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A Message From Sarah and Martin by McCarter Theatre Center

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George Clooney makes his Broadway debut in GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. Broadway.com for tickets! by Broadway.com

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WICKED Stars Mary Kate Morrissey and Alexandra Socha Perform a Exclusive Rendition of "For Good" by Broadway.com

Enjoy an exclusive performance of WICKED's “For Good” in the Broadway.com studio from Broadway musical leads Alexandra Socha and Mary Kate Morrissey. Get tickets to WICKED: https://www.broadway.com/shows/wicked/

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Hear From Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Sutton Foster and More on The Broadway Show by Broadway.com

The Broadway Show is the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program features Broadway’s biggest stars, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access both on and off the stage. - Broadway.c…

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DEATH BECOMES HER’s Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, Christopher Sieber & Michelle Williams preview! by Broadway.com

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The Avett Brothers surprise SWEPT AWAY Broadway opening night crowd with title tune encore by Broadway.com

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In Process: Francesca D'Uva and Sam Max on grief in comedy by Playwrights Horizons

THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG Written and performed by Francesca D'Uva Directed by Sam Max Production design by Sam Max Lighting Design by Zack Lobel Props by Matt Carlin Production Stage Management by Siena Yusi Playwrights Hor…

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In Process: Francesca D'Uva and Sam Max on writing and rewriting by Playwrights Horizons

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Hit the TAMMY FAYE Opening Night Red Carpet with Elton John, Jake Shears, Katie Brayben and More by Broadway.com

Hear from Elton John, Katie Brayben, Christian Borle and more as they celebrate TAMMY FAYE's Broadway opening. Get tickets to TAMMY FAYE: https://www.broadway.com/shows/tammy-faye/

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Don't Tell Marcia! Backstage at CABARET with Marty Lauter (aka Marcia Marcia Marcia), Episode 1 by Broadway.com

In episode one, Marty Lauter gives viewers the lay of the land backstage at the August Wilson Theatre. They kick it off with some fan questions, roam the halls meeting fellow CABARET cast and crew members and show us the righ…

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Ryan McCartan stars in the title role of Broadway’s THE GREAT GATSBY in Jan 2025 📸: David Muller by Broadway.com

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Francesca D'Uva is "ENCHANTING TO WATCH!" (Cole Escola, OH, MARY!) by Playwrights Horizons

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Darren Criss & Helen J Shen star in Broadway’s MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, enjoy a sneak peek! by Broadway.com

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Celebrate ELF THE MUSICAL's Return to Broadway for the Holidays! by Broadway.com

Grey Henson, Sean Astin, Kayla Davion and more chat about bringing ELF THE MUSICAL back to Broadway on the musical's opening night. Get tickets to ELF THE MUSICAL: https://www.broadway.com/shows/elf-the-musical-2024/

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Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth and More Talk WICKED: PART ONE by Broadway.com

WICKED: PART ONE stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Ethan Slater and Bowen Yang, as well as director Jon M. Chu, composer Stephen Schwartz, musical director Stephen Oremus, choreographer Christopher Scott and original Broadw…

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SWEPT AWAY’s Broadway company shares when Ship Happens, when mishaps occur at the musical! by Broadway.com

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Catch Up with Original HAIRSPRAY Stars Laura Bell Bundy, Marissa Jaret Winokur and Kerry Butler by Broadway.com

Watch HAIRSPRAY original cast members Laura Bell Bundy, Marissa Jaret Winokur and Kerry Butler reunite for MAMA, I'M A BIG GIRL NOW! Get tickets to MAMA, I'M A BIG GIRL NOW! https://www.broadway.com/shows/mama-im-a-big-girl-…

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Buddy on Broadway! Grey Henson, Sean Astin, Kalen Allen & ELF Company take their opening night bow by Broadway.com

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Erika Henningsen, Bethenny Frankel, Sara Bareilles & more on ELF’s Broadway Opening Night Red Carpet by Broadway.com

