keeps It Wry
The Classic Stage Company presents a theater rarity, as well as a clash of religions and acting styles
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‘American Psycho’ Broadway Musical Is So Bloody, Audiences Are Getting Splattered
Stage version of cult horror novel and movie is deemed too realistic after one guest complains about blood stains on her Burberry cashmere scarf and Louis Vuitton bag
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‘Hamilton’ Makes a $500K Profit Each Week, and 9 More Jaw-Dropping Facts About Broadway Hit
New York Times profile of show producer Jeffrey Seller yields some eye-grabbing details about the stage musical
