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Friday, April 26, 2024

‘Harlequin, Refined by Love’ Review: A French Showman’s First Steps by Laura Cappelle

The revival of a 2006 work by Thomas Jolly, the director masterminding the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics, shows his gift for visual flamboyance.

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‘Forbidden Broadway’ Scraps Summer Broadway Run, Citing Crowded Season by Michael Paulson

The parody show was scheduled to begin performances in July at the Helen Hayes Theater.

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‘Mary Jane,’ ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ and More New Broadway Shows by The New York Times

This past week has been jam-packed with openings. Our reviewers think these new shows are worth knowing about even if you’re not planning to see them.

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Review: Turning a Dance Spotlight on the Painter Juan de Pareja by Gia Kourlas

Eduardo Vilaro celebrates his 15th year as artistic director of Ballet Hispánico with a premiere exploring the life of the Afro-Hispanic artist.

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Review: ‘Jordans’ Tackles Race at Work at the Public Theater by Maya Phillips

Alternating between funny and bleak, the Public Theater’s latest production tackles race and the modern workplace.

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Review: A New ‘Great Gatsby’ Leads With Comedy and Romance by Laura Collins-Hughes

This musical adaptation, now on Broadway, is a lot of Jazz Age fun. But it forgot that Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel endures because it is a tragedy.

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Review: Jessica Lange Stars in Paula Vogel’s ‘Mother Play’ by Alexis Soloski

Jessica Lange stars as a ferocious matriarch alongside Celia Keenan-Bolger and Jim Parsons in Vogel’s latest family drama.

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The Culture Desk: Alicia Keys on Reimagining “Fallin” for Broadway by Alex Barron, Lynn Levy, Michael Paulson and Daniel Ramirez

The singer talks about finding a new home for her first hit.

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A Wanderer, Ravel and Suzanne Farrell: Life Is Good at City Ballet by Gia Kourlas

The spring season at New York City Ballet opened with an all-Balanchine program and a vintage miniature from 1975: “Errante,” staged for a new generation.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Review: Steve Carell as the 50-Year-Old Loser in a Comic ‘Uncle Vanya’ by Jesse Green

Sleek, lucid, amusing, often beautiful, it’s Chekhov with everything, except the main thing.

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Carrie Robbins, Costume Designer for Dozens of Broadway Shows, Dies at 81 by Alex Traub

She made a classic wig and poodle skirt for “Grease” (using a bath mat and a toilet cover) and turned actors into Spanish inquisitors, British highwaymen and more.

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Improv Is Making a Comeback in New York by Jason Zinoman

The pandemic dealt a major blow to the once-thriving comedy form, but a new energy can be seen in performances throughout the city.

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Review: Noche Flamenca, Raising the Dead With Goya by Brian Seibert

In “Searching for Goya,” at the Joyce Theater, the troupe uses the painter’s images as frames for flamenco dances.

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‘Oh, Mary!,’ a Surprise Downtown Hit, Will Play Broadway This Summer by Michael Paulson

Cole Escola’s madcap comedy about the former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln will begin performances in June.

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‘So Far From Ukraine’: A Princely Dancer Finds a Home in Miami by Marina Harss

Stanislav Olshanskyi has had to battle homesickness and adjust to Miami City Ballet’s style: quick, light, constantly in motion. He’s also the prince in “Swan Lake.”

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‘Orlando’ Review: A Virginia Woolf Fantasy That Plays With Gender by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In this revival of Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of the Woolf novel, now starring Taylor Mac, the flashes of comedy can’t make up for the loss of poetry.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

‘Mary Jane’ Review: When Parenting Means Intensive Care by Jesse Green

Amy Herzog’s heartbreaker arrives on Broadway with Rachel McAdams as the alarmingly upbeat mother of a fearfully sick child.

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Terry Carter, Barrier-Breaking Actor and Documentarian, Dies at 95 by Robert D. McFadden

He was the only Black actor on “Combat!” and “The Phil Silvers Show,” then made well regarded documentaries on luminaries like Duke Ellington and Katherine Dunham.

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Lady Macbeth Gets Two Very Different Interpretations by Maya Phillips

One of Shakespeare’s most coveted roles for women gets different interpretations onstage in New York and Washington.

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Monday, April 22, 2024

Huey Lewis’s Music Makes ‘The Heart of Rock and Roll’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The new musical doesn’t take itself too seriously and has many winning moments — almost enough to eclipse the weaknesses of its story.

