‘Measure for Measure’ Theater Review: Shakespeare With Teleprompters
The Elevator Repair Service’s revival misses the Bard’s poetry
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‘Time and the Conways’ Broadway Review: Elizabeth McGovern Slams the Door on “Downton Abbey”
Director Rebecca Taichman turns a forgotten play into a guilty pleasure worth watching
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‘Discord’ Theater Review: It’s Bill Maher’s ‘Religulous’ for the Thinking Man
Scott Carter of “Real Time With Bill Maher” conjures up a seance with Dickens, Tolstoy and Jefferson to shred the Bible
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‘A Clockwork Orange’ Theater Review: Anthony Burgess Classic Reimagined as Gay Fantasia
Jonno Davies plays the buff hero in a high-energy adaptation of Burgess’ dystopian tale
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‘Mary Jane’ Theater Review: Carrie Coon Shines as a Heroic but Human Single Mom
Amy Herzog’s acute characters study steers clear of sentimentality and histrionics
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‘Charm’ Theater Review: A Transgender Pioneer Chooses Emily Post Over Caitlyn Jenner
Philip Dawkins’ play is based on real-life story of Miss Gloria Allen
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‘For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday’ Theater Review: Grown-Ups Flounder in Neverland
Kathleen Chalfant is a sturdy presence in Sarah Ruhl’s underwritten new play
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‘Prince of Broadway’ Review: Tribute to a Great Theater Producer and Director
This revue showcases some great songs exceptionally well sung. But the talent of Harold Prince goes largely unexplored
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‘The Terms of My Surrender’ Broadway Review: Michael Moore Visits Trump’s Hometown
The two men have so much in common, including a need for self-aggrandizement, victimhood and worshipful applause from their respective political bases
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‘A Parallelogram’ Theater Review: Bruce Norris Gives Nihilism a Good Name
This gentle comedy is like the Midas Touch, teaching us how our fondest dream can turn into a living nightmare
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‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Theater Review: Phylicia Rashad Leads Sitcom Version of the Bard
Shakespeare in the Park production plays like a TVLand rerun, complete with musical bumpers between scenes
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‘Menashe’ Review: Father-Son Tale Offers Rare Glimpse Into the Hasidic Cloister
Filmed on the sly (in Yiddish) among the Brooklyn Orthodox, this tale of a father trying to regain custody of his son touches upon universal emotions
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‘Hamlet’ Theater Review: Oscar Isaac Strips to His Skivvies in Earthy Revival
Keegan-Michael Key co-stars in Sam Gold’s radical re-interpretation of the Bard’s classic drama
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‘Pipeline’ Theater Review: Dominique Morisseau Shows How School Can Be Hell on Earth
The co-producer of Showtime’s “Shameless” writes a riveting portrait of a teacher on the verge of a nervous breakdown
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‘A Ghost Story’ Review: Casey Affleck’s Ghost in a Bed Sheet Breaks Your Heart
Rooney Mara co-stars in director David Lowery’s odd, beautiful little story of loss and acceptance
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‘Marvin’s Room’ Broadway Review: Lili Taylor Earns Major Feels as Caregiver Who Needs Care Herself
Janeane Garofalo and Celia Weston also make strong impressions in Roundabout’s revival
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‘Napoli, Brooklyn’ Theater Review: Italian American Saga With Extra Kick in the Sauce
“Sopranos” alum Michael Rispoli stars in Meghan Kennedy’s memory play set in 1960 Broooklyn
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‘1984’ Broadway Review: Big Brother Is Back and He’s Out to Shock Us Senseless
Once it gets going, this British adaptation of Orwell’s classic proves to be the unsettling mother of all dystopias
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‘Seeing You’ Theater Review: Experience WWII Hoboken With Blood and Dance
The latest immersive production from the creator of “Sleep No More” includes Ryan Heffington’s impressive choreography
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‘Clarence Darrow’ Theater Review: Kevin Spacey Serves Up History on Center Court
Tony Awards host stars in revival of one-man show at Arthur Ashe Stadium
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‘The Book of Henry’ Review: Colin Trevorrow’s Single Mother Drama Is No Page-Turner
What could have been a compelling family saga starring Naomi Watts, Jaeden Lieberher and Jacob Tremblay is buried under an uneven, often silly thriller
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‘Bella’ Theater Review: The Wild West Has Rarely Been This Wild
Kirsten Childs’ Off Broadway musical features a heroine who calls herself Big Booty Tupelo Gal
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‘Cost of Living’ Theater Review: But Who’s Taking Care of the Caretakers?
Martyna Majok’s new play explores the lives of those underpaid people who care for others and, in turn, have no one to care for them
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‘The End of Longing’ Theater Review: Matthew Perry Recycles as Both Playwright and Star
What begins as a sexy, trite sitcom turns into the kind of treacly TV drama that populated the major networks before cable came to the rescue
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‘Building the Wall’ Theater Review: A View of Post-Trump America Both Powerful and Preposterous
Just when you think the revelations in Robert Schenkkan’s new play can’t get any darker, they turn a deeper shade of black
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‘Can You Forgive Her?’ Theater Review: Amber Tamblyn Copes With Extreme Student Debt
Her character finds a sugar daddy, played by Frank Wood, who steals the show (after it’s almost over)
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‘Killing of a Sacred Deer’ Cannes Review: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell Get Dark and Freaky
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has made a deranged-stalker flick with a thrilling, almost Kubrickian level of coldness and precision
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‘Derren Brown: Secret’ Theater Review: When Distraction Is Magic
The British showman is the William Castle of illusionists
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‘Arlington’ Theater Review: Enda Walsh Revisits a Few Dystopian Classics
The playwright conjures up ideas and images from “1984,” “Mara and Dann,” and “Blade Runner”
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‘Pacific Overtures’ Theater Review: Stephen Sondheim Survives the Scissors
John Doyle’s staging has humor, thanks to the inspired casting of Ann Harada. But why trim Sondheim’s score?
