Theater
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‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Broadway Review: Billy Crystal Is Very Funny – Until He Starts to Sing
Which is a problem for a new musical with songs by Jason Robert Brown and Amanda Green
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‘POTUS’ Broadway Review: The President Can’t Be Held Responsible for This Mess
Vanessa Williams, Rachel Dratch, Lea DeLaria, Julie White, Julianne Hough and others find themselves trapped in a political farce
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‘A Strange Loop’ Broadway Review: Michael R. Jackson’s Hilarious and Breathtaking New Musical
Jackson’s Pulitzer winner lands on Broadway with all its brilliance — and brilliant take-downs of Tyler Perry — blessedly intact
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‘Funny Girl’ Broadway Review: She’s Back, Finally, and Very Different
Beanie Feldstein makes the iconic role her own, but the real news is a vastly improved second act
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‘Hangmen’ Broadway Review: Martin McDonagh Gleefully Mocks the Habit of Murder
Alfie Allen makes his Broadway debut, taking on an ex-executioner who finds cause to return to what he does best
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‘How I Learned to Drive’ Broadway Review: Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse Return to the Scene of the Crime
Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play runs in top gear all the way
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‘American Buffalo’ Broadway Review: Sam Rockwell and Laurence Fishburne Explore Mamet’s Dark Side
A crackerjack third Broadway revival of the ’70s classic underscores its relevance for the age of QAnon
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‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ Off Broadway Review: James McAvoy Plays a Poet Stud
Less poetry and more sex makes for a very contempo take on the classic
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‘To My Girls’ Off Broadway Review: JC Lee Updates ‘The Boys in the Band’ for Millennial Gay Men
A new comedy set in a Palm Springs Airbnb tackles white gay male privilege
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‘The Little Prince’ Broadway Review: Classic Tale Gets Dull Cirque du Soleil Lite Treatment
Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s classic falls to Earth with a thud in a new staging
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Women Are Finally Finding a Voice on New York Stages, From ‘Six’ to ‘Suffs’ (Guest Blog)
“I am drawn to untold stories about women and there are so many … that need telling,” Broadway producer Dale Franzen says
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‘Birthday Candles’ Broadway Review: Debra Messing Bakes a Cake and Ages Ungracefully
Playwright Noah Haidle writes a high-concept tear-jerker
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‘Suffs’ Off Broadway Review: Shaina Taub Pulls a Lin-Manuel Miranda With Tour-de-Force Suffragette Musical
Taub wears four musical-theater hats with real flair
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‘Take Me Out’ Broadway Review: Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams Hit It Out of the Ballpark
Terrific performances make Richard Greenberg’s play worth a second look
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‘Paradise Square’ Broadway Review: Call Her Madam, or Return of the Happy Hookers
A new musical finds much to admire in the oldest profession
