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A Christmas Carol: A behind-the-scenes tour with the Costume Shops by McCarter Theatre Center

The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal: 12/9/23 - Nick Fradiani, Chip Zien and More by Broadway.com

Before The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal airs nationwide this weekend, you can watch the episode's YouTube premiere at 5PM ET on Wednesday, December 6. Hosted by Emmy winner Fadal, this episode will air in New York City on …

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The Weekly Grail: Backstage at SPAMALOT with Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Episode 3 by Broadway.com

In the third episode of The Weekly Grail with Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, it’s Nik Walker’s birthday! We also meet a dapper doorman and dresser extraordinaire Ashley Timm, and see how one of the show’s breathless quick ch…

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Your last chance for SCHOOL PICTURES and SAD BOYS IN HARPY LAND by Playwrights Horizons

SCHOOL PICTURES Written and performed by Milo Cramer Directed by Morgan Green Tickets at https://my.playwrightshorizons.org/events/schoolpictures/ School Pictures was developed in association with Immediate Medium. Developed…

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The Broadway Show: Step Inside Ellen's Stardust Diner by Broadway.com

Correspondent Perry Sook takes viewers inside Ellen’s Stardust Diner and speaks with one of their performers and servers, Starduster Mitch Gray.

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The Broadway Show: Director Maria Friedman on Bringing MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Back to Broadway by Broadway.com

Broadway.com Managing Editor Beth Stevens chats with MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG director Maria Friedman about the starry revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical. Get tickets to MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: https://www.…

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The Broadway Show: Walk to MJ with Ayana Jackson by Broadway.com

The Broadway Show correspondent Charlie Cooper takes a stroll with MJ standout Ayana Jackson. Get tickets to MJ: https://www.broadway.com/shows/mj/

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The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal: 12/3/23 - Roger Bart, Lorna Courtney, Maria Freidman and More by Broadway.com

Before The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal airs nationwide this weekend, you can watch the episode's YouTube premiere at 5PM ET on Wednesday, November 29. Hosted by Emmy winner Fadal, this episode will air in New York City on…

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A Christmas Carol: Behind-the-scenes at the McCarter Production Shops by McCarter Theatre Center

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The Weekly Grail: Backstage at SPAMALOT with Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Episode 2 by Broadway.com

In the second episode of The Weekly Grail with Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Kritzer dons a glorified body stocking to perform at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Also in this episode: viewers take a trip to the dentist, Tar…

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The Broadway Show: "Unlikely Animals" from HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO by Broadway.com

Composers Jacob Yandura and Rebekah Greer Melocik perform "Unlikely Animals" from HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO. Get tickets to HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO: https://www.broadway.com/shows/how-to-dance-in-ohio/

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The Broadway Show: Get to Know the Broadway Bridges Program by Broadway.com

Correspondent Perry Sook meets with Leadership and Public Service High School Principal Philip Santos to discuss the importance of the Broadway Bridges program.

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The Broadway Show: Jacob Yandura and Rebekah Greer Melocik on Creating HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO by Broadway.com

Broadway.com Managing Editor Beth Stevens learns about the making of the new musical HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO from creators Jacob Yandura and Rebekah Greer Melocik. Get tickets to HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO: https://www.broadway.com/s…

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The Broadway Show: Sarah Paulson on Returning to Broadway in APPROPRIATE by Broadway.com

Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek sits down with Emmy winner Sarah Paulson at Sardi’s to chat about her stage return in APPROPRIATE. Get tickets to APPROPRIATE: https://www.broadway.com/shows/appropriate-broadway/

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The Broadway Show: Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli on AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by Broadway.com

See Emmy winners Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli gear up for AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. Get tickets to AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: https://www.broadway.com/shows/an-enemy-of-the-people/

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Grab a laugh with Ikechukwu Ufomadu's AMUSEMENTS by Playwrights Horizons

AMUSEMENTS Written and performed by Ikechukwu Ufomadu Directed by Nemuna Ceesay Through December 3rd at Playwrights Horizons. Get tickets at https://my.playwrightshorizons.org/events/amusements Emmy-nominated comedian Ikech…

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Ikechukwu Ufomadu's AMUSEMENTS will delight you! by Playwrights Horizons