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Kalen Allen makes his Broadway debut in ELF tonight & he chats about taking his opening night bow! by Broadway.com

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Tony Winner Bill Irwin on Returning to Broadway in EUREKA DAY by Broadway.com

Host Tamsen Fadal speaks with EUREKA DAY star and Tony® winner Bill Irwin. Get tickets to EUREKA DAY: https://www.broadway.com/shows/eureka-day/

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Sir Elton John, TAMMY FAYE’s Broadway composer, speaks at opening night curtain call at the Palace by Broadway.com

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Katie Brayben, star of Broadway’s TAMMY FAYE chats about taking her opening night Broadway debut bow by Broadway.com

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TAMMY FAYE’s Katie Brayben, Christian Borle, Michael Cerveris & company hit opening night carpet by Broadway.com

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Rebuilding After Fire, Jacob’s Pillow to Open a New Theater by Joshua Barone

The Doris Duke Theater, more than twice as large as the original and designed for modern technology, will open in July.

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Broadway Tickets: Where to Get Affordable and Last-Minute Tickets by Laura Collins-Hughes

Box-office sales, discount booths, same-day rush: Here’s everything you need to know about nabbing seats to plays and musicals in Manhattan.

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

‘Swept Away’ Review: Lost at Sea, How Far Would You Sink? by Jesse Green

A dark musical about a shipwreck and its aftermath, with songs by the Avett Brothers, anchors on Broadway.

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‘Tammy Faye’ Musical to Close After Failing to Find Broadway Audience by Michael Paulson

Well-reviewed in London but poorly received in New York, the musical with an Elton John score will end its run on Dec. 8.

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TKTS to Open Booth in Philadelphia, Hoping to Boost Local Theaters by Michael Paulson

The first domestic TKTS outpost outside New York comes at a time of rising concern about ticket prices and theater economics.

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Broadway Shows to See This Fall: ‘Our Town,’ ‘Gypsy’ and More by Laura Collins-Hughes

A guide to every show on Broadway, including new musicals, Tony winning-dramas, quirky hits and veterans like “Hamilton” and “Chicago.”

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‘Les Misérables’ Returns Home by Laura Cappelle

The most famous French musical has never been popular in Paris. A major new production hopes to change that, reworking it for a contemporary French audience.

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Monday, November 18, 2024

‘Shit. Meet. Fan.’ Review: Packed with Stars and Vulgarity by Maya Phillips

Neil Patrick Harris, Jane Krakowski, Debra Messing and Constance Wu star in the vulgar and entertaining new work from Robert O’Hara.

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Morgan Jenness, Whose Artistic Vision Influenced American Theater, Dies at 72 by Joanne Kaufman

A beloved figure in the theatrical community, she redefined the role of dramaturg, influencing playwrights like David Adjmi and David Henry Hwang.

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A New Take on Pina Bausch’s ‘Kontakthof’ Comes to Wuppertal Opera House by Roslyn Sulcas

“Kontakthof,” a pivotal Bausch dance from 1978, is being staged with members of the original cast. They talk about coming back to it nearly 50 years later.

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7 Days in the Cultural Life of a Broadway Stage Manager by Sarah Bahr

When he’s not herding performers at “Once Upon a Mattress,” Cody Renard Richard is bowling, catching up with theater friends and, to his surprise, bumping into Beyoncé.

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The ‘Death Becomes Her’ Frenemies Take Their Youth Potion to Broadway by Erik Piepenburg

The campy supernatural movie comes to Broadway as a big, bawdy musical starring Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard.

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Tales of 19th-Century A.I.: Don’t Fall in Love With a Singing Robot by Jason Farago

Now we fret about chatbots. An earlier age worried about automatons, the uncanny humanoid contraptions whose voices could trigger love or mania.

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Sunday, November 17, 2024

Elf on Broadway Review: Grey Henson Is on the Nice List by Laura Collins-Hughes

The musical, starring Grey Henson, has gotten Buddy delightfully, entirely right. But he is trapped inside a creaky adaptation.

