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★★★★ Edie Falco plays a political survivor, decades before #MeToo, in Sharr White's moving play.
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★★★★ One of Disney's most enduring screen-to-stage confections remains among its most adult-friendly--and seems freshly relevant, for all ages.
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During a recent rehearsal for the new touring production of Dear Evan Hansen, launching September 25 in Denver, actress Jessica Phillips " who plays Evan's mom, Heidi " had what she describe…
Cherry Jones has proven herself as one of the greatest actors of her generation with her powerful work in both established and instant classics, from the Broadway productions of The Heiress …
★★★ Four winning performances and a stunning one add up to an absorbing production of Jen Silverman's entertaining but frustrating play.
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Back when celebrated director Casey Nicholaw was working on the 2010 Broadway musical Elf, he approached members of his creative team with something one of them, composer Matthew Sklar, desc…
As the fall theater season launches, a string of musicals that have enjoyed success on Broadway in recent years will become available to audiences across the country. Now fans who have just …
The Book of Mormon. Something Rotten!. The Drowsy Chaperone. What do these boisterously witty, aggressively entertaining, critically lauded musicals have in common? All were choreographed an…
Twice Tony Award"nominated actor Christopher Sieber remembers walking to the gym one day several years ago and running into Tony-winning director/choreographer Casey Nicholaw. "And Casey was…
★★★★ A musical adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic comedy champions diversity with a light hand, a full heart, and an effervescent score.
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★★★ A new rock opera set in 1979-80 New York may move and even thrill you, but offers few insights.
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★★★ A new show from the long-established troupe makes us ponder the power of quiet contemplation and connection.
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★★★★ Irish Repertory Theatre's Charlotte Moore refreshes the Lane/Lerner musical while mining its enduring charms
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★★★★ Jordan Harrison explores the challenges of moving forward in a provocative new play.
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Before Nick Scandalios began working with the Nederlander Organization more than 30 years ago, he spent some time in front of the footlights himself: He played Tony in his high school's prod…
★★★ Joshua Harmon and Idina Menzel look at the search for eternal youth and the bad behavior it can encourage
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★★★ Antoinette Nwandu's account of doomed black men is powerful and vexing, on different levels.
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★★★ David Byrne draws on an acclaimed book to ponder our animal nature and other big ideas in a theatrical context
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The 2018 Tony Awards, set to air live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS this Sunday night (June 10), will mark the 72nd time Broadway insiders have gathered to honor the best of the season w…
The nominees in acting categories for this year's Tony Awards include rising and established stars, from previous winners and returning favorites to performers who made their Broadway bows d…
The past Broadway season offered no shortage of classics, from revered plays by Eugene O'Neill and one of his better-known admirers, Tony Kushner, to the Golden Age musicals of Rodgers and H…
How do you reveal the heart of a 2,000-pound, 20-foot-high gorilla? That was one of the challenges facing the team behind King Kong, the new musical set to arrive in New York " about a mile …
★★★ A radiant Lois Smith leads a supple cast in a not-always-fresh look at family dysfunction and mortality.
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★★★★★ Director Phylicia Rashad mines the spiritual curiosity under Stephen Adly Guirgis's exquisitely crushing dialogue in a stirring revival.
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From new stories incorporating familiar characters to fresh takes on historical and current events, this year's Tony Award-nominated plays and musicals spoke to contemporary audiences in way…
