Review: Steve Carell as the 50-Year-Old Loser in a Comic ‘Uncle Vanya’
Sleek, lucid, amusing, often beautiful, it’s Chekhov with everything, except the main thing.
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Is New York Improv Back? I Went on a One-Week Binge to Find Out.
The pandemic dealt a major blow to the once-thriving comedy form, but a new energy can be seen in performances throughout the city.
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‘Mary Jane’ Review: When Parenting Means Intensive Care
Amy Herzog’s heartbreaker arrives on Broadway with Rachel McAdams as the alarmingly upbeat mother of a fearfully sick child.
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CreditRichard Termine for The New York Times How a Broadway Theater Was Remade Into a Queer Cabaret
The set and costume designer Tom Scutt has conjured a surreal, New York-inspired version of the fictional Kit Kat Club for the latest revival of the 1966 musical “Cabaret.”
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‘Orlando’ Review: A Virginia Woolf Fantasy That Plays With Gender
In this revival of Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of the Woolf novel, now starring Taylor Mac, the flashes of comedy can’t make up for the loss of poetry.
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CreditJeenah Moon for The New York Times ‘Oh, Mary!,’ a Surprise Downtown Hit, Will Play Broadway This Summer
Cole Escola’s madcap comedy about the former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln will begin performances in June.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times In a Pair of ‘Macbeth’ Productions, Only One Does Right by the Lady
One of Shakespeare’s most coveted roles for women gets different interpretations onstage in New York and Washington.
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CreditMarc Brenner Critic’s NotebookReview: It’s All Right to Groove to Huey in ‘The Heart of Rock and Roll’
The new musical doesn’t take itself too seriously and has many winning moments — almost enough to eclipse the weaknesses of its story.
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CreditAmir Hamja/The New York Times ‘Patriots’ Review: What Happened to the Man Who Made Putin?
Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen shine as a kingmaker and his creature. But in Peter Morgan’s cheesy-fun play, it’s not always clear which is which.
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‘Cabaret’ Review: What Good Is Screaming Alone in Your Room?
Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin star in a buzzy Broadway revival that rips the skin off the 1966 musical.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times How ‘Stereophonic’ Made Musicians Out of Actors
The new Broadway play conjures a group as dazzling as peak Fleetwood Mac. This is how five actors with limited training (one never held a bass) became rock stars.
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At St. Ann’s Warehouse, this documentary play about a London fire is blood-boiling and aggrieved.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Critic’s Pick‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Review: Alicia Keys’s Musical Finds Its Groove on Broadway
The retooled jukebox musical, with its top-notch performances and exciting choreography, “stands out as one of the rare must-sees” in a crowded season.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Critic’s Pick‘Stereophonic’ Review: Hitmakers Rendered in Sublime Detail
In David Adjmi’s new play, with songs by Will Butler, a ’70s band’s success breeds tension, and punches up the volume on Broadway.
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Carrie Robbins, Costume Designer for Dozens of Broadway Shows, Dies at 81
She made a classic wig and poodle skirt for “Grease” (using a bath mat and a toilet cover) and turned actors into Spanish inquisitors, British highwaymen and more.
By Alex Traub
Terry Carter, Barrier-Breaking Actor and Documentarian, Dies at 95
He was a rare Black presence on “Combat!” and “The Phil Silvers Show,” then made well-regarded documentaries on luminaries like Duke Ellington and Katherine Dunham.
By Robert D. McFadden
Out & aboutEddie Redmayne and Angela Bassett Journey to Berlin at ‘Cabaret’ Opening
A party for the buzzy revival of the Broadway musical was held at a theater that has been transformed to look like a 1930s-era nightclub.
By Sarah Bahr, Melissa Guerrero and Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet
Peter Morgan Turns His Pen From ‘The Crown’ to the Kremlin
His new play “Patriots,” now on Broadway, follows Putin’s rise to power and the Russian oligarchs who mistakenly thought he’d be their puppet.
By Maureen Dowd
Review: In ‘Still,’ Confessions Doom Two Reunited Lovers
Despite a juicy premise, this Colt Coeur production, starring Tim Daly and Jayne Atkinson, never manages to take off.
By Rhoda Feng
My TenAlfred Molina on the Museum He Never Misses When He’s in New York
“Every time I’m in the city, I make a visit,” said the actor, who is performing on Broadway in “Uncle Vanya.”
By Sarah Bahr
Out & aboutHillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai Toast Their New Broadway Show
Dozens of theater, film and media stars turned out on Thursday night for the opening of “Suffs,” a new musical about women’s suffrage.
By Sarah Bahr and Nina Westervelt
Review: In ‘Suffs,’ the Thrill of the Vote and How She Got It
Shaina Taub’s new Broadway musical about Alice Paul and the fight for women’s suffrage is smart and noble and a bit like a rally.
By Jesse Green
Critic’s Pick‘Gun & Powder’ Review: Twin Vigilantes Stake Claim to the American West
The musical traces the story of Black twin sisters who pass as white, and exact their own form of justice for the crime of slavery, in 19th-century Texas.
By Naveen Kumar
A First Album, a First Restaurant, a First Time on Broadway: Ten Debuts Happening Right Now
This season’s beginners, from Ice Spice to Tyla to Sarah Pidgeon.
Interviews by Juan A. Ramírez and Emily Lordi
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