Theater
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‘Prayer for the French Republic’ Off Broadway Review: A Tour de Force Look at a Jewish Family in Paris
Joshua Harmon’s new play skewers the land of the perfect croissant
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‘MJ’ Broadway Review: Michael Jackson Musical Is Less Thriller Than Dangerous
There are villains in Lynn Nottage’s new musical “MJ,” however, they are not Michael Jackson
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‘Intimate Apparel’ Off Broadway Review: Lynn Nottage’s Seamstress Now Sings
Ricky Ian Gordon improves a modern classic with his extraordinary operatic score
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‘Shhhh’ Off Broadway Review: Clare Barron’s Kinky, Envelope-Pushing Drama
Playwright, actress and director explores extremes that have nothing to do with intimacy
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‘Skeleton Crew’ Broadway Review: Phylicia Rashad Wears the Overalls in This Factory Family
The actors rule in this Detroit drama by Dominique Morisseau
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‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Broadway Actor Fired After Misconduct Investigation
James Snyder, who played Harry Potter in the Broadway show, was let go following a complaint from cast member Diane Davis
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‘The Hang’ Off Broadway Review: Taylor Mac Wraps Socrates in Tulle in Blissfully Bizarre Musical
An arresting score puts heady Aesthetics 101 arguments at the center of a New Orleans jazz funeral
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‘Flying Over Sunset’ Broadway Review: A Muddy Musical About Cary Grant’s All-Star Acid Trip
The new musical sings well on LSD, but trips over James Lapine’s pedestrian book
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‘Company’ Broadway Review: Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone Shine in Rousing Sondheim Revival
Marianne Elliott reinvents the classic musical, taking it back to its fun and sexy roots with a gender-swapped lead role
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‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Off Broadway Review: A Triumphant New Musical About a Girl Who Looks Like Her Grandmother
Victoria Clark stars as a high schooler with Methuselah Syndrome in show based on a David Lindsay-Abaire play
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Alex Edelman’s ‘Just for Us’ Off Broadway Review: A Jewish Comic Crashes a Meeting of Neo-Nazis
In this one-man show, Edelman recounts how he faced down the most hostile audience imaginable
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‘Is There Still Sex in the City?’ Off Broadway Review: Insufferable Candace Bushnell Goes in for the Shill
After television, movies and publishing, is the theater this writer’s final act?
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‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Broadway Review: Rob McClure Channels Robin Williams
McClure delivers a great musical comedy performance despite being nearly buried alive in plastic
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‘The Band’s Visit’ Pays a COVID-Delayed Visit to LA as Touring Musicals Hit the Road Again (Guest Blog)
“I really don’t think the size of the theater matters,” producer Orin Wolf says of his intimate 2018 Tony winner playing the 3,400-seat Dolby Theatre
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‘Clyde’s’ Broadway Review: Uzo Aduba’s Devil Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead in Prada
In her new comedy, Lynn Nottage delivers a boss who is literally from hell
