Friday, February 6, 2026

Review: Alexei Ratmansky, Ballet’s King of Comedy, Fights Back by Gia Kourlas

At New York City Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky exposes the current moment with a political satire based on “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”

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‘High Spirits’ Review: A Ghostly Delight From Encores! by Elisabeth Vincentelli

A revival of a 1964 musical, which puts a supernatural spin on a Noël Coward play, features a starry cast: Andrea Martin, Phillipa Soo, Steven Pasquale and Katrina Lenk.

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Thursday, February 5, 2026

‘Moulin Rouge!’ Musical Will End Its Broadway Run This Summer by Michael Paulson

The final New York performance will be July 26, seven years after it opened; international and touring productions continue.

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Tom Stoppard Is Gone. In ‘Arcadia,’ His Wit Still Sparkles. by Houman Barekat

A new London production of the playwright’s masterpiece has extra poignancy just months after his death.

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A Stunning ‘King Lear’ That Reveals, Finally, a King in Full by Helen Shaw

Ten actors wear the crowns in Karin Coonrod’s production, which is rich with twilight revelation, at La MaMa in Manhattan.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Blanche Marvin, 100, Dies; Critic Was, Maybe, ‘Streetcar’ Inspiration by Jeré Longman

She was a ubiquitous presence at London theaters and claimed to have inspired the name — and final words — of Tennessee Williams’s Blanche DuBois.

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Alvin Ailey Company to Get $10 Million Endowment to Fund Top Job by Adam Nagourney

The gift from Daria Wallach, a retired leader in the financial services industry, is to endow the company’s artistic director.

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Libby Howes, a Promising Young Actress, Left New York in 1981 and Disappeared. What Happened? by Helen Shaw

Libby Howes was an imposing presence onstage with the Wooster Group. But after abruptly leaving New York in 1981 she became a theater world mystery. What happened?

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10 Composers, 2 Directors, 1 Opera: ‘Complications in Sue’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Opera Philadelphia’s latest premiere is like an exquisite corpse, with a libretto by Michael R. Jackson and starring Justin Vivian Bond.

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Harry Melling Went From PG ‘Harry Potter’ to B.D.S.M. ‘Pillion’ by Sarah Bahr

The actor Harry Melling shed his image as Harry’s cruel cousin, Dudley Dursley — and his clothes — to star in the queer romance “Pillion.”

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‘Bridgerton’ Is Built on Romance. But Its Backbone Is Dance. by Stav Ziv

“There’s so much in the pomp and circumstance and the rules of the world that comes through dance,” said Tom Verica, a director of the Netflix series.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Before a Rape Trial, a Theater Piece Passes Its Own Judgment by Laura Cappelle

A new work by the director Lorraine de Sagazan looks at a high-profile case that will soon be heard in a French court.

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Sean Hayes Suffers Writer’s Block and More Horrors in ‘The Unknown’ by Erik Piepenburg

In David Cale’s “The Unknown,” the actor plays 11 characters including a writer suffering the horrors of writer’s block and an unraveling mind.

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At City Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky’s Morality Tale Is Wrapped in Farce by Marina Harss

“The Naked King,” based on “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” debuts Thursday. “I’ve been dealing with what I’ve been experiencing in life and in the news,” Ratmansky said.

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Monday, February 2, 2026

Woodie King Jr., Impresario of Black Theater, Dies at 88 by Laura Collins-Hughes

His New Federal Theater in New York provided a rare stage for Black playwrights and emerging actors, among them Denzel Washington, Phylicia Rashad and Chadwick Boseman.

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The Utah High School Drill Teams Who Dance With Intense Precision by Rachel Sherman and Cassidy Araiza

Two traditions, military dance and a game resembling Simon Says, make drill team distinct in Utah.

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Sunday, February 1, 2026

18 Off Broadway Shows (and Some Puppets) to Defrost Your February by Laura Collins-Hughes

Sean Hayes performs a new solo thriller, Alia Shawkat leads a play revival and Ethan Slater stars as Marcel Marceau in a world premiere.

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Saturday, January 31, 2026

How Lesley Manville Is Leaving ‘Oedipus’ Audiences Spellbound by Ben Brantley

Personal history emerges by painful degrees in “Oedipus,” whose language and story, the actress Lesley Manville says, “wreck me every time.”

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Friday, January 30, 2026

Roger Allers Dies at 76; Helped Put ‘Lion King’ on Screens and Onstage by Richard Sandomir

A Disney fan who once “flew” off his couch as a 4-year-old Peter Pan, he was a co-director of the animated film and a co-writer of the Broadway musical, both of them megahits.

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Review: In Justin Peck’s New Ballet, Beethoven Gets Sporty by Brian Seibert

Peck’s “The Wind-Up,” set to the first movement of the “Eroica” symphony, doesn’t rise to the challenge of the music but is refreshing in other ways.

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Peyton List Steps Into ‘Heathers’ for Her Off Broadway Debut by Elisabeth Vincentelli

She watched the movie as a teenager, now the star of “School Spirits” and “Cobra Kai” is playing the acid-tongued queen bee Heather Chandler onstage.

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Thursday, January 29, 2026

In Hostile Times, Maine Immigrants Cherish Artistic Traditions by Michaela Towfighi and Ryan David Brown

An apprenticeship program that passes on skills like Cambodian dance is persevering despite funding threats and ICE agents.

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Review: Without Its Star, Noche Flamenca Still Shines by Brian Seibert

“Irrationalities,” at the Joyce Theater, disappoints only if you are expecting Soledad Barrio, the company’s world-class dancer, who is out with an injury.

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A Puppet Theater Festival in Chicago Brings Warmth and Light by Laura Collins-Hughes and Alexander Coggin

Crowds are flocking to an annual festival for performances of “A Doll’s House,” a “Macbeth”-inspired witch tale and more featuring puppets big and small.

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sondheim

Judy Collins, Mandy Patinkin, Renée Fleming, Michael R. Jackson, Melissa Errico, Tony Kushner, Sherman Irby and New York Times writers and editors pick 14 songs to seal the deal.

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‘Ulysses,’ ‘Watch Me Walk’ and Other Festival Shows Revisit the Past by Helen Shaw

“Watch Me Walk,” “Ulysses” and other offerings from Under the Radar and the Exponential Festival engage with personal histories and the works of literary lions.

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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

‘The Outsiders’ Musical Recoups on Broadway by Michael Paulson

“The Outsiders” is the first new musical to open since 2022 to become profitable.

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Monday, January 26, 2026

Review: How ‘Data’ Channels the Shock of Right Now by Tim Teeman

In Matthew Libby’s play, a brilliant young computer programmer finds himself at the center of one of the most contentious issues of the moment: immigration.

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The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, on the (Bumpy) Road to Reconciliation by Martha Schabas

The Indigenous choreographer Cameron Fraser-Monroe is taking his ballet on tour, “back to the place where the story was kept.”

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Sunday, January 25, 2026

If You’re Marc Shaiman, for Every Plotz There’s a Zetz by Jesse Green

Broadway, Hollywood and television have been kind to Marc Shaiman. But there’s a reason the subtitle of his new memoir is “Showbiz Stories From a Sore Winner.”

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Friday, January 23, 2026

Broadway Shows Closing Soon: ‘Mamma Mia!,’ ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ and More by Laura Collins-Hughes

The curtain is about to come down on two jukebox musicals, a thriller by Tracy Letts, and other Broadway productions.

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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