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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

16 Best Theater Moments of 2025 by Laura Collins-Hughes, Alexis Soloski and Elisabeth Vincentelli

Lea Michele’s star turn in “Chess.” Kara Young as an 8-year-old. A 12-minute monologue delivered from a cloud. These are our favorite scenes from this year.

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Sunday, December 7, 2025
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation? by Amanda Fortini and Neal Slavin

How one era changed everything about the culture — and why we’re so nostalgic for its creations.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Those Little Chimes That Say ‘Please Take Your Seat’ by Michaela Towfighi and Vincent Alban

At New York’s performing arts venues, herding audiences is a melodic mission.

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‘Lahpphon/Lost’ Was a Hit in Oslo. But in the Sami Heartland? by Lisa Abend and David B. Torch

The Norwegian National Ballet was nervous about taking a new work about a Sami uprising to the area where the historical event took place.

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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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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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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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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

‘Saturday Church’ Puts House Music, Gospel, Sia and ‘Noisy Singers’ Together by Elisabeth Vincentelli and Mohamed Sadek

“Saturday Church” taps into music from several genres, as well as Sia, to tell the story of a teenager struggling with his sexuality and faith.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

With ‘Color Theories,’ Julio Torres Throws Shades by Alexis Soloski and David Billet

In his first Off Broadway play, the artist and comedian behind “Fantasmas” and “Problemista” is bringing audiences into his off-kilter world.

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Monday, August 4, 2025

In Wisconsin, Cheese and Packers Stories Help Northern Sky Theater Thrive by Elisabeth Vincentelli and Jenn Ackerman and Tim Gruber

Northern Sky Theater in Door County programs original musicals steeped in local history, archetypes and customs.

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Friday, July 18, 2025

The Moves That Make ‘Chicago’ and ‘A Chorus Line’ So Special by Brian Seibert and Vincent Tullo

To celebrate the shows’ golden anniversaries, the Broadway star Robyn Hurder demonstrates what makes their choreography so special.

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Monday, June 23, 2025

Democrats to Protest Trump’s Takeover of Kennedy Center With Pride Event by Michael Paulson and Javier C. Hernández

“This is our way of reoccupying the Kennedy Center,” said Jeffrey Seller of “Hamilton,” who was asked to stage the invite-only concert hosted by five senators.

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Friday, May 30, 2025

From Sketch to Stage: Inside the Minds of the 2025 Tony Nominees for Best Costume Design of a Musical by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

From the dancers and musicians that lit up the social clubs of 1950s Havana, to robots sitting idle in a near-future South Korea, to undead divas with a thirst for glamour, this year's Tony …

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Dozens of Festival Plays Worth Traveling to This Summer by Laura Collins-Hughes and Elisabeth Vincentelli

Across the country, you’ll find Shakespeare in amphitheaters, exciting new works on intimate stages and many regional repertories in bucolic settings.

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Monday, May 19, 2025

Trump’s Kennedy Center Comes Into Focus With Theater and Dance Plans by Michael Paulson and Javier C. Hernández

Some big shows and troupes will perform, while others will stay away. And in a shift, the center will present some Broadway shows with nonunion casts.

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Friday, May 16, 2025

Darren Criss Does the Robot by Rachel Sherman and Vincent Tullo

He trained as a movement actor. Now he’s leaning into physical theater as a Helperbot in the Tony-nominated “Maybe Happy Ending.”

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Broadway.com’s 25 Big Moments, Movements and Milestones of the Last 25 Years by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

When Broadway.com came on the scene 25 years ago, long-running hits like Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon were neighbors with new musicals like Aida, Contact and Th…

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Monday, May 12, 2025

To Play Betty Boop, Jasmine Amy Rogers Had to Transform by Elisabeth Vincentelli and Dana Golan

The Broadway rookie has a Tony nomination and star power, but inside she’s still this “weird little girl.”

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Ragtime, Starring Caissie Levy, Joshua Henry and Brandon Uranowitz, Is Coming to Broadway by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

The New York City Center production of Ragtime, mounted in 2024 in a two-week gala presentation, will transfer to Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont Theater. Tony nominee Joshua Henr…

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

Unpacking the 2025 Tony Nominations: Surprises, Standouts and Takeaways by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

The countdown to the Tony Awards is officially on! New musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending lead the pack with 10 each. Close behind with seven are De…

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Climate Activists Interrupt New York City Ballet Performance by Javier C. Hernández, Rachel Saltz and Amanda Webster

Protesters interrupted an all-Balanchine program on the company’s spring season opening night, which coincided this year with Earth Day.

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Saturday, March 29, 2025

Last Tango in the Guggenheim by Annie Aguiar and Vidhya Nagarajan

Members of the dance company Ballet Hispánico weren’t the only ones who swirled amid the art in the museum’s rotunda during a recent presentation and tango class.

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Friday, March 14, 2025

‘Song of the North’ Uses Puppets to Help a Persian Epic Spring to Life by Jennifer Schuessler and Gavin Doran

Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness of Iranian culture. “Song of the North,” at the New Victory Theater, is just the latest installment.

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Monday, March 3, 2025

Why Does Every Play Seem Political Now? by Mark Harris and Jennifer Livingston

Theater about current events — both literally and abstractly — is changing the conversation between playwrights, directors and their audiences.

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Thursday, February 20, 2025

At Kennedy Center, Trump Inherits a Tough Job: Fund-Raising by Robin Pogrebin and Javier C. Hernández

For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is to raise additional revenue through ticket sales and private dona…

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Friday, February 14, 2025

Romance Your Broadway Valentine with Tix to a Hit... And a Rhyme by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

For Valentine’s Day this year, why not give the gift of Broadway? To help you woo your plus one of choice—Valentine, galentine or whomever—Broadway.com offers up six poems tailor-made …

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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Blue Man Group’s 34-Year New York Run Comes to an End by Melena Ryzik and Vincent Tullo

Over 34 years, the show gave Fred Armisen a drumming gig, “Arrested Development” a hilarious story line and more. Now the cultural sensation comes to an end in New York.

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Against All Odds, a Vegas Theater Scene With a ‘Sense of the Wild West’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli and Mikayla Whitmore

Local artists straddle aesthetic and artistic worlds in the land of mega-spectacles and oversize flash.

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

For These Teenagers in Ukraine, Hope Arrived at the Stage Door by Kim Barker and Dzvinka Pinchuk

The students in a summer acting course performed a play set in America, called, “It’s okay!” And it gave them hope that their lives would be OK, too.

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