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The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal: 11/25/23 - Sarah Paulson, Jeremy Strong and More by Broadway.com

Before The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal airs nationwide this weekend, we're inviting you to join in the episode's YouTube premiere at 5pm ET on Wednesday, November 22! Hosted by Emmy winner Fadal, this episode will air in …

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Experience three new plays on one stage at Playwrights Horizons! by Playwrights Horizons

Come encounter three new plays from Ikechukwu Ufomadu, Milo Cramer, and Alexandra Tatarsky, all on one stage, now through December 3rd at Playwrights Horizons! The Plays (and how to get tix): AMUSEMENTS Written and performe…

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Broadway’s Lady of the Lake on what to expect from THE WEEKLY GRAIL WITH LESLIE RODRIGUEZ KRITZER by Broadway.com

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The Holy Grail: Backstage at SPAMALOT with Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Episode 1 by Broadway.com

In the first episode of The Holy Grail, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer brings us along for the very busy and emotional days leading up to SPAMALOT's opening night, as well as opening night itself. Expect cameo appearances from fell…

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A Holiday Message from the Cast of A Christmas Carol! by McCarter Theatre Center

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The Broadway Show: Hit the Red Carpet on SPAMALOT Opening Night by Broadway.com

Join Eric Idle, Ethan Slater, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Michael Urie and Taran Killam as they chat about SPAMALOT on opening night. Get tickets to SPAMALOT: https://www.broadway.com/shows/spamalot/

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The Broadway Show: Hang With HADESTOWN Guitarist Ilusha Tsinadze by Broadway.com

The Broadway Show correspondent Perry Sook chats with HADESTOWN guitarist Ilusha Tsinadze. Get tickets to HADESTOWN: https://www.broadway.com/shows/hadestown/

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

‘Waitress: The Musical’ Review: A Big-Screen Helping of a Broadway Hit by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Sara Bareilles is the heart and soul of this live capture of her musical.

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

‘Manahatta’ Review: Tracing the Blood-Soaked Roots of American Capitalism by Naveen Kumar

Straddling the 17th and early 21st centuries, Mary Kathryn Nagle’s play at the Public Theater examines the exploitation of the Lenape by Dutch settlers.

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His ‘Dracula’ Project: Creating a Funny Vampire by James Barron

The great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker has written a comic version of “Dracula” that is appearing Off Broadway.

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Best Dance Performances of 2023 by Gia Kourlas and Brian Seibert

New York City Ballet’s 75th anniversary celebration and Dance Reflections from France delivered some of this year’s brightest moments.

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

‘Life & Times of Michael K’ Review: An Arduous Trek That’s a Marvel to Watch by Naveen Kumar

This captivating adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel, a collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, follows a man and his ailing mother during a civil war in South Africa.

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She Has the Attention of Dance Companies, and She Is Prepared by Brian Seibert

Amy Hall Garner is readying the new work “Century” for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, on the heels of other premieres and with more to come.

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Off Broadway, a Vital Part of New York Theater, Feels the Squeeze by Michael Paulson

The small theaters that help make the city a theater capital are cutting back as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.

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Best Classical Music Performances of 2023 by Zachary Woolfe and Joshua Barone

Feats, farewells and musical treasures in a year of post-pandemic financial pressures.

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Monday, December 4, 2023

Alicia Keys’s ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ to Open on Broadway This Spring by Michael Paulson

The musical, now midway through a sold-out Off Broadway run at the Public Theater, will transfer to the Shubert Theater in March.

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‘Walk on Through’ Review: Dispatches, in Song, From a Museum Novice by Laura Collins-Hughes

In his new show, Gavin Creel sings about the wonders of visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but sticks too close to the surface.

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Best Theater of 2023 by Jesse Green, Laura Collins-Hughes, Scott Heller, Naveen Kumar, Juan A. Ramírez and Elisabeth Vincentelli

Many of the plays and musicals that resonated this year deftly married elements of drama and comedy.

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Sunday, December 3, 2023

Broadway Babies, Singing Show Tunes for Seniors by Sarah Bahr

What happened when four young theater actors performed for an older generation? “I was expecting to have the best show ever and that happened.”

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10 Performances That Pushed Emotional Limits by Maya Phillips

For our critic-at-large, the year was marked by the Black excellence of “Purlie Victorious,” the brutality of “Bottoms” and rage of “Beef.”

