The beloved Delacorte Theatre in Central Park has reopened as a sleeker, more comfy, more accessible version of itself. You could apply each of those adjectives to the show onstage as well.
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‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ gives us a ‘Crucible’ for a post-#MeToo world
We may be used to #MeToo stories at this point, but Kimberly Belflower brings a new twist to a classic tale with ‘John Proctor Is the Villain.’
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‘Unreconciled’: A clergy sex abuse survivor’s attempt to find healing through theater
”Unreconciled” looks abuse, disregard and callousness in the eye and witnesses instead to radical kindness.
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Men behaving badly (on Broadway): Starry new productions of ‘Othello’ and ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’
In Broadway revivals of ‘Othello’ and ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ the spectacle of self-defeating male competition and betrayal is the main draw.
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Why we need more Middle Eastern stories on our stages
Middle Eastern representation is notably scarce in New York. ”English” and ”A Knock on the Roof” seeks to change that.
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Can one performance reinvent a classic musical? Audra McDonald does it in ‘Gypsy.’
Audra McDonald, our greatest living musical theater actor, transforms the role of Momma Rose in a stunning new revival of “Gypsy.”
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‘Maybe Happy Ending’ is a musical about robots—but it’ll make you feel alive
With ‘Maybe Happy Ending,’ two first-time Broadway writers take a big swing—and hit a home run.
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Three new musicals about fabulous and funny women
Age and its relationship to stardom is the animating subject of “Sunset Blvd,” “Tammy Faye” and “Death Becomes Her.”
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Reviews: ‘Our Town’ returns to Broadway, and Jez Butterworth revisits 1950s England
Two new productions on Broadway—“The Hills of California” and ”Our Town”—meditate on theater as a kind of shared imaginative space.
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‘Cabaret’ returns to Broadway: Facing the Nazis’ most diabolical crime on stage
The complicity of ordinary Germans in the Holocaust is the central subject of two shows now running in New York City.