Arthur Miller may not have been a religious man, but “Death of a Salesman” suggests that he believes in the holiness of human beings.
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‘Dog Day Afternoon’: Stephen Adly Guirgis revisits the iconic 1975 film
A single-set hostage drama needs to feel like a pressure cooker, but this “Dog Day Afternoon” has a comedic, almost casual tone throughout.
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Separating the art from the artist? Broadway’s ‘Giant’ wrestles with Roald Dahl’s antisemitism
The tragedy of Dahl’s antisemitism isn’t that it colored his art but that it clouded his vision and tainted his outrage.
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In ‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ Daniel Radcliffe embraces the sacramentality of small pleasures
On the list of things that make my life worth living, I can now gladly add the experience of seeing “Every Brilliant Thing.”
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Jeannie Gaffigan: Why I’m producing a show about sex abuse now
This project is not about creating “scandal.” It is not about attacking Catholics. It is about what happens to human beings when shame and silence get baked into the walls of a community.
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In ‘Hamnet,’ Shakespeare is still obscuring his wife
Is ‘Hamnet’ and art work like it the best we can do for the nameless sisterhood of the past?
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In ‘Blue Moon,’ Ethan Hawke surprises as a melancholy Broadway legend
The new movie “Blue Moon,” named for one of Rodgers & Hart’s most enduring tunes, is set at the pivot between these two eras—from Jazz Age sass and Depression-era gloom to post-World War II patriotism and conformity.
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In ‘Ragtime,’ the idea of a just, multiracial America is tragically incomplete
A new revival of ‘Ragtime’ plays like a dead-serious fable.
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Why ‘Waiting for Godot’ is worth reviving—with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter
This “Godot” is more brisk and playful than most, with one irresistible (if inadvisable) “Bill & Ted” reference.
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Review: A new biography of Lin-Manuel Miranda tells his creative origin story
In his engaging new biography, ‘Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist,’ Daniel Pollack-Pelzner traces a career path that was hardly inevitable or solitary.