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‘Sunday in the Park With George’ Broadway Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Paints as Well as Sings
The actor brings his gift for understatement to the big stage to deliver a moody but riveting George Seurat
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‘Kid Victory’ Theater Review: Life Is Not a Cabaret in John Kander’s New Musical
The legendary composer goes very dark with a new show about an abducted teenager
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‘Everybody’ Theater Review: What’s Really Old Is Almost New Again
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ new play is 90 minutes of theatrical whimsy based on a 15th-century classic
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‘Evening at the Talk House’ Theater Review: Wallace Shawn Gets Serious, Matthew Broderick Stays Cool
Broderick lets go with character critiques that savage like an assassin’s bullets, but a twist or major reveal is never delivered
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‘Man From Nebraska’ Theater Review: Tracy Letts Before His Trip to ‘August: Osage County’
A minor play from a major playwright finally makes its New York stage debut
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‘Sunset Boulevard’ Broadway Review: Glenn Close Leads an Awkward Comeback
Close gives a bravura performance — funny, over-the-top, ridiculous — but her silent film star is never vulnerable except when she attempts to sing
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‘The Liar’ Theater Review: David Ives Channels Trump Through Corneille
Death is easy, comedy is hard, and French farce is nearly impossible to perform
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‘Jitney’ Broadway Review: Pre-‘Fences’ August Wilson Runs on All Cylinders
Director Ruben Santiago-Hudson doesn’t completely conceal the play’s flaws but he does expose its brilliance
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‘The Present’ Review: Cate Blanchett Makes Her Broadway Debut in Great Company
Thanks to Blanchett and the brilliant Richard Roxburgh, you can’t take your eyes off these infantile Chekhovian characters
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10 Worst Theater Productions of 2016, From ‘Paramour’ to ‘Disaster!’ (Photos)
TheWrap Best & Worst 2016: Critic Robert Hofler cringes again at NYC onstage atrocities from Steve Martin, Nia Vardalos and more
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10 Best Theater Productions of 2016, From ‘The Crucible’ to ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ (Photos)
TheWrap Best & Worst 2016: Critic Robert Hofler ranks the top NYC stage shows of the year
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‘Othello’ Theater Review: David Oyelowo, Daniel Craig Go to War
The New York Theatre Workshop has been transformed into a plywood box, ready to ignite with one lit match
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‘In Transit’ Broadway Review: Where Underground Does Not Mean Cutting Edge
Set in a very sanitized subway system, Broadway’s first a capella musical presents not only a crime-free but a drama-free zone
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‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ Theater Review: Nia Vardalos Is No Miss Lonelyhearts
The forces behind “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and “Hamilton” make for a strange marriage, which should end in divorce
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‘Rancho Viejo’ Theater Review: Lost in the Desert, as Well as a Three-Hour Comedy
A geriatric “Friends” with Mare Winningham and Mark Blum turns into something far less interesting in Dan LeFranc’s new play
