Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
A listening guide to the cast albums, playlists and video footprints left behind by 18 Broadway and Off Broadway musicals.
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Our co-chief theater critics discuss the plays and musicals that reflected and predicted an unstable world.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:36PMTuesday, March 31, 2020
Our chief theater critics have no nickel-plated medallions to hand out, but they find plenty to celebrate among shut-down Broadway offerings.
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Mr. McNally, who died of coronavirus complications, introduced audiences to characters and situations that most mainstream theater had previously shunted into comic asides.
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One of the country’s most racially diverse cities struggles, nicely, with representation and inclusion on its many bustling stages.
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An opinionated take on the songwriter’s major works, from a delayed debut to a Pulitzer Prize- winning classic.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 07:06AMLet’s not underrate Stephen Sondheim any longer: Theater’s greatest songwriter is also one of theater’s greatest playwrights. Here’s why.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Richard Greenberg’s overstuffed new play about family feuds and ethical choices turns a wedding comedy into a crisis.
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Monday, February 24, 2020
With this season promising so many revivals and touring productions, our critic wonders whether it’s possible for audiences to treat them as exciting arrivals.
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Charles Busch’s mash-up of mother-love weepies finds both pathos and hilarity in the tough talk of Hollywood divas.
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Bess Wohl’s new play puts a Neil Simonesque spin on the story of a couple considering divorce after 50 years.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PMTuesday, January 21, 2020
The Broadway premiere of Charles Fuller’s 1981 drama finds premonitions of today in the story of a 1944 murder.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:48PMSunday, January 19, 2020
Kathryn Hunter stars as the fabulously rich Greek who understands the corrupting value of money only after she loses it.
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The Public Theater’s festival has included 12 featured offerings, four cabaret acts and six pieces of developmental work. Here’s what our critics saw.
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Music (and eventually emotion) cuts through the alienating layers of abstraction in this new work by the musician-storytellers James & Jerome.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:12PMMonday, January 13, 2020
Two productions at the Under the Radar Festival ask if the theater is ready to embrace the artistry of autism and other once disqualifying conditions.
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A jazz memoirist, a Palestinian rocketeer and Mexican myths set to music kick off the Public Theater’s annual festival of adventurous work from across the globe.
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Friday, December 27, 2019
A comedy number from the flop “Mack & Mabel” found the unexpected sweet spot between Irving Berlin and Stephen Sondheim.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:48PMThursday, December 12, 2019
Lucas Hnath’s cunning new ghost story, about a psychic and her client, is a twisty yarn that won’t unravel.
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At the Park Avenue Armory, Odon von Horvath’s 1937 drama gets a rare and physically overwhelming staging.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:36PMMonday, December 9, 2019
Samuel D. Hunter’s creaky play about the downsizing of the American West features terrific performances by Judith Ivey and Edmund Donovan.
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Alanis Morissette’s “ironic” fury finds a perfect Broadway musical setting in Diablo Cody’s fiery indictment of, well, everything.
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Shows that defied categorization offered a stark choice: Escape an angry world, or face up to its travails. Beyond Broadway, writers explored race, inequality and addiction.
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Read and studied for decades, a key work of the American avant-garde finally returns in a major New York revival.
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