Theater
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‘For All the Women Who Thought They Were Mad’ Theater Review: Zawe Ashton’s Pregnancy Drama Has Teeth
The actor-writer creates an “I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can” for the new century, only much more complicated
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‘Macbeth’ Theater Review: Corey Stoll Flails in a Revival With a Bad Case of ADHD
John Doyle’s streamlined production goes by in an oddly bloodless rush
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‘Scotland, PA’ Theater Review: Macbeth Flips Burgers in This McDreadful Musical
The new stage show takes the 2001 movie and makes it as witty and fun as a McDonald’s commercial from 1975
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‘For Colored Girls’ Theater Review: Ntozake Shange’s ’70s Classic Returns in Many-Hued Vibrancy
The late playwright’s choreopoem about the African American female experience gets an affectionate revival at the Public Theater
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‘Bella Bella’ Theater Review: Harvey Fierstein Presents a Trumpian Candidate on the Left
Bella Abzug here has all the depth, nuance, and bluster of the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
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‘Only Human’ Theater Review: Gary Busey Plays God in a Busey-Forsaken Musical
Jesus is the stoner son of the Almighty in this hot-as-hell mess
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‘Is This a Room’ Theater Review: A Staged Interrogation of a Whistleblower Named Reality Winner
Tina Satter staging concerns a forgotten chapter in the inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The bad guy is the heroine
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‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Broadway Review: Stop Making Sense, Start Making Music
The Talking Heads frontman takes up residence on Broadway
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‘Forbidden Broadway’ Theater Review: Judy Garland Impersonates Renée Zellweger & Other Gems
Musical theater’s favorite parody show returns with brickbats for Ben Platt, Billy Porter, and Lin-Manuel Miranda
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‘The Sound Inside’ Broadway Review: Mary-Louise Parker Writes Up a Storm in Riveting New Drama
Adam Rapp’s new play mesmerizes in its exploration of the creative process
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‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Theater Review: Christian Borle to the Rescue in Jonathan Groff-Led Revival
The actor makes bad behavior grossly appealing. Groff and co-star Tammy Blanchard exude somewhat less comic helium
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How Theater Is Tackling Current Events, From Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton to RBG (Guest Blog)
“The thrill of a current-events play is that it can distill those events into something much more thoughtful and engrossing than mere news,” playwright Doug McGrath says
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Nickelodeon Sets ‘SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!’ TV Special for December
Members of original Broadway company will reunite to film show in front of a live theater audience
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‘The Lightning Thief’ Broadway Review: Half-God, Half Mortal Percy Jackson Makes the Leap to Stage Musical
Rick Riordan’s series of young-adult novels is now a Broadway musical, fit for the kids if not the gods
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‘The Rose Tattoo’ Broadway Review: Marisa Tomei Goes Full Fellini
The actress stirs up a storm, kicking Tennessee Williams’s little comedy right off the Gulf Coast
