Theater
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‘Assassins’ Off Broadway Review: Presidents Aren’t the Only Targets Now
John Doyle’s revival exposes the souls of Stephen Sondheim’s most dangerous loners
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‘While You Were Partying’ Off Broadway Review: An Onstage Experiment in Misdirection – and Rage
The Soho Rep’s new genre-bending piece explores the nature of performance
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‘Nollywood Dreams’ Off Broadway Review: A Star Is Born in Lagos, Nigeria
Jocelyn Bioh’s new comedy looks for laughs among the TripAdvisor discounts
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Billy Crystal to Return to Broadway for Musical Comedy ‘Mr. Saturday Night’
Musical he co-wrote is based on his 1992 comedy film of the same name
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Tony-Nominated ’Slave Play’ Returns to Broadway With Some Performances Only Open to ‘Black-Identifying’ Audiences
Playwright Jeremy O. Harris cooked up idea for “private, invitation-only” shows “free from the white gaze”
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‘Gnit’ Off Broadway Review: Will Eno’s Peer Gynt Takes His Comedy Act on the Road
Playwright drops the trolls but mines more comic gold than Ibsen ever imagined
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‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord’ Off Broadway Review: She Sews Pandemic Masks of Comedy, Not Tragedy
L.A.-based performance artist finds humor and close-to-home truths during the pandemic
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‘The Visitor’ Off Broadway Review: David Hyde Pierce Plays the Drums as Well as a Saint
Based on the 2007 Tom McCarthy movie starring Richard Jenkins, this new musical finds something to sing about regarding ICE
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‘Morning Sun’ Off Broadway Review: Edie Falco Stars in a Version of ‘It’s Not a Wonderful Life’
Simon Stephens gives her a rough time in his new play, which spans a life and then some
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‘Caroline, or Change’ Broadway Review: An Unsung Musical Heroine Is Back Where She Belongs
Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s groundbreaking musical sounds better than ever
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‘Fairycakes’ Off Broadway Review: Douglas Carter Beane’s Fairy Tale Mash-Up Takes Flight
Beane recycles a bit of everything and makes it all rhyme
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Grant Woods, John McCain Ally and Arizona Attorney General, Dies at 67
“The thing about Grant that made him so compelling in this moment is there was no fake outrage,” MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi says
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Actor Chad Kimball Sues ‘Come From Away,’ Claims His Christian Beliefs Cost Him Broadway Role
Actor says he wasn’t rehired post-pandemic after saying he would “respectfully disobey” COVID restrictions on churches in November
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‘Dana H.’ Broadway Review: Deirdre O’Connell Lip Syncs Her Way to Hell and Back
Lucas Hnath adapts interviews conducted with his mother, once captive to the Aryan Brotherhood. The result is harrowing
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‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actor Noah Reid to Replace Armie Hammer in Broadway Play ‘The Minutes’
Hammer dropped out in April