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Monday, November 17, 2025

Ballet Dancers Are Starting to Prioritize Their Mental Health by Gia Kourlas and Thea Traff

Dancers are famous for buckling down and getting through it. But a new openness about mental health has companies and schools focusing on their well-being, both physical and emotional.

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Sunday, November 16, 2025

'Chess,' With Lea Michele: At Least They Have the Abba Songs by Elisabeth Vincentelli and Sara Krulwich

This new revival, starring Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher and Aaron Tveit, is a reminder why the erratic yet rewarding show has endured all these years.

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Saturday, November 15, 2025

At the Broadway Flea, a Market for Props, Playbills and a Good Cause by Vidhya Nagarajan and Sarah Bahr

Theaters lovers came in search of souvenirs at the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction this fall, all for a good cause.

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A SHORT GENTLEMAN " one night at The Cut! by Libby Purves and Friends

   A VERY CIVIL CRIME Meet Robert, a retired barrister, working in a charity shop as we meet him, cautiously sniffing trousers and appreciating candelabras.  Nothing unusual there i…

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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Lea Michelle and Her 'Chess' Co-Stars Know the Score by Alexis Soloski and Lanna Apisukh

Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher took a break from navigating their onstage rivalries to engage in some (mostly) friendly competition.

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COVEN              Kiln Theatre, NW6 by Libby Purves and Friends

AN INNOCENCE OF WITCHES          A brand-new musical always stirs hope, especially when we're promised  voices like Gabrielle Brooks (magnetically magnificent as Rita in Ge…

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Ruth Childs Steps Out of a Giant Shadow (Her Aunt, Lucinda Childs's) by Brian Seibert and George Etheredge

Ruth Childs, the niece of the renowned choreographer Lucinda Childs, got over being intimidated by her aunt's achievements. Now, she debuts her own work in New York.

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Friday, November 7, 2025

CHARLEY'S AUNT Watermill, nr Newbury by Libby Purves and Friends

NOT AT ALL A DRAG… Candy-coloured prettiness frames a 1890s world,  of bored girls in flounces longing for escape from guardians,  lovesick young men not averse to heiresses, a…

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Juliana May Brings the Audacity of Optimism to BAM Fisher by Gia Kourlas and Elias Williams

For her new work, opening at BAM Fisher, Juliana F. May looks to early influences to create her version of a postmodern musical.

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In 'Wicked: For Good,' Ariana Grande Solidifies Herself as a Dramatic Actress by Kyle Buchanan and Geordie Wood

The pop superstar reinvented herself in the first "Wicked," but the sequel shows just how much further she can go as an actress.

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OTHELLO Theatre Royal Haymarket, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

INNOCENCE, WICKEDNESS , RAGE     Ti Green's set is ,at first, a gilded wonder of dignified curves and arches, palatially spectacular when filled with the red robes of the Duke and sena…

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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

EUREKA DAY Nottingham Playhouse by Libby Purves and Friends

EVERYONE'S CALIFORNIAN NOW..      When the Old Vic had Jonathan Spector's play in 2022 it was the first time after lockdowns that I had the joy of beng in a space with a thousand ot…

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WENDY AND PETER PAN. Barbican, E1 by Libby Purves and Friends

EDWARDIANA FOR A FEMINIST AGE     It looks wonderful. Designer Colin Richmond has been set loose, with Oliver Fenwick's lighting, to create both the the raftered, big-windowed Edwar…

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

A Broadway Tradition Is Fluttering Into History by Michael Paulson and Sara Krulwich

Broadway plans to replace the cast-change slips that are stuffed into Playbills with QR codes. Some understudies and theater buffs will mourn their loss.

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Friday, October 24, 2025

THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES Hampstead Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

A FAMILY SAGA , A MEMORABLE AUNT       Bit early for an onstage Christmas-tree,  but this comedy-drama by Richard Greenberg ran months on Broadway twelve years ago, and it suits …

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Thursday, October 23, 2025

Oprah, Gayle King and More Attend Misty Copeland's Final Performance by Sarah Bahr and Nina Westervelt

The trailblazing ballerina returned to the stage after five years for one final performance at a gala for American Ballet Theater.

