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★★★★☆ The movie star makes her Broadway debut in Amy Herzog's award-winning drama about a mother caring for a seriously ill child.
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★★★★☆ Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen star in Peter Morgan's drama about the war of wills between a Russian oligarch and Vladimir Putin.
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★★★★☆ Eddie Redmayne plays the Emcee in this Broadway transfer of the heralded, immersive London production.
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★★★★☆ Tim Daly and Jayne Atkinson play former lovers whose reunion after many years soon turns fraught in Lia Romeo's intimate comedy-drama.
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★★★☆☆ The classic YA novel, previously made into a hit 1983 film, has been unconvincingly adapted as a Broadway musical.
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The "Annie" star revisits highlights of her career in her 54 Below show.
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★★★☆☆ Acrobatics and puppetry abound in this musical adaptation of the best-selling novel about a love triangle that takes place in a Depression-era traveling c…
★★☆☆☆ Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli star in Sam Gold's production of Ibsen's classic drama, adapted by Amy Herzog.
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★★★☆☆ Jamie Lloyd directs this London revival of Lucy Prebble's drama about two test subjects in a drug experiment falling in love.
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★★★★☆ This gripping new effort from J. T. Rogers, author of "Oslo," concerns the News International phone hacking scandal that rocked Britain.
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★★★★☆ Justin Peck's dance-theater piece, featuring a story he devised with Jackie Sibblies Drury, is based on Sufjan Stevens' acclaimed album.
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★★★★☆ Cecily Strong and David Zayas star in this romantic dramedy from the author of "Moonstruck."
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★★★☆☆ Josh Radnor plays a university professor caught up in a maelstrom of conflicting ideologies in the talky new drama by Itamar Moses.
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★★★☆☆ Chilina Kennedy and Crystal Lucas-Perry star in this 1965-set musical featuring dozens of pop hits by the likes of Petula Clark, Lesley Gore, The Monkees,…
★★☆☆☆ Taylor Schilling and April Matthis in Kate Douglas' play about laboratory workers who develop an unconventional method of promoting beehive growth.
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★★★☆☆ Daisy Prince directs this new musical by Jason Robert Brown and Jonathan Marc Sherman, based on a real-life story and featuring Scott Bakula, Ben Levi Ros…
★★★★★ Joshua Harmon's superbly staged and acted drama arrives on Broadway after its heralded premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club.
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★★★★★ Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's acclaimed play makes its Broadway debut in a revelatory staging.
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The veteran performers, who have been working together for twenty years, make their 54 Below debut with this holiday-themed show.
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★★★★☆ Marco Ramirez ("The Royale") provides the book for this show featuring the music of legendary Cuban musicians.
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★★★☆☆ Mary Kathryn Nagle's play parallels the past and present struggles of Native Americans.
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★★☆☆☆ Jen Silverman's comedy-drama revolves around the figures involved in the making of the landmark 1937 anti-fascist documentary "The Spanish Earth."
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★★★★☆ Featuring old and new songs by Alicia Keys, the musical is loosely based on the performer's early life.
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★★★★☆ Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks deliver lived-in chemistry in this sturdy revival of the absurdist masterpiece.
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★★★☆☆ Danny DeVito stars in Theresa Rebeck's play about a compulsive hoarder, also featuring his daughter Lucy DeVito and Ray Anthony Thomas.
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