Theater
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‘Sandra’ Off Broadway Review: Murder, She Wrote Very Awkwardly
A new mystery by David Cale fails to offer much in the way of suspense
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‘The Patient Gloria’ Off Broadway Review: Gina Moxley Looks Back at Shrink-Wrapped Abuse
The Irish actress-playwright examines an historic case of abusive psychotherapy and early reality TV
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‘& Juliet’ Broadway Review: Max Martin Jukebox Musical Retools the Bard to a Pop Beat
David West Read book reimagines Shakespeare as a sexist hack
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‘Camp Siegfried’ Off Broadway Review: A Misguided Play About American Nazis in ’38
Bess Wohl’s new play does not have 20-20 hindsight
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‘Downstate’ Off Broadway Review: Bruce Norris Delivers a Great Play About Predators
The author of Pulitzer-winning “Clybourne Park” looks at a group house for sex offenders
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‘The Old Man & the Pool’ Broadway Review: Mike Birbiglia Dives Back Into the Deep End
The comedian takes another self-deprecating tour of his personal medical history
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‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Broadway Review: A Musical Triumph About a Girl Who Looks Like Her Grandma
Victoria Clark stars as a high schooler with Methuselah Syndrome in a show based on a David Lindsay-Abaire play
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‘Catch as Catch Can’ Off Broadway Review: Mia Chung’s Play Examines Racism at the Coffee Klatsch
Keen dialogue and sharp performances lift the early moments of this new play
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‘Where We Belong’ Off Broadway Review: Madeline Sayet Takes Mannahatta
The Mohegan theater-maker offers an expansive TED talk-style monologue on the Native American experience in modern America
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‘Only Gold’ Off Broadway Review: Dancers Dazzle Despite the Dross
Kate Nash sings, narrates and plays the piano, but only Andy Blankenbuehler’s choreography takes flight
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Why Solo Theater Shows Are Having a Moment
“Your audience must become your partner,” Kathleen Chalfant says
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‘Good Enemy’ Off Broadway Review: A Twisted Escape From One Man’s Past in China
Yilong Liu alternates between autopilot and flooring the accelerator in his new drama
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‘You Will Get Sick’ Off Broadway Review: Linda Lavin Shines as the World’s Oldest Dorothy
Noah Diaz’s new comedy about illness and death takes a trip to Oz and Kansas
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Douglas McGrath, Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter of ‘Bullets Over Broadway,’ Dies at 64
The final performance of his autobiographical Off-Broadway play, “Everything’s Fine,” was Nov. 2.
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‘Almost Famous’ Review: Cameron Crowe Comes to Broadway With a Mixed Bag of Rock Music and Groupies
In his new treatment of his semiautobiographical film, why is he recycling himself as Evan Hansen?
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By Robert Hofler