Theater
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Broadway Shows ‘Waitress’ and ‘Thoughts of a Colored Man’ Close Due to COVID Surge
Closures come four days after Broadway’s “Jagged Little Pill” closed permanently
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Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ to Close Permanently Amid Omicron Surge
Producers of Alanis Morissette musical say that several positive COVID cases had been detected among cast and crew
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‘Flying Over Sunset’ Broadway Review: A Muddy Musical About Cary Grant’s All-Star Acid Trip
The new musical sings well on LSD, but trips over James Lapine’s pedestrian book
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‘Company’ Broadway Review: Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone Shine in Rousing Sondheim Revival
Marianne Elliott reinvents the classic musical, taking it back to its fun and sexy roots with a gender-swapped lead role
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‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Off Broadway Review: A Triumphant New Musical About a Girl Who Looks Like Her Grandmother
Victoria Clark stars as a high schooler with Methuselah Syndrome in show based on a David Lindsay-Abaire play
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Alex Edelman’s ‘Just for Us’ Off Broadway Review: A Jewish Comic Crashes a Meeting of Neo-Nazis
In this one-man show, Edelman recounts how he faced down the most hostile audience imaginable
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‘Is There Still Sex in the City?’ Off Broadway Review: Insufferable Candace Bushnell Goes in for the Shill
After television, movies and publishing, is the theater this writer’s final act?
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‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Broadway Review: Rob McClure Channels Robin Williams
McClure delivers a great musical comedy performance despite being nearly buried alive in plastic
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‘The Band’s Visit’ Pays a COVID-Delayed Visit to LA as Touring Musicals Hit the Road Again (Guest Blog)
“I really don’t think the size of the theater matters,” producer Orin Wolf says of his intimate 2018 Tony winner playing the 3,400-seat Dolby Theatre
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Stephen Sondheim, Legendary Broadway Composer and Lyricist, Dies at 91
Oscar, Grammy- and Tony-winning creator’s works hits include “West Side Story,” “Sweeney Todd” and “Into the Woods”
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‘Clyde’s’ Broadway Review: Uzo Aduba’s Devil Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead in Prada
In her new comedy, Lynn Nottage delivers a boss who is literally from hell
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‘Trouble in Mind’ Broadway Review: LaChanze Delivers the Star Turn Denied to Too Many Others
A 1955 play by Alice Childress makes an historic and very belated debut
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‘Diana’ Broadway Review: A Musical Where the Costume Changes Steal All the Applause
Costumer William Ivey Long re-creates Princess Diana’s classic looks in a show that’s not even ready to wear
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‘Cullud Wattah’ Off Broadway Review: A Powerful Kitchen-Sink Drama Set in Flint
Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s new drama addresses a toxic water crisis in real time
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‘Medicine’ Off Broadway Review: Domhnall Gleeson Makes a Lot of Noise, But Not Much Sense
Someone goes crazy, again, in another new play by Enda Walsh