Rodgers and Hammerstein created tuneful diversions but also some of our nation’s most enduring entertainments.
Theater
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Harry Potter is now on Broadway and it might never leave
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is both a sequel to Rowling’s iconic seven-book series and a canny rehash of many of its tropes.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
David Bowie: Rock’s enigmatic shape-shifter
A blockbuster exhibition profiles one of the 20th century’s great bridge figures.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Why ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ was live TV at its best
There is simply no ignoring the elemental power of seeing Jesus’ depicted, earnestly and largely reverently, on national TV.
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‘Angels in America’ revival takes flight in a new political age
Tony Kushner’s two-part play feels both timely and timeless.
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Arthur Miller examined by his daughter in a new HBO documentary
Rebecca Miller has made a film that pays complicated tribute to a complex man.
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Malcolm X gets a Shakespearean treatment in a new play
But was the civil rights leader Brutus or Caesar?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Finding the Jesuit spirit of theater in Chekhov’s ‘Three Sisters’
A computer scientist returns to the stage
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Does a Catholic play belong at The Stonewall Inn?
If we want to heal the division between the church and the gay community, we have to meet them, humbly, where they are.