Review: 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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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times ‘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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Review: ‘Grenfell’ Listens to the Survivors of a Towering Inferno
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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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Critic’s PickPeter 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.
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CreditGeorge Etheredge for The New York Times 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.
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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.
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CreditJoey Moro Alfred 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.”
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CreditJordan Strauss/Invision, via Associated Press My TenHillary 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.
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Credit Out & about‘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.
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CreditEvan Zimmerman Critic’s PickReview: ‘The Wiz’ Eases Back to Broadway
Almost 50 years after it debuted, this classic Black take on “The Wizard of Oz” tries to update its original formula.
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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
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
Marian Zazeela, an Artist of Light and Design, Dies at 83
She pivoted from painting to lighting exhibitions, performance art, graphic design and minimalist music, performed with her husband, the composer La Monte Young.
By Walker Mimms
Abe Koogler’s New Play Is an Ode to Intense Culinary Experiences
In “Staff Meal,” in previews at Playwrights Horizons, a restaurant becomes a refuge as the world ends.
By Rachel Sherman
Critic’s NotebookIn Belfast and Ballybeg, Forging a Bolder Future
“Agreement,” at Irish Arts Center, and “Philadelphia, Here I Come!,” at Irish Repertory Theater, have a timeless feel, rooted in their eras and resonant in ours.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
Video Games Are a Playwright’s Muse, Not Her Hobby
In Bekah Brunstetter’s new play “The Game,” women withhold sex from their partners who are obsessed with a Fortnite-like game. Her previous work includes “The Oregon Trail.”
By Eric Grode
Critic’s PickReview: In ‘Sally & Tom,’ Plantation Scandal Meets Backstage Farce
The 30-year relationship between Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson is the basis for Suzan-Lori Parks’s hilarious and harrowing nesting doll of a play.
By Jesse Green
The Snubs and Surprises of the 2024 Olivier Awards
Our theater critics and a reporter discuss the big winner — “Sunset Boulevard” — and the rest of the honorees at Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys.
By Houman Barekat, Matt Wolf and Alex Marshall
Review: It’s No Sunday in the Park With ‘Lempicka’
A musical about the groundbreaking Art Deco painter is vocally thrilling but historically a blur.
By Jesse Green
‘Sunset Boulevard,’ Heading to Broadway, Wins Big at Olivier Awards
The musical, which stars Nicole Scherzinger, won seven awards at Britain’s version of the Tonys. And Sarah Snook won best actress for “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”
By Alex Marshall
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