A listening guide to the cast albums, playlists and video footprints left behind by 18 Broadway and Off Broadway musicals.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42AMOur co-chief theater critics discuss the plays and musicals that reflected and predicted an unstable world.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:36PMAn opinionated take on the songwriter’s major works, from a delayed debut to a Pulitzer Prize- winning classic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:06AMGerard Alessandrini’s franchise was looking as long in the tooth as the shows it aimed to skewer. A new edition brings it back to hilarious life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMBen Brantley and Jesse Green respond to readers curious about the Tony race, hungry for happy fare, and heading to London.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42AMAdventurous directors and galvanizing performances made for unexpected — and very welcome — departures on what once felt like the Staid White Way.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:54AMThe chief theater critics for The Times choose who they think should win and who should have been nominated.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00AMOfferings at the festival include a riff on “Uncle Vanya”; a “Frankenstein” adaptation highlighting a mother’s grief; and an intimate tale of displacement.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMAn eclectic opening weekend included sketches and songs by Nigerian women, two unsettling monologues and a punk-rock reminiscence (with mixtape to follow).
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMIt was a year when classics were reincarnated in deceptively modest interpretations, conventional story forms were tossed aside and strong voices roared.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48AMPassionate agreement on best musical, but after that all bets are off.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18AMOur chief critics offer reaction to the nominations, which were hard on jukebox musicals and “Frozen” but good to “My Fair Lady” and “Carousel.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:36PMOur chief theater critics on their favorites this year, from “Bruce Springsteen on Broadway” to a host of playwrights tackling life’s chaos.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMOne night a week, Donna Murphy takes over the title role in “Hello, Dolly!” from Bette Midler. Alternates, like her, and replacements can help make or break a hit show.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PMOur chief theater critics went to see the interactive performance piece on the same night, expecting to have vastly different experiences. They didn’t.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PMOur critics debate a varied, and divisive, Broadway season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMThe co-chief theater critics Ben Brantley and Jesse Green, on the nominated plays, musicals and actors.
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