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Rob Weinert-Kendt, an arts journalist and editor of American Theatre magazine, has written for The New York Times and Time Out New York. He writes a blog called The Wicked Stage.
Darren Criss and Helen J Shen in ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ (photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
With ‘Maybe Happy Ending,’ two first-time Broadway writers take a big swing—and hit a home run.
Nicole Scherzinger as ‘Norma Desmond’ and Hannah Yun Chamberlain as ‘Young Norma’ in “Sunset Blvd” on Broadway at the St. James Theatre (photo: Marc Brenner).
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Age and its relationship to stardom is the animating subject of “Sunset Blvd,” “Tammy Faye” and “Death Becomes Her.”
Ephraim Sykes, Katie Holmes and Richard Thomas in ‘Our Town’ (photo: Daniel Rader)
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Two new productions on Broadway—“The Hills of California” and ”Our Town”—meditate on theater as a kind of shared imaginative space.
Arts & CultureTelevision
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Apple TV+’s ’Slow Horses‘ plays a bit like John le Carré with more firepower. And efficiency.
Eddie Redmayne as the Emcee in ‘Cabaret’ at the Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theatre (photo: Marc Brenner)
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
The complicity of ordinary Germans in the Holocaust is the central subject of two shows now running in New York City.
The actor Jeremy Strong sitting at a desk reading a book by candlelight in a theatrical production of the play Enemy of the People
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Two new Broadway productions cast these two towering figures in sharp relief.
Byron Tittle and Robbie Fairchild in “Illinoise” at Park Avenue Armory (photo: Stephanie Berger)
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
‘Illinoise,’ the new dance-theater piece by choreographer Justin Peck, is as bespoke as Stevens’s carefully composed album.
Liev Schreiber (Father Flynn) and Zoe Kazan (Sister James) in Roundabout Theatre Company’s new Broadway production of Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley, directed by Scott Ellis.
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
It is only two decades old, but “Doubt” already feels like it’s been with us forever.
Arts & CultureInterviews
Rob Weinert-Kendt
In an interview with Rob Weinert-Kendt, the playwright John Patrick Shanley discusses the continued resonance of ‘Doubt.‘
Heather Christian performing in ‘Terce’
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
“Terce: A Practical Breviary” doesn’t feel all that far from a worship experience—at least, what an ideal worship experience might be.