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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Four Theater Artists to Watch This Fall by Laura Collins-Hughes, Alexis Soloski, Brittani Samuel and Rhoda Feng

We spoke with two actors and two playwrights who will be in the spotlight this season.

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Thursday, September 7, 2023

‘Swing State’ Playwright Wants to Sound an Alarm for a World in Trouble by Laura Collins-Hughes

In her Off Broadway drama, which had an acclaimed run in Chicago, the playwright looks for hope to outweigh despair in a fractious, anxious time.

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Sunday, September 3, 2023

Leaping ‘Into the Next Unknown’: Robert Lyons on the End of New Ohio Theater by Laura Collins-Hughes

The handwriting on the company’s wall, in chalk, was traced by a closing night crowd sharing memories of more than 30 years of landmarks and larks.

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Friday, September 1, 2023

Theater to See in September 2023: ‘Ulysses,’ ‘The Pianist’ and More by Laura Collins-Hughes

Six shows and a fringe festival are among this month’s highlights in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and a bit beyond.

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Reeling From Heartbreak, and Then ‘Penelope’ Showed Up by Laura Collins-Hughes

Alex Bechtel’s new musical, sort of “a pandemic parable,” gives voice to a mythical character in “The Odyssey.”

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Monday, August 21, 2023

‘On Cedar Street’ Meets ‘Here You Come Again’ by Laura Collins-Hughes

“Here You Come Again” and “On Cedar Street” are very different new musicals about people who are unmoored and seek companionship to make it through.

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

A Guide to Summer Theater Festivals in New York and the Berkshires by Laura Collins-Hughes

A guide to what’s onstage at theater festivals in upstate New York and the Berkshires.

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

At Two Summer Theater Festivals, Reassuring Signs of Life by Laura Collins-Hughes

The industry is facing challenges, but in western Massachusetts the quality of the works is as rich as ever, our critic writes.

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Book Review: ‘Encounterism,’ by Andy Field by Laura Collins-Hughes

Conceived before the pandemic, Andy Field’s ode to sharing space in person glosses over the ways our everyday habits seem to have changed for good.

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Monday, July 10, 2023

Review: In ‘Malvolio,’ Hope (and a Title Role) for a Damaged Heart by Laura Collins-Hughes

The Classical Theater of Harlem follows up last year’s winning “Twelfth Night” with a sequel that feels like a sweet summer frolic.

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

‘Uncle Vanya’ Review: Candlelit With a High-Wattage Cast by Laura Collins-Hughes

Unrequited love swirls through this prestige-cast production of Anton Chekhov’s play, in a Manhattan loft.

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

How to Squeeze a Feminist Farce Into an English Country House by Laura Collins-Hughes

“The Cottage” is a throwback play with a modern mind-set. The cast, playwright and director talk about pulling off the comedy and landing all the “darlings.”

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Sunday, June 25, 2023

‘Invisible’ Review: Brown and British by Laura Collins-Hughes

As part of the Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theaters, Nikhil Parmar’s solo play is a drama-tinged satire that morphs into a grisly revenge parable.

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

‘Good Vibrations’ Review: The Saving Power of Punk by Laura Collins-Hughes

In a big-hearted musical about a 1970s Belfast record store owner and the punk movement he nurtured, music is the real hero.

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Monday, June 12, 2023

Best and Worst Moments of the 76th Tony Awards by Jesse Green, Maya Phillips, Elisabeth Vincentelli, Laura Collins-Hughes, Alexis Soloski and Sarah Bahr

With a clever opening number and repeated support for striking writers, the Tonys celebrated Broadway’s shows, performers and creative teams.

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

‘Wet Brain’ Review: A Vodka-Spiked Horror Show by Laura Collins-Hughes

The children of a severely alcoholic widower navigate his incapacity, and his legacy, in John J. Caswell Jr.’s pitch-black comedy about addiction.

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Monday, June 5, 2023

Review: In ‘Days of Wine and Roses,’ Two Souls Lost in an Ocean of Booze by Laura Collins-Hughes

In Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel’s jazzy new musical, Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James are a glamorous couple succumbing to alcoholism.

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

He Made a Show About Grief. She Saw Herself In It. by Laura Collins-Hughes

Audible Theater’s leader and the creator of “Sorry for Your Loss” hope the autobiographical comedy helps others learn to talk about grief.

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Summerworks Festival Opens With “Work Hard Have Fun Make History” by Laura Collins-Hughes

Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks festival opener, written by ruth tang, rages against the machines and examines human alienation.

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Arian Moayed Plays Creepy Men for Thoughtful Reasons by Laura Collins-Hughes

In roles in HBO’s “Succession” and “A Doll’s House” on Broadway, politics are never far from mind for the Iranian American actor.

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

‘The Habit of Art’ Review: Theater of the Creative Drive by Laura Collins-Hughes

A play within a play about W.H. Auden and Benjamin Britten structures this sex-spiked comedy for the Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theaters in Manhattan.

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How the Star of ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Found Beauty in Her Voice Again by Laura Collins-Hughes

When Victoria Clark was offered the titular role in the musical, she worried her singing had lost its luster. Turns out, imperfection has its own allure.

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Review: Racism Echoes Through Time in ‘the ripple’ by Laura Collins-Hughes

The story of a Black family’s fight to desegregate public pools spans decades in Christina Anderson’s play at Yale Repertory Theater.

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Friday, May 5, 2023

Review: ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,’ Uneven Yet a Powerful Draw by Laura Collins-Hughes

Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan revisit Lorraine Hansberry’s 1964 play on Broadway, following its sold-out run in Brooklyn.

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

The Drama of Letters, Swirling With Suspense by Laura Collins-Hughes

Irish Repertory Theater’s Letters Series is a reminder: For sketching the arc of a relationship, nothing compares to intimate correspondence, our critic writes.

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

‘Summer, 1976’ Review: The Path to Freedom Starts With a Friendship by Laura Collins-Hughes

Two mothers make a life-altering connection during a play date in this production for the Manhattan Theater Club.

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Monday, April 24, 2023

‘Breathless’ Review: Shopping Soothes an Anxious Mind by Laura Collins-Hughes

Laura Horton’s poignant comic monologue at 59E59 Theaters, part of the Brits Off Broadway festival, delivers a sympathetic portrayal of a sample-sale hoarder.

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Monday, April 3, 2023

‘Yes, I Can Say That!’ Review: The Freedom to Offend by Laura Collins-Hughes

The comedian Judy Gold’s new solo show at 59E59 Theaters is deliberately uncomfortable — and packed with laughs.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

‘The Hunting Gun’ Review: Letters to Burn After Reading by Laura Collins-Hughes

Miki Nakatani and Mikhail Baryshnikov star in this meticulously handsome stage adaptation of Yasushi Inoue’s 1949 novella.

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Puppetry So Lifelike, Even Their Deaths Look Real by Laura Collins-Hughes

Members of the puppetry team for “Life of Pi” discuss making the show’s animals seem all-too-real on a very crowded lifeboat.

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Monday, March 20, 2023

‘Drinking in America’ Review: Men in a Cracked Mirror by Laura Collins-Hughes

After 15 years away from the stage, Andre Royo of ‘The Wire’ goes all in with an evening of Eric Bogosian monologues at the Minetta Lane Theater.

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All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic