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Monday, September 1, 2025

At Japan Society, the Unsettling Darkness and Surprising Light of Yukio Mishima by Brian Seibert

At Japan Society, Emergences celebrates Mishima’s centennial. “One of the things that I absolutely love about Mishima is that I don’t absolutely love him,” said one participant.

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How Lin-Manuel Miranda Weathered the Storm by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner

In this excerpt from a forthcoming biography, the playwright faces a swell of criticism over “Hamilton” and his efforts to help his beloved Puerto Rico.

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Sunday, August 31, 2025

What’s Loud, Pink and Drawing New Yorkers Together? by James Thomas and Amir Hamja

With his Karlala Soundsystem, Karl Scholz is using nightclub-grade audio to ensure that neighbors gather.

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Friday, August 29, 2025

A New ‘Pericles’ Pairs Shakespeare With Black Gospel by Derrick Bryson Taylor and Elias Williams

The wandering prince of the title sings in this version from the Public Theater’s Public Works, with a cast of everyday New Yorkers and stars like Denée Benton.

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The Queen of Versailles Puts Her Life in the Hands of a ‘Wicked’ Diva by Zachary Small

A 2012 documentary asked if Jacqueline Siegel was a benefactor or victim of American greed. A new musical starring Kristin Chenoweth raises doubts.

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

Austria’s Hills Are Still Alive, 60 Years Later by Jim Tankersley and Laetitia Vançon

In Salzburg, an anniversary of “The Sound of Music” looks grand through a child’s eyes, even if the locals are gazing elsewhere.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Longest-Running Rafiki Says Goodbye to ‘The Lion King’ by Laura Collins-Hughes

After more than 9,000 performances as the shaman in the Broadway show, Tshidi Manye prepares to hang up her baboon costume.

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

In London, She Became Musical Theater Royalty. Now She’s Back on Broadway. by Laura Collins-Hughes

Marisha Wallace, headlining the final months of “Cabaret” in New York, returns to the city with Olivier nominations and newly minted British citizenship.

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Monday, August 25, 2025

Kennedy Center’s New Dance Director Criticized ‘Woke’ Ballet Culture by Julia Jacobs

Stephen Nakagawa, a former dancer with the Washington Ballet, wrote a letter to the leader of the arts center complaining about “radical leftist ideologies in ballet.”

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Down to Earth Festival Brings Free Performances to NYC Parks and Public Spaces by Brian Seibert

The Down to Earth festival answers a pandemic-era call for changes in the performing arts, offering free events in city parks and urban spaces.

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Sunday, August 24, 2025

‘Seven Scenes’ Review: Push-Pull Pieces Lacking Connective Tissue by Brian Seibert

A tempestuous new work by the choreographers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber debuts at Little Island.

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Annie Stainer, 79, Dies; Enigmatic Mime Who Performed With David Bowie by Ash Wu

She later became a powerful solo artist in her own right, creating a dance trilogy steeped in myth and feminine archetypes.

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Ozzie Rodriguez, Off Off Broadway Mainstay and Archivist, Dies at 81 by Alex Williams

An actor, director and playwright for La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, he later found an even more distinct role: curating its vast archive.

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Friday, August 22, 2025

Kennedy Center Fires Dance Director After Questions About Programming by Julia Jacobs

The president of the arts center cited the TV show “So You Think You Can Dance” as the type of programming that could be more broadly appealing to audiences.

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Thursday, August 21, 2025

‘Twelfth Night’ Review: Lupita Nyong’o in Illyria by Laura Collins-Hughes

The actress is luminous, alongside her look-alike brother Junior Nyong’o, Sandra Oh and Peter Dinklage, in Shakespeare’s comedy at the newly revived Delacorte Theater.

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These Plays Don’t Repress the Trauma, They Bring It to Life Onstage by Houman Barekat

Several theater productions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including drama, comedy and musicals, deal with the effects of psychic pain.

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Interview: David Adjmi on His Favorite Books and His Award-Winning Play ‘Stereophonic’

“Not her politics, but the relentlessness and archness of her characters,” says the prizewinning playwright behind “Stereophonic,” which is now up in London.

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At the Rockaway Beach Sessions, a New York City Dance by Gia Kourlas and Thea Traff

The choreographer Kim Brandt brings “Wayward,” an expansive new dance, to Rockaway (the beach and the town) as this part of Beach Sessions.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle to Star in Broadway ‘Proof’ Revival by Michael Paulson

The play, by David Auburn, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2001.

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The Lambs Sing a Melancholy Song by Alex Vadukul and Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet

The nation’s longest-running theatrical club toasts its old Manhattan home before moving to a new place.

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Carrie Coon Is Scratching an Itch, Starring in ‘Bug’ on Broadway by Michael Paulson

The play was written by Tracy Letts, who is married to Coon. It’s about a down-and-out duo for whom motel room insects prompt paranoia.

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In the Intimate ‘Arborlogues,’ You Perform for a Tree by Joey Sims and Shuran Huang For The New York Times

“You don’t need to make the giant, multimillion dollar thing to have an impact,” said Dan Daly, a co-creator of the climate-themed “Arborlogues.”

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Onstage and Onscreen, The New York Times Is Ready for Its Close-Up by Sarah Bahr

The recognizable masthead has been portrayed in a Betty Boop musical on Broadway, a Marvel movie and many other creative works.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

How Ian Fleming and His Spy Scheme Inspired a Broadway Show by Thomas Maier

The musical “Operation Mincemeat” tells the story of an absurd feat of deception dreamed up by this spy-turned-novelist. His real acts of espionage were even wilder.

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Monday, August 18, 2025

Review: Jeff Ross’s ‘Take a Banana for the Ride’ by Laura Collins-Hughes

With mortality on his mind, the insult comic comes to Broadway in a gentle, tough-guy solo show.

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Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber: A Partnership of Passionate Choreographers by Margaret Fuhrer and Erik Tanner

These are boom times for Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, work and life partners who make dances of slippery intensity. Their latest, “Seven Scenes,” comes to Little Island.

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Sunday, August 17, 2025

Terence Stamp, Luminary of 1960s British Cinema, Dies at 87 by Anita Gates

Known for his “heartbreak blue eyes,” he starred in “Billy Budd” and “The Collector,” and had a memorable role in “Superman” and “Superman II.”

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Friday, August 15, 2025

As Trump Tightens Hold on Kennedy Center, Top Theater Producer Resigns by Michael Paulson

Jeffrey Finn, a Broadway producer who has overseen theater programming at the Washington venue since 2016, will leave next month.

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Theater to Stream in August: ‘Hamilton’ and a Comedy About Immigration by Rachel Sherman

Check out the Broadway blockbuster, which celebrates its 10th anniversary, and Michael Abbensetts’s play about the Guyanese community of London.

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Rosie O’Donnell and Eating the Rich: 7 Buzzy Shows at Edinburgh Fringe by Alex Marshall, Houman Barekat and Jillian Rayfield

The shows that have gotten tongues wagging this year include stand-up gigs, character skits and a routine that ends with its performer covered in goo.

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‘Mamma Mia!’ Is Back on Broadway. But Did It Ever Really Leave Us? by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The musical, just like the Abba songs that inspired it, has become an everlasting part of the pop-culture landscape.

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Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Aug 14, 2025: Mamma Mia - Winter Garden Theatre
Aug 18, 2025: Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride - Nederlander Theatre
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Sep 28, 2025: Waiting For Godot - Hudson Theatre
Sep 29, 2025: Punch - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Oct 16, 2025: Ragtime - Vivian Beaumont Theater
Oct 28, 2025: Liberation - James Earl Jones Theatre
Oct 30, 2025: Little Bear Ridge Road - Booth Theatre
Nov 09, 2025: The Queen of Versailles - St. James Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Nov 20, 2025: Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) - Longacre Theatre
Dec 08, 2025: Marjorie Prime - Hayes Theater
Jan 08, 2026: Bug - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Apr 08, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
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