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Saturday, April 1, 2023

The Last Days of Beckett’s, a Smoky New York Literary Salon by Alex Vadukul

They came. They drank. They staged plays and argued about Shakespeare. For dozens of up-and-coming writers, actors and artists, it was nice while it lasted.

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Friday, March 31, 2023

Review: A Trip From Light to Dark With the National Ballet of Canada by Gia Kourlas

The company returned to New York City Center with recent works by Crystal Pite and David Dawson, along with a vintage offering by Kenneth MacMillan.

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Michael R. Jackson on the Soap Opera Origins of ‘White Girl in Danger’ by Maya Phillips

The musical’s creator and creative team discuss their influences, including “Days of Our Lives,” “Showgirls” and D’Angelo.

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Review: Philip Glass and the Meaning of Life by Joshua Barone

The director Phelim McDermott, who has acted like a visual translator of Glass’s music, pays tribute to the composer in their show “Tao of Glass.”

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Now Playing in China: Putin-Aligned Artists Shunned in the West by Javier C. Hernández

As Russia works to shore up its image and rebuild its soft power after its invasion of Ukraine, it is strengthening cultural ties with friendly nations, including China.

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Alex Newell From ‘Shucked’ Sings Their Favorite Whitney Houston Song by Nancy Coleman

After growing up listening to powerhouse voices, the actor brings their own back to Broadway.

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

‘Life of Pi’ Review: A Boy and a Tiger, Burning Brightly by Alexis Soloski

Human ingenuity and animal grace course through this rich, inventive play about difficult choices and the stories we tell to make sense of them.

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Review: A New Zealand Troupe’s Oceanic Feelings by Brian Seibert

Atamira Dance Company’s “Te Wheke” at the Joyce Theater drops you into its world and trusts you can swim in it.

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Jenny Schlenzka Steps Down From Performance Space New York by Brian Seibert

Schlenzka, who took the reins in 2017, presided over a rebranding and a new name for the organization — and an experiment in artist rule.

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Review: ‘Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead’ in London by Houman Barekat

The British experimental theater company Complicité turns the Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk’s novel “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead” into a thought-provoking, entertaining…

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In ‘Public Obscenities,’ Tashnuva Anan Makes Her New York Debut by Maya Salam

Tashnuva Anan Shishir, who became her country’s first transgender news anchor in 2021, is performing in “Public Obscenities” at Soho Rep.

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In This ‘Peter Pan,’ Something Always Goes Awry. That’s the Plan. by Alexis Soloski

Broadway’s slapstick comedy “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” is full of daring sequences. What does it take? Countless rehearsals (and bruises).

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

‘According to the Chorus’ Review: Backstage Truths by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In Arlene Hutton’s play at 59E59 Theaters, the members of a Broadway cast reveal their hopes and fears tucked away in a quick-change room.

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An ‘Obsession’ With Philip Glass Inspires a Director’s Memory Play by Zachary Woolfe

In “Tao of Glass,” Phelim McDermott, who has directed three Glass operas, turns to his personal history with the composer’s work.

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Monday, March 27, 2023

Review: In ‘Día y Noche,’ Opposites Intertwine by Elisabeth Vincentelli

David Anzuelo’s generous, unwieldy play about an oil-and-water friendship between two high school boys opens at 59E59 Theaters.

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Review: A South Korean Troupe’s Physical Risks and Daunting Tasks by Siobhan Burke

The contemporary dance group Bereishit performed two works by its founder, Park Soon-ho, at NYU Skirball.

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‘James Brown Wore Curlers’ Review: A Superfan Becomes Celine Dion by A.J. Goldmann

In “James Brown Wore Curlers,” the French playwright tries out a more far-fetched premise than in her previous hits, and produces less satisfying satire.

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Kristin Chenoweth Lives for 3 A.M. FaceTime Calls and ‘Funny Girl’ by Sarah Bahr

The actress is returning for the second season of “Schmigadoon!” Reality TV and occasional shopping sprees have kept her going in the meantime.

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Sunday, March 26, 2023

‘Nemesis’ Review: A Philip Roth Adaptation Resonates by Laura Cappelle

The American writer’s last novel becomes surprisingly effective theater in the hands of Tiphaine Raffier at the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe.

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Review: The Many Thrilling Flavors of a Full-Scale ‘Sweeney Todd’ by Jesse Green

Sondheim’s masterpiece, restored to its proper size and sung to the hilt by Josh Groban, makes a welcome Broadway return.

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Friday, March 24, 2023

‘Arden of Faversham’ Review: An Elizabethan Noir Lost in the Fog by Juan A. Ramírez

Red Bull Theater’s attempt to update this 1592 true-crime story falls flat.