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‘Cabaret’ Opening on Broadway: Eddie Redmayne, Angela Bassett and Baz Luhrmann by Sarah Bahr, Melissa Guerrero and Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet

A party for the buzzy revival of the Broadway musical was held at a theater that has been transformed to look like a 1930s-era nightclub.

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‘Patriots’ Review: What Happened to the Man Who Made Putin? by Jesse Green

Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen shine as a kingmaker and his creature. But in Peter Morgan’s cheesy-fun play, it’s not always clear which is which.

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Review: ‘Grenfell’ Sees Tower Fire Through Residents’ Eyes by Laura Collins-Hughes

At St. Ann’s Warehouse, this documentary play about a London fire is blood-boiling and aggrieved.

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How ‘Stereophonic’ Made Musicians Out of Actors by Alexis Soloski

The new Broadway play conjures a group as dazzling as peak Fleetwood Mac. This is how five actors with limited training (one never held a bass) became rock stars.

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The Vampire Ballerina in ‘Abigail’ Has a Long Pop Culture Lineage by Margaret Fuhrer

The vampire ballerina in the new movie “Abigail” has a long pop culture lineage. She and her sisters are obsessed, tormented and likely to cause harm.

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

‘Cabaret’ Review: Dancing, and Screaming, at the End of the World by Jesse Green

Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin star in a buzzy Broadway revival that rips the skin off the 1966 musical.

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‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Review: Alicia Keys’s Musical Finds Its Groove on Broadway by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The retooled jukebox musical, with its top-notch performances and exciting choreography, “stands out as one of the rare must-sees” in a crowded season.

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Saturday, April 20, 2024

Alfred Molina on the Museum He Never Misses When He’s in New York by Sarah Bahr

“Every time I’m in the city, I make a visit,” said the actor, who is performing on Broadway in “Uncle Vanya.”

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Review: In ‘Still,’ Confessions Doom Two Reunited Lovers by Rhoda Feng

Despite a juicy premise, this Colt Coeur production, starring Tim Daly and Jayne Atkinson, never manages to take off.

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Peter Morgan Turns His Pen From ‘The Crown’ to the Kremlin by Maureen Dowd

His new play “Patriots,” now on Broadway, follows Putin’s rise to power and the Russian oligarchs who mistakenly thought he’d be their puppet.

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‘Stereophonic’ Review: Hitmakers Rendered in Sublime Detail by Naveen Kumar

In David Adjmi’s new play, with songs by Will Butler, a ’70s band’s success breeds tension, and punches up the volume on Broadway.

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 22, 2023: Once Upon a One More Time - Marquis Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 20, 2023: Here Lies Love - Broadway Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Aug 03, 2023: Back to the Future - Winter Garden Theatre
Aug 10, 2023: The Shark Is Broken - John Golden Theatre
Sep 27, 2023: Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch - Music Box Theatre
Sep 28, 2023: Melissa Etheridge: My Window - Circle In The Square
Oct 03, 2023: Jaja's African Hair Braiding - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Oct 10, 2023: Merrily We Roll Along - Hudson Theatre
Oct 12, 2023: Gutenberg! The Musical! - James Earl Jones Theatre
Nov 02, 2023: I Need That - American Airlines Theatre
Nov 13, 2023: Harmony - A New Musical - Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 10, 2023: How to Dance in Ohio - Belasco Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Jan 09, 2024: Prayer For The French Republic - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Jan 28, 2024: Days of Wine and Roses - Studio 54
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Mar 14, 2024: The Notebook - Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Mar 18, 2024: An Enemy of the People - Circle In The Square
Mar 21, 2024: Water for Elephants - Imperial Theatre
Mar 28, 2024: The Who's Tommy - Nederlander Theatre
Apr 11, 2024: The Outsiders - Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 19, 2024: Stereophonic - John Golden Theatre
Apr 20, 2024: Hell's Kitchen - Shubert Theatre
Apr 21, 2024: Cabaret - August Wilson Theatre
Apr 22, 2024: The Heart of Rock and Roll - James Earl Jones Theatre
Apr 22, 2024: Patriots - Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Apr 23, 2024: Mary Jane - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Apr 24, 2024: Uncle Vanya - Vivian Beaumont Theater
Apr 24, 2024: Illinoise - St. James Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: The Great Gatsby - Broadway Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Apr 25, 2024: Tony Awards eligibility cut-off date
Apr 30, 2024: Nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards
May 05, 2024: 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards
May 23, 2024: Outer Critics Circle Awards
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards
Jun 10, 2024: The Theatre World Awards
Jun 16, 2024: The 77th Annual Tony Awards - The David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

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