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Saturday, December 2, 2023

10 Works and Performances That Helped Me Make Sense of 2023 by Salamishah Tillet

Global conflict and personal loss encouraged our critic to seek out art that gave her a better understanding of grief and healing.

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In a Gender-Flipped Production of Cinderella, a Princess Rescues by Laura Cappelle

For the Scottish Ballet production of Cinderella, titled “Cinders!,” some performances flip the traditional gender roles. The dancers “were all kind of like: ‘OK. How does that work?…

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Friday, December 1, 2023

No Snoozing Here: This ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Is Gearing Up for a Wild Ride by Elisabeth Vincentelli

At Abrons Arts Center, a hilarious family show in the British holiday tradition that runs “like a steam train when it goes well.”

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Review: At ‘Dancing With Glass,’ the Spotlight Rests on the Composer by Brian Seibert

The five dance selections that are part of the Dance Reflections festival take varied approaches to piano exercises written by Philip Glass.

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A Play About Black Women’s Experiences, Met With Violence by Laura Cappelle

Rébecca Chaillon’s “Carte Noire Named Desire” provoked harassment in France this summer, leading one actor to pull out of a new run in Paris.

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Review: A Shady Documentary Becomes a Weapon of War in ‘Spain’ by Jesse Green

Jen Silverman’s noir play considers the role of artists in the making of propaganda.

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The Culture Desk: The Dangers of Making Art With Your Friends by Alex Barron, Lynn Levy and Diane Wong

Times theater critics sing the praises of two shows about fraught collaborations

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A Wood-Carved Protagonist, Enduring the Brutality of War by Laura Collins-Hughes

A stage adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel “Life & Times of Michael K,” about a man’s struggles during a fictional South African conflict, includes actors alongside a puppet vers…

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Review: At the Armory, Calm Awaits the Fury of ‘The Rite of Spring’ by Gia Kourlas

In a Dance Reflections program, Malou Airaudo and Germaine Acogny’s duet “common ground[s]” precedes Pina Bausch’s “Rite.”

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Review: This ‘House of Bernarda Alba’ Is on Fire by Matt Wolf

Rebecca Frecknall, whose “Cabaret” is heading to Broadway, steers Federico García Lorca’s play to its tragic finish with genuinely shocking force.

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Frances Sternhagen, Actress Who Thrived in Mature Roles, Dies at 93 by Anita Gates

Her Tony-winning Broadway career included “Driving Miss Daisy,” “On Golden Pond” and “The Heiress.” On TV she had maternal roles in “Cheers” and “Sex and the City.”

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Review: Treading an Endless Road That Connects to the Past by Brian Seibert

Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born’s hybrid show, “Adaku, Part 1,” about a precolonial African village, mixes dance theater, song and drama.

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Casey Likes of ‘Back to the Future,’ Is on a Roll by Alexis Soloski

At 21, he already has two Broadway leads under his belt. On Thursdays, he sheds Marty McFly’s signature vest for a bowling shirt.

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

‘Amid Falling Walls’ Review: Songs of Resilience From the Holocaust Era by Laura Collins-Hughes

A new musical from National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene stitches together music written and performed in Eastern Europe in the 1930s and ’40s.

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Robert Battle Had a Wide Vision of What Alvin Ailey Could Be by Gia Kourlas

Battle, the artistic director who brought Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater into a new century, resigned just before the company’s new City Center season.

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Saturday, November 25, 2023

Pina Bausch’s ‘Rite of Spring’ Takes Root in Africa by Marina Harss

A company of dancers from across Africa perform Bausch’s canonical work around the world. “I’ve always felt that this was an African dance,” said Germaine Acogny.

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Friday, November 24, 2023

‘Manahatta,’ Mary Kathryn Nagle’s Play About the Lenape, Comes Home by Alexis Soloski

The show, which toggles between the 17th century and the early 21st, arrives on the island on which it is largely set.

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Thursday, November 23, 2023

Suzanne Shepherd, Actress Known for Playing Mothers, Dies at 89 by Alex Williams

After establishing herself as a teacher, she started a prolific screen acting career in her 50s that included roles in “Goodfellas” and “The Sopranos.”

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