On the list of things that make my life worth living, I can now gladly add the experience of seeing “Every Brilliant Thing.”
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Rob Weinert-Kendt, an arts journalist and editor of American Theatre magazine, has written for The New York Times and Time Out New York.
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‘How to Get to Heaven from Belfast’ can’t match the high-wire comedy of ‘Derry Girls’
“How to Get to Heaven From Belfast,” Lisa McGee’s new series for Netflix, is a wobbly, unsuccessful blend of comedy, mystery and would-be thriller.
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‘Pluribus’ asks big questions about human freedom. It’s must-think TV.
‘Pluribus’ asks: Would we be willing to give up the struggles of the human condition for life in a friction-free bubble of contentment?
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‘Liberation’ on Broadway jokes its way into hard truths about feminism
“Liberation” is, really, a play of ideas and argument, in the tradition of George Bernard Shaw or Tony Kushner.
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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.
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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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I’ve never loved medical shows. ‘The Pitt’ is different.
“The Pitt” often feels like it’s aiming to be the medical show to end all medical shows.