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Saturday, December 9, 2023

24 Things That Stuck With Us in 2023

Films, TV shows, albums, books, art and A.I.-generated SpongeBob performances that reporters, editors and visual journalists in Culture couldn’t stop thinking about this year.

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Friday, December 8, 2023

Mentalist Mayhem in ‘Mind Mangler’ and Other New Magic Shows by Alexis Soloski

There is something for everyone, even the kids, in “Mind Mangler,” “The Magician” and “Mario the Maker Magician.”

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Janet Panetta, 74, Dies; Admired Dancer, Choreographer and Teacher by Claudia Bauer

She overcame childhood polio to become a dancer with American Ballet Theater, then taught contemporary dancers and members of Pina Bausch’s acclaimed company.

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’Linie 1’ Captures the Soul of Berlin by A.J. Goldmann

“Linie 1” has been running since 1986 and just celebrated its 2,000th performance. Its cast of kooky dreamers and misfits still capture something special about Berlin.

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

Jon Fosse Wants to Say the Unsayable by Alex Marshall

The prolific Norwegian is the rarest of recent literary prize winners: an author and playwright in thrall to the divine.

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‘Our Life in Art’ Review: Stanislavski’s Work and Times by Laura Cappelle

In Paris, a new production from Richard Nelson imagines a day on tour with Konstantin Stanislavski’s theater company in 1923, but misses the historical context.

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Review: In ‘The Salvagers,’ a Battered Family Finds Strength by Laura Collins-Hughes

Harrison David Rivers’s new drama, featuring a strong cast, is having its world premiere at Yale Repertory Theater.

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‘Waitress: The Musical’ Review: A Big-Screen Helping of a Broadway Hit by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Sara Bareilles is the heart and soul of this live capture of her musical.

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

‘Manahatta’ Review: Tracing the Blood-Soaked Roots of American Capitalism by Naveen Kumar

Straddling the 17th and early 21st centuries, Mary Kathryn Nagle’s play at the Public Theater examines the exploitation of the Lenape by Dutch settlers.

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His ‘Dracula’ Project: Creating a Funny Vampire by James Barron

The great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker has written a comic version of “Dracula” that is appearing Off Broadway.

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Best Dance Performances of 2023 by Gia Kourlas and Brian Seibert

New York City Ballet’s 75th anniversary celebration and Dance Reflections from France delivered some of this year’s brightest moments.

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

‘Life & Times of Michael K’ Review: An Arduous Trek That’s a Marvel to Watch by Naveen Kumar

This captivating adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel, a collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, follows a man and his ailing mother during a civil war in South Africa.

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She Has the Attention of Dance Companies, and She Is Prepared by Brian Seibert

Amy Hall Garner is readying the new work “Century” for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, on the heels of other premieres and with more to come.

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Off Broadway, a Vital Part of New York Theater, Feels the Squeeze by Michael Paulson

The small theaters that help make the city a theater capital are cutting back as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.

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Best Classical Music Performances of 2023 by Zachary Woolfe and Joshua Barone

Feats, farewells and musical treasures in a year of post-pandemic financial pressures.

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Monday, December 4, 2023

Alicia Keys’s ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ to Open on Broadway This Spring by Michael Paulson

The musical, now midway through a sold-out Off Broadway run at the Public Theater, will transfer to the Shubert Theater in March.

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‘Walk on Through’ Review: Dispatches, in Song, From a Museum Novice by Laura Collins-Hughes

In his new show, Gavin Creel sings about the wonders of visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but sticks too close to the surface.

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Best Theater of 2023 by The New York Times

Many of the plays and musicals that resonated this year deftly married elements of drama and comedy.

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Sunday, December 3, 2023

Broadway Babies, Singing Show Tunes for Seniors by Sarah Bahr

What happened when four young theater actors performed for an older generation? “I was expecting to have the best show ever and that happened.”

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10 Performances That Pushed Emotional Limits by Maya Phillips

For our critic-at-large, the year was marked by the Black excellence of “Purlie Victorious,” the brutality of “Bottoms” and rage of “Beef.”

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Saturday, December 2, 2023

10 Works and Performances That Helped Me Make Sense of 2023 by Salamishah Tillet

Global conflict and personal loss encouraged our critic to seek out art that gave her a better understanding of grief and healing.

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In a Gender-Flipped Production of Cinderella, a Princess Rescues by Laura Cappelle

For the Scottish Ballet production of Cinderella, titled “Cinders!,” some performances flip the traditional gender roles. The dancers “were all kind of like: ‘OK. How does that work?…

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Friday, December 1, 2023

No Snoozing Here: This ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Is Gearing Up for a Wild Ride by Elisabeth Vincentelli

At Abrons Arts Center, a hilarious family show in the British holiday tradition that runs “like a steam train when it goes well.”

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Review: At ‘Dancing With Glass,’ the Spotlight Rests on the Composer by Brian Seibert

The five dance selections that are part of the Dance Reflections festival take varied approaches to piano exercises written by Philip Glass.

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A Play About Black Women’s Experiences, Met With Violence by Laura Cappelle

Rébecca Chaillon’s “Carte Noire Named Desire” provoked harassment in France this summer, leading one actor to pull out of a new run in Paris.

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Review: A Shady Documentary Becomes a Weapon of War in ‘Spain’ by Jesse Green

Jen Silverman’s noir play considers the role of artists in the making of propaganda.

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The Culture Desk: The Dangers of Making Art With Your Friends by Alex Barron, Lynn Levy and Diane Wong

Times theater critics sing the praises of two shows about fraught collaborations

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A Wood-Carved Protagonist, Enduring the Brutality of War by Laura Collins-Hughes

A stage adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel “Life & Times of Michael K,” about a man’s struggles during a fictional South African conflict, includes actors alongside a puppet vers…

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Review: At the Armory, Calm Awaits the Fury of ‘The Rite of Spring’ by Gia Kourlas

In a Dance Reflections program, Malou Airaudo and Germaine Acogny’s duet “common ground[s]” precedes Pina Bausch’s “Rite.”

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Review: This ‘House of Bernarda Alba’ Is on Fire by Matt Wolf

Rebecca Frecknall, whose “Cabaret” is heading to Broadway, steers Federico García Lorca’s play to its tragic finish with genuinely shocking force.

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Frances Sternhagen, Actress Who Thrived in Mature Roles, Dies at 93 by Anita Gates

Her Tony-winning Broadway career included “Driving Miss Daisy,” “On Golden Pond” and “The Heiress.” On TV she had maternal roles in “Cheers” and “Sex and the City.”

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
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
Feb 29, 2024: Doubt - American Airlines Theatre
Mar 12, 2024: My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do?) - Lyceum 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 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 23, 2024: Mary Jane - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Apr 24, 2024: Uncle Vanya - Vivian Beaumont Theater
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
Jun 16, 2024: The 77th Annual Tony Awards - The David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
TBA: Outer Critics Circle Awards
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