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A Broadway musical adaptation of the 1987 movie gets a lot of mileage from ’80s rocker aesthetics and over-the-top spectacle — until its second half.
How the show “Every Brilliant Thing” has spread joy and relief around the world.
This revival starring Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson may be uneven at times, but it still unlocks Wilson’s mysterious drama.
The actor and comedian is keenly aware of humanity’s limitations, but he’s not giving up.
In the play “Rheology,” a son and his mother grapple, in very different ways, with what her eventual death will mean.
Rose Byrne in “Fallen Angels,” a couple trapped in the musical village of “Schmigadoon!” and “The Rocky Horror Show” at Studio 54: These productions are worth seeing.
In new projects, the British actor of South Asian descent takes on two parts — James Bond and Hamlet — that have long been defining roles for white actors.
“Bernstein’s Wall,” directed by Douglas Tirola, focuses on the composer and conductor’s belief that art can be an uplifting and uniting force.
Ashley Padilla’s ability to extend a moment transforms what could be a routine joke into something stranger and more absurd.
Sam Pinkleton’s new revival at Studio 54 gives us the big gay mayhem we want while also maintaining some order via Rachel Dratch’s droll Narrator.
Known best for tightly wound characters in generational hit films, the actress is a tortured pop star in “Mother Mary” and returns to playful form in “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”
The British actor Robert Aramayo rises above the clichés in a biographical drama about a man living with Tourette’s syndrome.
A new musical version of the 1980s tear-jerker comes to Broadway, but the production is too muddled to make an emotional impact.
The creator of “Baby Reindeer” is back with more anger, repression and violence (and jokes) in a new series for HBO.
Mark Gatiss plays a Charlie Chaplin-like dictator in a timely Royal Shakespeare Company revival.
The documentary offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at a producer even his cast members say is hard to know.
The École des Sables has established itself as Africa’s premier dance-training hub. Yet money concerns, and a new port nearby, make its future precarious.
David Lindsay-Abaire’s comedy about a wealthy homeowners association thrown into disarray makes a case for the same social compact it skewers.
Cecily Strong and Corey Stoll star in this two-hander about connecting over a meal that becomes much deeper than two colleagues socializing out-of-office.
Cinco Paul’s loving spoof of Golden Age musicals, adapted from a TV series, comes to Broadway, where its charming musical numbers can really shine.
“The Fear of 13,” about a man who spent two decades on death row for a murder he didn’t commit, is a story that the playwright says she “couldn’t shake.”
He played the handsome Austin Reed on the NBC daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives” in more than 400 episodes.
The actor and comedian digs into one of his greatest passions in this new Netflix series.
The comically self-serious and outrageous 1936 morality tale, which warned the public about marijuana, became an unintentional parody and midnight-movie classic decades later.
New York City Ballet opens its spring season with classic works by George Balanchine and more. Here are some dancers who will surely stand out.