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THE WANDERERS Marylebone Theatre NW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

OLD FAITH IN A MODERN CITY       Anna Ziegler's play was an off-Broadway sellout,  glimmering with insights into Jewish-American family conflicts,  traditions and rebellions.�…

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

ENTERTAINING MR SLOAN.    Young Vic SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

CHAOS IN FRAYING CHINTZ Catching  up after a break away I nipped in to check whether after 60 years Joe Orton can still get people gasping with shock.   Peter McIntosh's set alone is a…

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

'Paranormal Activity' Wants to Scare You From the Stage by Elisabeth Vincentelli and Evan Jenkins

Like "Stranger Things" and "Harry Potter," this horror film franchise is branching out with an original story that aims to pull the rug from under theatergoers.

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Monday, October 20, 2025

Charm La'Donna Is a Hip-Hop Choreographer to Stars Like Kendrick Lamar by Margaret Fuhrer and Michelle Groskopf

The hip-hop choreographer brings irrepressible enthusiasm to her work for Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé and Dua Lipa.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

RAGDOLL            Jermyn St Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

A BRILLIANT ECHO      Shouldn't be surprised that this is a cracking play:   Katherine Moar's 90-minute debut FARM HALL , about 1940s nuclear scientists,  sparked cheers and a…

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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

DON'T LOOK NOW New Wolsey, Ipswich & then Salisbury by Libby Purves and Friends

A DARK SERENISSIMA     No pretty biscuit-tin Venice here, but rather its ancient darkness:  Jess Curtis' artful set offers stark steps, corners, slotted openings into which half-gli…

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Sunday, October 12, 2025

City Ballet Fashion Gala: Iris Van Herpen's Costumes Dance Too by Roslyn Sulcas and Nina Westervelt

Collaborating with the choreographer Jamar Roberts for the New York City Ballet fashion gala, Iris van Herpen created costumes that merged fantasy and form.

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Thursday, October 9, 2025

Glenn Close on 'Sunset Boulevard,' 'Fatal Attraction' and Her Storied Career by Nick Haramis, Joshua Woods and Delphine Danhier

For half a century, she's brought her singular talents to the stage and screen. Now, the actress wants one more shot at the role that helped make her a star.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Making a drama about refugees could defuse anti-migrant anger in UK, says Jonathan Pryce by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Actor says 'people aren't aware of the facts' and the realities for people living in migrant hotels A compelling drama about refugees living in Britain could be one way to defuse the rising …

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Sunday, September 28, 2025

Classics with added Yorkshire class: tributes to Tony Harrison by Ian McMillan, Michael Billington and Edith Hall

Harrison's poetry and plays made an electrifying connection with readers and audiences through his use of Leeds dialect, and his ear for rhyme. Writers remember his greatness Poet, playwrigh…

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Saturday, September 27, 2025

How John Leguizamo Spends a Day Before Taking the Stage by Sarah Bahr Photographs and Video By Christian Rodriguez

The actor fits in tennis with his son, a writing session and lots of dancing before performing his new show at the Public Theater.

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Friday, September 26, 2025

Unions urge UK theatres to limit at-seat alcohol sales as staff face 'unacceptable abuse' by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Rowdy audience members have disrupted performances with heckling, violence and even copulation in the stalls "Speak clearly and don't bump into the furniture" " so goes Noël Coward's time…

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Wednesday, September 24, 2025

MEASURE FOR MESURE. Rsc Stratford upon Avon by Libby Purves and Friends

TANGLED JUSTICE, MORAL SWAMPS   There is no sure hero in Shakespeare's 'mystery play" , which can be exhilarating.  Emily BUrns'  remarkably sure-footed, clear and well-trimmed p…

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Jimmy Kimmel says silencing comedians is 'anti American', as his show returns to air after suspension by Adrian Horton and Anna Betts

The host's monologue noted that the suspension of his late night programme had ignited a national debate over free speech Jimmy Kimmel returned to air on Tuesday night, calling government th…

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All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off