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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Willem Dafoe Returns to His Stage Roots at the Venice Theater Biennale by Laura Cappelle

The Hollywood star is the artistic director of this year’s event. He is using the opportunity to spotlight experimental theater that shaped his career.

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The Ballet Kids of ‘Midsummer’ Bring Magic to the Bugs by Gia Kourlas and Erik Tanner

It could be that the youngest dancers are the real stars of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at New York City Ballet.

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Lea Michele Returns to Broadway in ‘Chess’ by Michael Paulson

The “Glee” star will join Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher next fall in a Broadway revival of an Abba-adjacent Cold War musical.

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‘The Counterfeit Opera’ Comes Together Like a Madcap Caper by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Little Island’s season opens with a musical, inspired by “The Beggar’s Opera” and “The Threepenny Opera,” that was essentially written in six months.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

The Patti LuPone Drama With Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis, Explained by Michael Paulson

The offstage tensions between three Broadway stars became public after a dispute over sound levels, an Instagram post and a much-talked-about magazine article.

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Her Books and Movies Provoked France. Will Her Plays Do the Same? by Laura Cappelle

Virginie Despentes is pivoting to theater. Playgoers “really show up, even for demanding or radical works,” she says.

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Colman Domingo’s Nat King Cole Play Explores the “Psychology of an Artist’ by Alan Light

Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor’s play “Lights Out” explores the beloved yet complicated performer who was subtly “advancing who we are as Americans.”

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Blue Man Group’s Longtime Home Will Stage Off Broadway Dramas by Michael Paulson

A commercial producer active on Broadway and in the West End has signed a long-term lease for Astor Place Theater with plans for shows there.

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Monday, May 26, 2025

There Are Problems for Sure. But ‘Étoile’ Has Humor and Heart. by Gia Kourlas

Amy Sherman-Palladino’s new series, created with her husband, takes ballet somewhere it doesn’t usually go: the world of comedy.

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Saturday, May 24, 2025

With ‘Dead Outlaw,’ the ‘Coroner to the Stars’ Is Getting One Last Act by Matt Stevens

Thomas Noguchi, the former chief medical examiner in Los Angeles, is featured in the Tony-nominated Broadway musical “Dead Outlaw” and in a new documentary about his life.

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Friday, May 23, 2025

Yuri Grigorivich Dead: Soviet Ballet Choreographer Was 98 by Brian Seibert

Among the 20th century’s most significant choreographers, he led the Bolshoi Ballet for more than 30 years, creating epic ballets like “Spartacus.”

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‘O.K.!’ Review: When the Abortion Clinic Cancels by Laura Collins-Hughes

In Christin Eve Cato’s new backstage dramedy, an actress’s plan to terminate a pregnancy collides with the rollback of reproductive rights.

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Andrew Veyette of City Ballet Has One Last Chance to Leave It All Onstage by Gia Kourlas

The New York City Ballet principal Andrew Veyette is retiring after 25 years: “My path had a lot of peaks and valleys. Some very deep and some very high.”

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Thursday, May 22, 2025

James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale Lead Broadway ‘Art’ by Michael Paulson

The three actors will star in a revival of Yasmina Reza’s 1994 play, which begins performances at the end of August.

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DanceAfrica Festival at BAM Holds Up a Mirror to Mozambique by Brian Seibert

This year’s DanceAfrica festival at BAM features Song & Dance Company of Mozambique, which a member likened to a mirror for the nation.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

‘Business Ideas’ Review: A Parable in a Cute Cafe by Laura Collins-Hughes

Milo Cramer’s new comedy about work, survival and the quest for a meaningful life opens Clubbed Thumb’s venerable Summerworks festival.

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‘Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole’ Review: Dimming a Great Talent by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Dulé Hill stars as the silky crooner in a play about the last broadcast of his variety show, in 1957.

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Can Shoplifting Be Justified? This Artist Wants You to Decide. by Nina Siegal

Dries Verhoeven has constructed a replica grocery store for his latest provocative performance.

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Tom Hanks Will Perform His Play ‘This World of Tomorrow’ Off Broadway by Michael Paulson

“This World of Tomorrow,” based on the actor’s 2017 short story collection, is scheduled to begin performances in October at the Shed.

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‘Bowl EP’ Review: Sessions in Love by Juan A. Ramírez

Nazareth Hassan’s play follows the tender romance (and acid-fueled hallucinations) two skateboarders share.

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Review: How Music Came Down to Earth, in ‘Goddess’ by Jesse Green

Amber Iman lives up to the title of a musical about the divine gift of song.

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George Wendt, Who Played Norm on ‘Cheers,’ Dies at 76 by Alex Williams

A burly, easygoing Chicago native, he became a staple of living rooms across the country for more than a decade as one of America’s favorite barflies.

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Coming to City Center: A Flurry of Dance From Around the World by Rachel Sherman

Fall for Dance will have its most international lineup since the pandemic; and the center’s 2025-26 season will feature Paris Opera Ballet and Dutch National Ballet.

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‘Bus Stop’ Review: Travelers Find Shelter From a Storm by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Intimacy is at the heart of this rare revival of William Inge’s 1955 play, about stranded passengers learning from one another and about themselves.

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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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‘We Are Gathered’ Promises to Love, Honor and Cherish by Alexis Soloski

At Arena Stage in Washington, a new play by Tarell Alvin McCraney has actors and real couples exchanging marriage vows onstage.

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The Ex-Marine Who Counteracts Boot Camp With Ballet by Brian Seibert and Dina Litovsky

Before he served in Iraq, Román Baca was a ballet dancer. Now he helps other veterans deal with their trauma — through dance.

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Sunday, May 18, 2025

‘Creditors’ Review: Who Pays the Price for a Bankrupt Marriage? by Jesse Green

Liev Schreiber stars in an update of the bleak Strindberg classic about a husband and wife and the man who seeks to destroy them.

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Friday, May 16, 2025

The Broadway Best of Charles Strouse by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The composer’s musicals, including “Annie” and “Bye Bye Birdie,” captured essential elements of American culture. Here are five of his most memorable songs.

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Review: Bill T. Jones Creates ‘Curriculum III’ for Right Now by Brian Seibert

The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company’s season at New York Live Arts features the premiere of “Curriculum III: People, Places & Things.”

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‘Is Betty Buckley Still Alive?’ Trump Asked. She Certainly Is. by Michael Paulson

“What’s happening these days,” the singer said at the start of a Joe’s Pub residency, “is weird, and not cool.”

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