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Why ‘Tammy Faye’ the Musical Feels Like a Redemption by Erik Piepenburg

The televangelist defended gay men during the AIDS crisis. Now she’s getting perhaps the gayest tribute: a Broadway show led by Elton John.

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Saturday, November 16, 2024

11 Broadway Shows to See Before They Close This Winter by Laura Collins-Hughes

Many Tony Award-winning musicals and starry plays (Robert Downey Jr., anyone?) are wrapping up their runs in January. Catch them while you can.

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Uncovering Gay and Lesbian History in a 1941 ‘Sex Variants’ Study by Juan A. Ramírez

The Civilians theater group has adapted a study of homosexuality into a work that explores the lives of lesbians and gay men in the early 20th century.

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Friday, November 15, 2024

Something in the Air? Moonwalks and Mandalas in Ralph Lemon’s Show by Holland Cotter

The choreographer and visual artist brings performance and paintings to a meteor shower of an exhibition at MoMA PS1.

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Review: In ‘Tell It Anyway,’ Freedom Is Power by Brian Seibert

This Ralph Lemon work, part of a MoMA PS1 exhibition, is an experience of sound as much as dance. His collaborators can lead an audience to ecstasy.

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Murder as Family Tradition in ‘Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists’ by Laura Collins-Hughes

Tiago Rodrigues’s play is intentionally a work of provocation, but it is also stylized to create a helpful distance from events and ideas.

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Thursday, November 14, 2024

Review: Tammy Faye Was Over-the-Top. This Musical Makes Her Small. by Elisabeth Vincentelli

“Tammy Faye,” a bland, tonal mishmash of a show opening on Broadway, seems afraid to lean into what made the televangelist so distinctive.

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‘King Lear’ Review: Kenneth Branagh’s Latest Finds the Wrong Tone by Maya Phillips

Kenneth Branagh’s production of the Shakespeare classic speeds through the material and can’t quite figure out its tone.

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

‘Strategic Love Play’ Review: A Slightly Dark, Not-Quite-Romantic Comedy by Laura Collins-Hughes

In this first-date comedy, Michael Zegen and Heléne Yorke play people who might just be willing to settle for each other.

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Big Apple Circus Review: A City Tour, Pizza Rats Included by Alexis Soloski

This year’s show is an underwhelming exercise in nostalgia. But it’s still a joy to be under the big top with acts like the Wheel of Destiny.

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Timothy West, Who Portrayed Kings and Prime Ministers, Dies at 90 by Natasha King

A staple of British television, he played Churchill three times over a long career. Onstage, he was King Lear, Macbeth and Willy Loman.

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Vicky Holt Takamine Wins the Gish Prize by Derrick Bryson Taylor

Vicky Holt Takamine, a renowned teacher of hula dance and a champion for Indigenous culture, will receive a cash award of more than $450,000.

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Review: Darren Criss and Helen J Shen Are Robots in Love by Jesse Green

A supersmart musical about making a connection arrives on Broadway in a joyful, heartbreaking, cutting-edge production.

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‘The Vegetarian’ Review: Putting a Nobel Prize Winner’s Work Onstage by Laura Cappelle

After Han Kang won the Prize in Literature last month, a stage version of her novel “The Vegetarian” sold out its run at a struggling Paris theater.

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Julio Bocca, Former Star Dancer, to Run Argentina’s National Ballet by Marina Harss

Bocca, who retired from American Ballet Theater in 2006, will lead the company at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

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Monday, November 11, 2024

‘A Wonderful World’ Review: Blowing Louis Armstrong’s Horn Isn’t Enough by Jesse Green

The great jazz trumpeter and sandpaper vocalist gets the old jukebox treatment in a new Broadway musical starring James Monroe Iglehart.

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Review: “Frontera” at BAM by Brian Seibert

At the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the highlight of Dana Gingras’s “Frontera” may well be the lighting design.

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