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.
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‘Saturday Church’ and ‘The Brothers Size’: Stories of Black queer spirituality
For queer Christians of any race, the church has too often felt not like a loving home but rather a house of judgment.
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A summit for Catholic creators: Art, community and spirituality
The Ignatian Creators Summit is a unique blend of professional conference, artistic workshop and spiritual retreat.
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‘Twelfth Night’ in Central Park is Shakespeare as we like it
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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Theater as sacramental: How drama can deepen our spiritual lives
Drama can teach us active listening and public speaking, yes; but on a deeper level, it can shape our spiritual disposition.
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Netflix and George Clooney bring fan service to Broadway
Fan service isn’t just for Marvel movies. It’s alive and well in ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ and ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow.’
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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.