Theater
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‘Poor Yella Rednecks’ Off Broadway Review: The Vietnam War’s End Was Only the Beginning
Yellowface gets its comic comeuppance in Qui Nguyen’s play about Asian immigrants in Arkansas
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77th Tony Awards Sets 2024 Air Date, New Venue
The celebration of Broadway’s best will take place in Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater
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Clifton Oliver, Broadway Actor From ‘The Lion King,’ Dies at 47
His sister Roxy Hall confirmed the stage performer’s death
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‘Plays for the Plague Year’ Off Broadway Review: Suzan-Lori Parks Sings the Blues Over COVID
The Pulitzer-winning playwright turns performer in a revue-like recap of the first 13 months of the pandemic
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‘The Wife of Willesden’ Off Broadway Review: Zadie Smith Updates Chaucer and Makes It Twerk
Clare Perkins delivers a raunchy spin on the Wife of Bath in a verse adaptation of “The Canterbury Tales”
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‘Misty’ Off Broadway Review: Arinzé Kene Grapples With Black Violence, Gentrification and Balloons
The British writer-performer’s meta approach to his material reflects the challenges for young Black creators
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‘Public Obscenities’ Off Broadway Review: A Stunning Snapshot of India Through a Gay Ph.D. Student’s Lens
Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s intimate and revelatory new drama explores many facets of society by showing, not telling
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‘Without You’ Off Broadway Review: Anthony Rapp Looks Back on ‘Rent’ and Loss
The “Star Trek: Discovery” star offers a heartfelt but thin musical memoir
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Stephen Greif, ‘The Crown’ and ‘Blake’s 7’ Actor, Dies at 78
“We will miss him dearly and our thoughts are with his family and friends,” the English actor’s representative Michelle Braidman Associates said
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Why Solo Theater Shows Are Having a Moment
“Your audience must become your partner,” Kathleen Chalfant says
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‘Weightless’ Off Broadway Review: The Kilbanes Give 2 Mythic Greek Sisters an Indie-Rock Lift
The Bay Area duo Kate Kilbane and Dan Moses have crafted one of the best new musicals in recent memory
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‘As You Like It’ Off Broadway Review: The Bard’s Comedy Gets a Musical Update
Shaina Taub reconceives the classic as a one-act musical and almost pulls it off
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‘Between the Lines’ Off Broadway Review: The Brothers Grimm Would Approve
Mortals and sprites fight for the soul of a new musical; the humans lose, fortunately
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‘Richard III’ Off Broadway Review: Danai Gurira Leads a Muddled Revival in Central Park
Director Robert O’Hara has a “deep intent” with his approach to Shakespeare’s great villain, but loses the plot
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‘Hamlet’ Off Broadway Review: Alex Lawther Leads a Brilliant Modern Take on the Bard
Get thee to the Armory!