Theater
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‘Good Enemy’ Off Broadway Review: A Twisted Escape From One Man’s Past in China
Yilong Liu alternates between autopilot and flooring the accelerator in his new drama
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‘You Will Get Sick’ Off Broadway Review: Linda Lavin Shines as the World’s Oldest Dorothy
Noah Diaz’s new comedy about illness and death takes a trip to Oz and Kansas
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‘Almost Famous’ Review: Cameron Crowe Comes to Broadway With a Mixed Bag of Rock Music and Groupies
In his new treatment of his semiautobiographical film, why is he recycling himself as Evan Hansen?
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‘Where the Mountain Meets the Sea’ Review: 2 Haitian American Men Seek Their Roots Through Music
Jeff Augustin’s new Off-Broadway play, with music by the Bergsons, sends mixed messages
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‘Hadestown’ Star Patrick Page to Take His Final Bow as Hades in December (Exclusive)
The acting vet talks to TheWrap about why he’s leaving the Tony-winning show, that controversial Lillias White snafu and showing Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds the ropes in “Spirited”
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‘A Man of No Importance’ Off Broadway Review: Jim Parsons Leads a Bloodless Musical Revival
Sheldon sings, sort of, in a modest revival of the Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens musical
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‘Walking With Ghosts’ Broadway Review: Gabriel Byrne Wades Through the Usual Memoir Horror Stories
The actor’s formidable career takes a distant second place to tales of abuse
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‘Straight Line Crazy’ Off Broadway Review: Ralph Fiennes Tries to Bulldoze Over Robert Moses
But his performance and a few fictional characters bring a wrecking ball to David Hare’s new play
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‘A Raisin in the Sun’ Off Broadway Review: Robert O’Hara Rethinks a Classic to Brilliant Effect
The director also delivers the best ensemble performing on the New York stage right now
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‘Montag’ Off Broadway Review: An Onstage Thriller About 2 Women in a State of Siege
Kate Tarker’s Off Broadway drama gets a visually stunning production at Soho Rep
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‘Topdog/Underdog’ Broadway Review: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Corey Hawkins Create Sparks
Kenny Leon directs an electric revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’ 2001 classic
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‘The Piano Lesson’ Broadway Review: John David Washington Gives a Master Class in Acting
Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Fisher and Danielle Brooks co-star in the first Broadway revival of this August Wilson classic
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By Robert Hofler -
‘Death of a Salesman’ Broadway Review: Wendell Pierce and Sharon D. Clarke Lead a Revelatory Revival
Director Miranda Cromwell finds new depths in Willy Loman’s tragic story
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By Robert Hofler -
‘1776’ Broadway Review: Even Male Drag Can’t Rescue This Musical Clunker
It’s a show about the American Revolution that makes you root for the British
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By Robert Hofler -
‘I’m Revolting’ Off Broadway Review: Hell Is Other People in a Hospital Waiting Room
Playwright Gracie Gardner’s drama shows promise but mostly just kills time














