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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

‘Tartuffe’ Gets a Colorfully Modern Makeover by Tim Teeman

With its profanity-laced script, Lucas Hnath’s Molière adaptation, starring Matthew Broderick, is a mischievous clash of the old and the new.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ and the Art of Racial Solidarity by Salamishah Tillet

Across film (“Sinners,” “One Battle After Another”), theater (“Ragtime”) and TV (“The Lowdown”), four works suggested what achieving racial equality in America would take.

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‘The Queen of Versailles’ Bombed on Broadway. What Went Wrong? by Michael Paulson

The show reunited Kristin Chenoweth and Stephen Schwartz for the first time since “Wicked.” It wasn’t enough to counter poor word of mouth and other challenges.

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In Ontario, the Uplifting Case of a Ballet Company’s Stolen ‘Nutcracker’ Sets by Martha Schabas and Brett Gundlock

Ballet Jörgen’s holiday scare reaffirmed its mission: taking the art form to remote towns and outposts where most people have never seen a pas de deux.

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Miracle on 64th Street: Options for Holiday Opera by Joshua Barone

Usually, holiday opera is scarce on major stages in New York. But this year, there are two at Lincoln Center alone.

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Monday, December 22, 2025

Reading ‘A Christmas Carol’ Aloud, and Leaning Into Its Dark Side by Jillian Rayfield and Alice Zoo

An actor at the Dickens Museum in London is delivering dramatic performances of the classic holiday tale, just like the writer himself once did for sold-out crowds.

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Playwrights Horizons Is Sued Over Discounts to People of Color by Michael Paulson

The lawsuit, against the prominent Off Broadway theater, is backed by Edward Blum, who has long challenged race-based policies. Playwrights called it “meritless.”

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Artists We Lost in 2025, in Their Words by Gabe Cohn

Robert Redford, Roberta Flack, Diane Keaton and Brian Wilson are among the cultural luminaries who died this year.

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Review: ‘The Seasons’ Jumbles Warnings About Climate Crisis by Brian Seibert

An operatic Vivaldi pastiche, with a new story by Sarah Ruhl, offers an ambivalent message about how art can make people pay attention.

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The Rockettes, at 100, Need a Kick in the Right Direction by Gia Kourlas

This year, “Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes” pays homage to the legacy of the group, but its future seems to be more about sisterhood than dancing.

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Sunday, December 21, 2025

Review: A ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ Musical Is a Psychedelic Parable by Brittani Samuel

At Greenwich House Theater, Greta Gertler Gold and Hilary Bell’s stage adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel hovers between reverie and reality.

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Move Aside, Snowflake: ‘Theater Kid’ Is the New Go-To Political Insult by Sopan Deb

Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-elect, is among the latest politicians to be tagged with the term, raising the question: What did theater kids do to deserve such scorn?

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Saturday, December 20, 2025

Cheyenne Jackson Believes in Kindness as a Drug by Kathryn Shattuck

“I don’t do drugs anymore,” the actor and singer said, “but when a random baby in a stroller smiles at me, it feels like I just did a bump of coke.”

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Friday, December 19, 2025

Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts Want to Get Under Your Skin by Ben Brantley

The couple are gearing up for the Broadway opening of “Bug,” about a descent into paranoia and psychosis in a squalid motel room.

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‘Oh, Mary!’ Came to London. It’s the Raciest Show in Town. by Matt Wolf

Some had wondered how the show about Abraham Lincoln’s wife would fare after its creator left the Broadway cast. But mirth is abundant as it opens on the West End.

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He Smeared Dog Feces on a Critic. Now, He’s Back in the Spotlight. by Alex Marshall

Two years after the assault, Marco Goecke is staging a nontraditional “Nutcracker.” Ballet Basel hopes the focus will stay on his choreography.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Hans van Manen, Celebrated Dutch Choreographer, Is Dead at 93 by Nina Siegal

He rose from poverty to become one of the Netherlands’ most revered dance makers, creating more than 150 avant-garde works in a career spanning eight decades.

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‘The BFG’ Enchants With Puppets and Pantomime Spirit by Houman Barekat

There is plenty of stimulation for young theatergoers in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved book.

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‘Paddington: The Musical’: At Just 4 Feet, He’s London’s Biggest New Stage Star by Alex Marshall and Kalpesh Lathigra

Audiences are falling in love with the title character in “Paddington: The Musical.” Bringing such a beloved bear to the stage was “a huge responsibility,” the show’s director said.

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Broadway Shows Closing Soon: ‘The Queen of Versailles,’ ‘Waiting for Godot’ and More by Laura Collins-Hughes

Catch Kristin Chenoweth basking in the excess, and Bill and Ted having a Beckettian adventure, before the curtain comes down on their productions and others.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

‘Tartuffe’ Review: Matthew Broderick and David Cross Face Off by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Matthew Broderick plays Tartuffe and David Cross his naïve prey in this Lucas Hnath adaptation of a 17th-century French comedy classic.

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Watching ‘Liberation’ With a Women’s Movement Pioneer, My Mom by Robin Pogrebin

In researching her new Broadway play, Bess Wohl interviewed my mother. After a performance, we all discussed the play and its themes.

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‘Beaches’ Was a Novel. Then a Movie. Next, It’ll Be a Broadway Musical. by Michael Paulson

A musical adaptation of the story will open at the Majestic Theater next spring. And yes, the score includes “Wind Beneath My Wings.”

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Monday, December 15, 2025

‘Titaníque,’ Singing and Spoofing Celine Dion, Sets Sail for Broadway by Michael Paulson

This zany musical made it from the basement of a Manhattan grocery to London’s West End, and now hopes to become Broadway’s next hit comedy.

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As Regional Theaters Struggle, Some Defy the Odds by Michael Paulson

Naples, Fla., and Milwaukee are quite different, but have one thing in common: They are home to regional theaters that are thriving.

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‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘Dead Outlaw’ and More Theater to Stream by Rachel Sherman

Other picks include a family production of “The Snow Queen,” the Broadway-bound “Every Brilliant Thing” and the acclaimed comedy “Sorry for Your Loss.”

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Out From Russia’s Shadow: Lithuania’s National Ballet at 100 by Martha Schabas

The national company has a new leader, Jurgita Dronina, and a desire to raise its profile to a troupe that can rank among Europe’s best.

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Olivia Dean, Josh Johnson and Chase Infiniti Are Among Our 2025 Breakout Stars by Maya Salam

Across the arts, these 10 performers took a leap of faith this year and stuck the landing in a big way.

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Sunday, December 14, 2025

‘Anna Christie’ Review: Michelle Williams on the Waterfront by Laura Collins-Hughes

The actress stars in Thomas Kail’s luminous revival of Eugene O’Neill’s play about a woman whose past threatens her future.

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Tom Hanks on the Electrifying (and Terrifying) Experience of Writing a Play by Tom Hanks and Thomas Prior

The actor also stars in the Off Broadway production of “This World of Tomorrow,” a yearslong project at the Shed through Dec. 21.

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Saturday, December 13, 2025

41 Things That Stuck With Us in 2025 by The New York Times

Aunt Gladys. Tyler, the Creator. That sex scene in “The Naked Gun.” These are the things Culture staffers couldn’t stop thinking about this year.

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