Theater
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‘Mlima’s Tale’ Theater Review: Lynn Nottage’s Story of the Real Elephant Man
Nottage is much better at anthropomorphizing her lead elephant than any of the human characters
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‘Carousel’ Broadway Review: A Classic Show Gets the Classic Production It Deserves
The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical receives the star treatment under Jack O’Brien’s superb direction
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Tony Awards Flip-Flop, Rule Olivia Wilde’s Broadway Play ‘1984’ Eligible After All
Tony committee also rules that Disney’s adaptation of big-screen hit “Frozen” can compete for best original score
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‘Children of a Lesser God’ Theater Review: Joshua Jackson Must Speak for Two in Broadway Debut
Mark Medoff’s Tony-winning play returns to find itself rocked by the #MeToo movement
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‘Miss You Like Hell’ Theater Review: A Road Trip That Runs on High-Octane Music
Daphne Rubin-Vega brings her hyper-intensity to an engaging, and ultimately heartbreaking, new musical
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‘This Flat Earth’ Theater Review: Gun Violence in Schools Takes Center Stage
After the recent success of her play “Amy and the Orphans,” Lindsey Ferrentino follows up with a muddled drama set in the aftermath of “another” school shooting
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‘The Sting’ Theater Review: Harry Connick Jr Aims to Go From Ragtime to Riches
There’s much to admire in the musical adaptation of the 1973 Oscar winner, starting with Warren Carlyle’s tap-tastic choreography
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‘Mean Girls’ Broadway Review: Tina Fey’s Nasty Teens Now Sing, Dance and Recycle
Fey’s one-liners are still funny after all these years. But most of the originality comes from Casey Nicholaw’s choreography and direction of a very talented young cast
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‘Empire Records’ to Become Broadway-Bound Musical – Just in Time for Rex Manning Day
Original screenwriter Carol Heikkinen to adapt 1995 cult hit that starred Liv Tyler and Renee Zellweger
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Why ‘Hamilton’ Won’t Be NBC’s Next Live TV Musical – or Even Several After That
“Jesus Christ Superstar Live” producer Neil Meron explains why he can’t bring Lin-Manuel Miranda’s creation to you any time soon
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‘Three Tall Women’ Broadway Review: Glenda Jackson Charges Into the Night
Laurie Metcalf and Alison Pill also tower in the first Broadway revival of Edward Albee’s masterpiece
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Broadway’s Revival Fever: Do Old Shows Still Play in #MeToo Era? (Guest Blog)
“Children of a Lesser God” cut a jokey reference to “rape,” producer Hal Luftig says
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‘Yerma’ Theater Review: Federico Garcia Lorca Wouldn’t Recognize This Adaptation – or Claim It
The Young Vic’s freewheeling adaptation starring Billie Piper updates the story to contemporary London. Yerma is now called Her, which is the least of Her problems
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‘Rocktopia’ Broadway Review: Beethoven’s Not the Only One Rolling Over in This Musical Mashup
A concert blending classical hits and rock/pop mainstays feels out of place on Broadway
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‘Lobby Hero’ Broadway Review: Chris Evans and Michael Cera Compare Their Guns
Sometimes movie stars make the segue to Broadway in high style
