Culture
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‘Invisible Thread’ Theater Review: Musical’s Uganda Is Far From ‘Book of Mormon’
Director Diane Paulus eschews the pyrotechnics of her recent Broadway outings to embrace a minimalist approach that suits this autobiographical musical to perfection
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‘Important Hats of the Twentieth Century’ Theater Review: Camp Meets High Fashion
”Orange Is the New Black“ writer-producer Nick Jones has fashioned a hilarious, always hallucinatory new Off Broadway comedy about a time-traveling clothing designer
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‘Steve’ Theater Review: Same-Sex Marriage Can Be Anything But Gay
Mark Gerrard borrows from the Terrence McNally school of insult humor, with Kristin Chenoweth and Audra McDonald being trashed in jokes that don’t land
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‘Incident at Vichy’ Theater Review: Arthur Miller Rarity Looks Back at WWII France
The playwright is at his best with the back and forth on whether the Nazis have no table manners or are the best audiences for music in the world
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‘Misery’ Broadway Review: Bruce Willis, Laurie Metcalf Play Crazy Cat and Injured Mouse
Willis gives a credible performance, but as a stage actor he doesn’t show much invention or variety
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‘A View From the Bridge’ Broadway Review: Ivo van Hove Strips Arthur Miller to the Bare Bone
Mark Strong, in a powerful performance, turns Eddie Carbone’s tragedy into an utter inability and unwillingness to understand his own motives
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‘Dada Woof Papa Hot’ Theater Review: John Benjamin Hickey Grapples With New Kind of Marriage
Peter Parnell has a real ear for mixing up the new gay (family values) with the old gay (great, uninhibited sex), and having his lead character torn between the two
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‘Lost Girls’ Theater Review: Piper Perabo Is Mad as Hell at Men and Everybody Else
The men in John Pollono’s new play are so verbally battered by women they could qualify for FEMA
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‘Allegiance’ Broadway Review: George Takei Looks Back at World War II
Rather than focusing on the injustices suffered by Japanese Americans, this new musical finds its voice in the characters’ varied responses to discrimination
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‘On Your Feet!’ Broadway Review: Emilio and Gloria Estefan Pay Tribute to Their Own Success
As self-promoting hagiographies go, this new jukebox musical makes ”Trump: The Art of the Deal“ look modest
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‘King Charles III’ Broadway Review: Princess Di’s a Ghost and Kate’s a Real Witch
Mike Bartlett’s new play about the royal family has a smarmy appeal for theatergoers who’ve never read People magazine
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‘Therese Raquin’ Broadway Review: Keira Knightley Gets Caught Between Tragedy and Grand Guignol in Debut
Not everything goes wrong. As Therese’s lover, Matt Ryan is appropriately studly and manages to produce few laughs despite being stuck with clunky lines
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‘Sylvia’ Broadway Review: Matthew Broderick Must Choose Between Smart Wife or Sexy Talking Pooch
Broderick talks to his dog and his dog talks back to him in revival of 1995 comedy that first starred Sarah Jessica Parker
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‘The Humans’ Theater Review: Send in the Monsters. Don’t Bother They’re Here
Money doesn’t sound as scary as zombies, but the suspense in Stephen Karam’s new play builds right up to the moment that the lights go out
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‘Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King’ Theater Review: ‘Daily Show’ Star Skips Snark in Benign Comedy
Neither raunchy nor political, this one-man show is the Indian-American Muslim’s answer to Billy Crystal’s ”700 Sundays“