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Review: In ‘Alma,’ the Flamenco Star Sara Baras Warms Up by Brian Seibert

Baras’s show, the only dance production in this year’s Flamenco Festival New York, was looser than usual, with soothing moments and good times.

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92nd Street Y, a Storied Home of Dance, Gives It More Space by Brian Seibert

With a renovation, new studios and the return of dance to the Kaufmann Concert Hall, an institution once central to dance in New York invests in its future.

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Review: In ‘Sancocho,’ a Family Crisis Is Cooking by Alexis Soloski

Attention to culinary detail is the best part of this heavily seasoned family drama by Christin Eve Cato at the WP Theater.

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In ‘Up Here,’ the Song Stuck in Your Head Might Be Your Mean Ex-Crush by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Developed by a team of Broadway and Hollywood all-stars, the new Hulu series sets a chorus of inner critics to song.

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‘Bad Cinderella’ Review: The Title Warned Us by Jesse Green

Andrew Lloyd Webber hopes to extend an unbroken 43-year streak on Broadway. But his 13th new musical may not be the charm.

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

Jeremy O. Harris’s Writer’s Residency Under the Tuscan Sun by Elisabetta Povoledo

The finalists for the 2023 Yale Drama Series Prize suddenly find themselves in Italy, with plenty of time to write, reflect and make pasta.

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‘A Good Person’ Review: Zach Braff’s New Chapter by Brandon Yu

The filmmaker behind “Garden State” has created a fully drawn female character in Florence Pugh’s grieving addict. But this recovery drama often has too heavy a hand.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

‘The Hunting Gun’ Review: Letters to Burn After Reading by Laura Collins-Hughes

Miki Nakatani and Mikhail Baryshnikov star in this meticulously handsome stage adaptation of Yasushi Inoue’s 1949 novella.

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A Stage Adaptation of ‘Smash’ Is Setting Its Sights on Broadway by Michael Paulson

Producers including Steven Spielberg have been exploring several possible incarnations of the decade-old TV series. Now they have a plan.

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‘Camelot,’ Beloved but Befuddling, Gets the Aaron Sorkin Treatment by Michael Paulson

The Golden Age musical is back on Broadway, with a new take by one of the nation’s great screenwriters. Walk with us.

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2022-2023 BROADWAY SEASON
Jul 10, 2022: Into the Woods - St. James Theatre
Jul 21, 2022: The Kite Runner - Helen Hayes Theatre
Oct 02, 2022: Leopoldstadt - Longacre Theatre
Oct 03, 2022: Cost of Living - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Oct 06, 2022: 1776 - American Airlines Theatre
Oct 09, 2022: Death of a Salesman - Hudson Theatre
Oct 13, 2022: The Piano Lesson - Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Oct 20, 2022: Topdog / Underdog - John Golden Theatre
Oct 27, 2022: Walking With Ghosts - Music Box Theatre
Nov 03, 2022: Almost Famous - Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Nov 10, 2022: Kimberly Akimbo - Booth Theatre
Nov 11, 2022: Take Me Out - Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Nov 13, 2022: Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool - Vivian Beaumont Theater
Nov 17, 2022: & Juliet - Stephen Sondheim Theatre
Nov 21, 2022: A Christmas Carol - Nederlander Theatre
Nov 27, 2022: KPOP - Circle In The Square
Dec 01, 2022: Ain’t No Mo’ - Belasco Theatre
Dec 04, 2022: A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical - Broadhurst Theatre
Dec 08, 2022: Ohio State Murders - James Earl Jones Theatre
Dec 11, 2022: Some Like It Hot - Shubert Theatre
Dec 19, 2022: Between Riverside and Crazy - Helen Hayes Theatre
Dec 20, 2022: The Collaboration - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Feb 09, 2023: Pictures From Home - Studio 54
Mar 09, 2023: A Doll’s House - Hudson Theatre
Mar 16, 2023: Parade - Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Mar 19, 2023: Bob Fosse's Dancin' - Music Box Theatre
Mar 23, 2023: Bad Cinderella - Imperial Theatre
Mar 26, 2023: Sweeney Todd - Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Mar 30, 2023: Life of Pi - Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Apr 04, 2023: Shucked - Nederlander Theatre
Apr 12, 2023: Fat Ham - American Airlines Theatre
Apr 13, 2023: Camelot - Vivian Beaumont Theater
Apr 19, 2023: Summer, 1976 - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Apr 23, 2023: Prima Facie - John Golden Theatre
Apr 24, 2023: Good Night, Oscar - Belasco Theatre
Apr 26, 2023: New York, New York - St. James Theatre
Jun 11, 2023: The 74th Annual Tony Awards - United Palace
TBA: A Man of No Importance - Circle In The Square

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