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Everything We Know About ‘Bitter Wheat,’ David Mamet’s New Play

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Review: In Zawe Ashton’s ‘for all the women,’ the Price of Uprooting a Life

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A French Festival Where the Actor Is King

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Her Kind of Comedy: Lewd, Vulnerable and Self-Aware

Her Kind of Comedy: Lewd, Vulnerable and Self-Aware

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How Can ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ Upstage the Movie? With 70 Songs

How Can ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ Upstage the Movie? With 70 Songs

July 17, 2019

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‘True Love Will Find You in the End’ Review: Neil LaBute’s Mousetrap

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‘True Love Will Find You in the End’ Review: Neil LaBute’s Mousetrap

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — If you’d never seen a Neil LaBute play before “True Love Will Find You in the End,” whi ...

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — If you’d never seen a Neil LaBute play before “True Love Will Find You in the End,” which opened recently at the Denizen Theater here, you might be surprised by the huge twist that c ...

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Sheldon Harnick: Working From Home for 55 Years

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Sheldon Harnick: Working From Home for 55 Years

In any case, a thesaurus and an enormous Webster’s Dictionary that is very much the worse for wear are al ...

In any case, a thesaurus and an enormous Webster’s Dictionary that is very much the worse for wear are always close at hand. Mr. Harnick clearly knows many words, but while at his desk, it seems, he i ...

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‘It Can’t Happen Here’ Review: A Not-So-Subtle Slide Into Autocracy

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‘It Can’t Happen Here’ Review: A Not-So-Subtle Slide Into Autocracy

The 1936 presidential election was mere days away, in a United States brought to its knees by the Great D ...

The 1936 presidential election was mere days away, in a United States brought to its knees by the Great Depression, when the Federal Theater Project rolled out a headline-grabbing new show — “It Can’t ...

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‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ Pick Up Olivier Awards

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‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ Pick Up Olivier Awards

LONDON — “Dear Evan Hansen,” the hit musical about an anxious teenager who takes advantage of a fateful e ...

LONDON — “Dear Evan Hansen,” the hit musical about an anxious teenager who takes advantage of a fateful encounter with a schoolmate, was one of the big winners at the Olivier Awards on Sunday.It took ...

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‘School for Wives’ Review: The Enchantment Is Visual

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‘School for Wives’ Review: The Enchantment Is Visual

Sometimes you get a ward and isolate her for years, grooming her to be your naïve bride against her will, ...

Sometimes you get a ward and isolate her for years, grooming her to be your naïve bride against her will, and in the end, all you have to show for it are canceled nuptials and a whole lot of headaches ...

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‘JQA’ Review: Fictional History That Resonates Today

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‘JQA’ Review: Fictional History That Resonates Today

Sounding like a 19th-century MSNBC pundit, John Quincy Adams once complained to his mother, Abigail, that ...

Sounding like a 19th-century MSNBC pundit, John Quincy Adams once complained to his mother, Abigail, that America was interested “in personality rather than actual plans or programs.”“You insisted tha ...

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How Matthew Warchus Generated ‘Heat’ in an Empty Theater

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How Matthew Warchus Generated ‘Heat’ in an Empty Theater

Early in the pandemic, Matthew Warchus, the artistic director of London’s Old Vic theater, got a lot of a ...

Early in the pandemic, Matthew Warchus, the artistic director of London’s Old Vic theater, got a lot of attention in the British press for his dire warning about the existential threat to nonprofit th ...

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Halloween’s Not Canceled: Here’s How to Make It Spooky but Safe

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Halloween’s Not Canceled: Here’s How to Make It Spooky but Safe

It’s not surprising that a staggering number of traditional Halloween festivities have been canceled or c ...

It’s not surprising that a staggering number of traditional Halloween festivities have been canceled or curtailed this year. Trick-or-treating? It depends on where you live. Haunted houses? Yes, but a ...

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‘Russian Troll Farm’ Review: Clock In, Undermine Democracy, Clock Out

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‘Russian Troll Farm’ Review: Clock In, Undermine Democracy, Clock Out

They’re a team that might have been put together from a sitcom template: the sad-sack manager, the snappi ...

They’re a team that might have been put together from a sitcom template: the sad-sack manager, the snappish supergeek, the handsome wolf, the gruff supervisor and the bright-eyed newcomer. Together in ...

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In Munich, a Theater’s Ambitious New Era Starts Mid-Pandemic

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In Munich, a Theater’s Ambitious New Era Starts Mid-Pandemic

Masks were the only things worn by the otherwise naked performers in “Habitat/Munich,” a dance piece chor ...

Masks were the only things worn by the otherwise naked performers in “Habitat/Munich,” a dance piece choreographed by Doris Uhlich on one of the theater’s smaller stages. A dozen Munich locals perform ...

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