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Boop, Redwood, Last 5 Years get Broadway dates. Shakespeare and Suffs get Presidential. #Stageworthy News by Jonathan Mandell

The startling political developments of late are being viewed through a theatrical lens, repeatedly.   A surprising number of professional commentators have invoked Shakespeare, sometimes awkwardly: "Nothing became his presidency like the leaving of it," Nicholas Kristoff "paraphrased" Macbeth in his essay about Biden's stepping down from his re-election bid, awkward because in  the original line "Noth…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:35PM on July 22, 2024

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