Sunday, May 19, 2024

A Times Reporter Visits the Latest Broadway Shows by Michael Paulson

What’s it like to attend twelve productions in nine days? Michael Paulson, the Times theater reporter, shared his sprint around Midtown Manhattan.

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Saturday, May 18, 2024

Bebe Neuwirth on the Part of a Stage That Feels Like Home by Sarah Bahr

“I love older theaters in particular,” said the actress, who is up for her third Tony for “Cabaret.” “The new ones don’t have as many ghosts.”

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Friday, May 17, 2024

Avett Brothers Musical, ‘Swept Away,’ to Open on Broadway This Fall by Michael Paulson

The show, inspired by a 19th-century shipwreck, has had previous runs in Berkeley, Calif., and Washington.

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Review: ‘Problems Between Sisters’ Puts a Spin on the Berserk Boys Club by Rhoda Feng

Julia May Jonas turns the menacing male siblings of Sam Shepard’s “True West” into squabbling pregnant sisters in Vermont.

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‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Review: Community Building One Dice Roll at a Time by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Improv adds a theatrical dimension to the role-playing game, which has been undergoing a renaissance as it turns 50 this year.

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Sutton Foster to Star in ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ on Broadway by Michael Paulson

The revival, which had an earlier run at New York City Center, is scheduled to open in August and close in November, followed by a run in Los Angeles.

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Does a Smash Hit Like ‘Lion King’ Deserve a $3 Million Tax Break? by Jay Root and Michael Paulson

Broadway is still recovering from the pandemic. A state tax-credit program has helped, but watchdogs say it aids some shows that don’t need a boost.

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Thursday, May 16, 2024

Samm-Art Williams, Playwright, Producer and Actor, Dies at 78 by Alex Williams

He challenged racial barriers in Hollywood, was a producer of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and earned a Tony nomination for “Home,” a paean to his Southern roots.

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Why Are Nuns Either Saintly, Seductive or Sadistic? by Amanda Fortini

In uncertain times, religious sisters are often invoked as vessels for collective doubt.

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‘Terraces’ Review: A Stunning Tragedy Revisits the Paris Terror Attacks by Laura Cappelle

The French writer Laurent Gaudé taps into collective trauma from the Nov. 13, 2015 terrorist outrage and channels it into something like catharsis.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Review: In ‘Invasive Species,’ the Acting Bug Bites, Dramatically by Laura Collins-Hughes

Maia Novi stars in her play about a Hollywood-struck actress from Argentina who stops at Yale’s drama school and an inpatient psych ward on her way.

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Review: Parsons Dance Spins and Darts Through Miles Davis by Gia Kourlas

For its Joyce season, the company unveils “Juke,” a spiky premiere by Jamar Roberts, along with dances by David Parsons and Penny Saunders.

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‘Death Becomes Her’ Musical to Open on Broadway This Fall by Michael Paulson

The musical comedy, which is now running in Chicago, stars Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard. It is based on the 1992 film.

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Emcee Squared: Joel Grey and Eddie Redmayne on ‘Cabaret’ by Michael Paulson and Dana Scruggs

When two actors who have played the Emcee several times finally met, they discussed fear, courage and Berlin’s bawdiest nightclub.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Review: A Text-to-Speech Meet-Cute in ‘All of Me’ by Naveen Kumar

Laura Winters’s romantic comedy pays careful attention to the dynamics of living with disabilities.

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Betty Buckley Is Not Wedded to the Same Old Songs by Laura Collins-Hughes

The actress is back in concert mode at 76, and doing new material. She’s also looking forward to a bold new take on “Sunset Boulevard.”

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Darren Criss to Return to Broadway as a Robot in Love by Michael Paulson

The actor will star in “Maybe Happy Ending,” an original musical set in a future Seoul. It will begin previews in September.

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Tony Awards 2024: Who Will Win (and Who Should) by Jesse Green

Our chief theater critic names the shows and artists he thinks will win, should win and should have been nominated — and suggests a few new categories.

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Enhancing Broadway, by Any Bodily Means Necessary by Brian Seibert

The choreographers nominated for Tony Awards this year have a broader vision than usual of the possibilities of dance in theater.

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Monday, May 13, 2024

Review: A New Lens on Auschwitz in ‘Here There Are Blueberries’ by Jesse Green

Archivists are the heroes of a documentary play about a photograph album depicting daily life among the perpetrators of the Holocaust.

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George Clooney to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ by Michael Paulson

A stage adaptation of the film is planned for next spring, with Clooney playing the journalist Edward R. Murrow.

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Sarah Paulson Dares to Play the People You Love to Hate by Julia Jacobs

The actress has received a Tony nomination for “Appropriate,” in which she portrays a woman who makes a sport out of verbally eviscerating her family members.

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Friday, May 10, 2024

At Theatertreffen, the Hobbits Are Yodeling by A.J. Goldmann

A quirky and joyful play based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s books joined weightier works at this year’s Theatertreffen drama festival.

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‘Sally & Tom’ Frees Sally Hemings From Being a Mere Footnote by Salamishah Tillet

Suzan-Lori Parks’s play is the latest work by a Black writer seeking to prioritize Hemings’s life and perspective to make her fully dimensional.

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A Broadway Star Gets Married With Help From Daniel Radcliffe by Madison Malone Kircher

Lindsay Mendez, nominated for a Tony in “Merrily We Roll Along,” married actor J. Alex Brinson in a Monday ceremony officiated by castmate Jonathan Groff. Daniel Radcliffe was their ring…

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Thursday, May 9, 2024

By the Book Interview With Judi Dench

“They’re snapshots of the past: first-night gifts, holidays abroad, memories of lost friends and loved ones,” the award-winning actress says. Her latest, written with Brendan O’Hea, …

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Review: Impressed, but Not Transported, by ‘Spirited Away’ by Matt Wolf

A stage production of the beloved Studio Ghibli movie is big on spectacle, but rarely grabs the heart.

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Coming Soon to Little Island: An Arts Festival With Powerful Backers by Javier C. Hernández

The mogul Barry Diller, who paid for the park, will finance a summer season of music, dance, theater and more, shaped in part by the Broadway producer Scott Rudin.

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Review: Need Good Dances? Try Tharp by Brian Seibert

The Gibney Company’s program at the Joyce Theater includes two Twyla Tharp dances from the 1970s.

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The Tony Nominee Starring in Alicia Keys’s ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ on Broadway by Michael Paulson

Maleah Joi Moon almost gave up on theater. Now, in her first professional role, the “Hell’s Kitchen” star is a Tony nominee.

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

What Does ‘Post-Emerging’ Look Like in Today’s Dance Landscape? by Siobhan Burke

Fresh Tracks, at New York Live Arts, showcases early-career dance makers. This year’s talented crop wonders about next steps.

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards