Theater
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‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window’ Broadway Review: Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan Do a Lot With Not Very Much
Lorraine Hansberry’s play is rarely revived, and now we know why
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‘Downton Abbey’ Star Elizabeth McGovern Says Her Ava Gardner Play Examines the Screen Legend Through Social Media Lens
“Her image is taken and then used for purposes that she doesn’t have anything to do with,” McGovern told TheWrap
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‘New York, New York’ Broadway Review: Martin Scorsese’s Movie Finally Gets Its Happy Ending
New songs by John Kander and Lin-Manuel Miranda provide the silver lining for this buoyant but often unfocused musical
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‘Summer, 1976’ Broadway Review: Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht Fall in Like With Each Other
David Auburn’s new play beautifully depicts a most ordinary of friendships
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Tony Awards on CBS Partners With Pluto for Exclusive Preshow
Airing on the streamer June 11, “The Tony Awards: Act One” will feature live, exclusive content ahead of the 76th ceremony
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Harry Belafonte, Singer, Actor and Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 96
The multi-hyphenate Grammy, Emmy and Tony winner died in his Manhattan home
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‘Good Night, Oscar’ Broadway Review: Sean Hayes Says Goodbye to ‘Will & Grace’ With a Vengeance
The Emmy-winning sitcom actor delivers a transformative performance, playing the brilliant and drug-addled pianist Oscar Levant
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‘Prima Facie’ Broadway Review: Jodie Comer Turns Theater Into Sport
The “Killing Eve” star brings her Olivier Award-winning performance about a rape victim to the States
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‘The Thanksgiving Play’ Broadway Review: The Show Where Woke Went to Die
Playing an unapologetic opportunist, D’Arcy Carden of “The Good Place” and “Barry” sizzles in her Broadway debut
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Todd Haimes, CEO of Broadway’s Roundabout Theatre Company, Dies at 66
Haimes had battled cancer since 2002
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‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ Broadway Review: Neil Patrick Harris to the Rescue
The “Goes Wrong” franchise continues with lots of staged deaths and injuries to entertain the kids
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‘Plays for the Plague Year’ Off Broadway Review: Suzan-Lori Parks Sings the Blues Over COVID
The Pulitzer-winning playwright turns performer in a revue-like recap of the first 13 months of the pandemic
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‘Camelot’ Broadway Review: With Aaron Sorkin, What’s Love Got to Do With It?
The Oscar winner’s new book for this musical revival throws up a few romantic roadblocks
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‘Fat Ham’ Broadway Review: Something’s Rotten – and Ripe With Laughs – in North Carolina
James Ijames’ retooling of Shakespeare delivers the funniest Hamlet ever
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Ariana DeBose to Host 76th Annual Tony Awards
The “West Side Story” Oscar winner returns after hosting last year’s ceremony honoring the year’s best of Broadway