Theater
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‘Epiphany’ Off Broadway Review: James Joyce Gets a Radical and Hilarious Update
Brian Watkins’ new play begins in broad comedy and ends in a place the writer of “The Dead” would recognize
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‘The Bedwetter’ Off Broadway Review: Sarah Silverman’s Bestselling Memoir Becomes an Off-Key Musical
Her show, with songs by the late Adam Schlesinger, is wickedly sharp until it tries to imitate “Dear Evan Hansen”
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‘What the End Will Be’ Off Broadway Review: 3 Generations of Gay Men in One Family Dramedy
Mansa Ra delivers an engaging but uneven new show
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‘Exception to the Rule’ Off Broadway Review: A Disturbing Update on ‘The Breakfast Club’
Dave Harris’ exceptional new play reminds us that high school is even worse than we remember
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‘A Case for the Existence of God’ Off Broadway Review: A Riveting, Deceptively Simple 2-Hander
Samuel D. Hunter’s new play receives a stunning world premiere from director David Cromer
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2022 Tony Award Nominations Predictions: Will Hugh Jackman and Other Big Stars Dominate?
The nominees will be announced May 9
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‘Macbeth’ Broadway Review: Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga Reinvent a Classic
Once again, Sam Gold challenges audiences with his radical take on the Bard
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‘A Strange Loop’ Broadway Review: Michael R. Jackson’s Hilarious and Breathtaking New Musical
Jackson’s Pulitzer winner lands on Broadway with all its brilliance — and brilliant take-downs of Tyler Perry — blessedly intact
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‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Broadway Review: Thornton Wilder Classic Needs a More Radical Update
The end doesn’t come soon enough in Lileana Blain-Cruz’s revival of Thornton Wilder’s problematic play
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‘Funny Girl’ Broadway Review: She’s Back, Finally, and Very Different
Beanie Feldstein makes the iconic role her own, but the real news is a vastly improved second act
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‘Hangmen’ Broadway Review: Martin McDonagh Gleefully Mocks the Habit of Murder
Alfie Allen makes his Broadway debut, taking on an ex-executioner who finds cause to return to what he does best
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‘How I Learned to Drive’ Broadway Review: Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse Return to the Scene of the Crime
Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play runs in top gear all the way
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‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ Off Broadway Review: James McAvoy Plays a Poet Stud
Less poetry and more sex makes for a very contempo take on the classic
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‘To My Girls’ Off Broadway Review: JC Lee Updates ‘The Boys in the Band’ for Millennial Gay Men
A new comedy set in a Palm Springs Airbnb tackles white gay male privilege
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‘The Little Prince’ Broadway Review: Classic Tale Gets Dull Cirque du Soleil Lite Treatment
Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s classic falls to Earth with a thud in a new staging
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By Robert Hofler