Theater
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‘Cornelia Street’ Off Broadway Review: Norbert Leo Butz Slices and Dices Like a Pro
Mark Eitzel’s score is also Michelin-worthy, but Simon Stephens’s book keeps this musical about a famous Village cafe off the front burner
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Reunite for ‘Restless Leg’ Comedy Tour
The comedic duo launches their first-ever comedy tour this spring
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‘Pictures From Home’ Broadway Review: Nathan Lane Doesn’t Sing but Acts Up a Storm
Based on Larry Sultan’s acclaimed photo memoir, Sharr White’s new play delivers laughs amid the schmaltz
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‘Spirited Away’ Stage Musical Gets Theatrical Release From GKIDS This Spring
The adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece finally comes stateside
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‘Lucy’ Off Broadway Review: When Having It All Turns Into a Childcare Nightmare
Erica Schmidt’s thriller puts a few new spins on moms, nannies and the kids who are their victims
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‘La La Land’ Will Dance Its Way to Broadway
Damien Chazelle’s six-time Oscar-winning movie musical starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling is being adapted into a stage production
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‘Without You’ Off Broadway Review: Anthony Rapp Looks Back on ‘Rent’ and Loss
The “Star Trek: Discovery” star offers a heartfelt but thin musical memoir
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‘Small Talk’ Off Broadway Review: Colin Quinn Serves Another Round of Familiar Gripes
The comic’s latest monologue returns to the same well of complaints about how online culture is ruining America
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Stephen Greif, ‘The Crown’ and ‘Blake’s 7’ Actor, Dies at 78
“We will miss him dearly and our thoughts are with his family and friends,” the English actor’s representative Michelle Braidman Associates said
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10 Worst New York Theater Productions of 2022 (Photos)
TheWrap critic Robert Hofler picks the year’s biggest misfires on stage, from “Almost Famous” to “MJ: The Musical”
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The 10 Best New York Theater Productions of 2022 (Photos)
The real news this year was all the wonderful new plays and musicals
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‘The Collaboration’ Broadway Review: Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope Are Warhol and Basquiat in Name Only
The real story of these two artists is far more interesting than what playwright Anthony McCarten concocts
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‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ Review: Common Makes a Subdued Broadway Debut as Stephen McKinley Henderson Shines
The veteran character actor delivers a truly epic lead performance in Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Pulitzer-winning drama
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Stephanie Bissonnette, Cast Member of ‘Mean Girls the Musical,’ Dies at 32
The “fiercest talent Broadway has ever known” had a rare form of brain cancer
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‘Great Expectations’ Off Broadway Review: Eddie Izzard Is a Pip – and All the Other Characters, Too
The actor-comedian proves a gifted storyteller in a Dickens adaptation by her brother, Mark Izzard