‘A Face in the Crowd’ Isn’t About Trump. It Just Seems Like It.
Elvis Costello and Sarah Ruhl’s musical adaptation of the 1957 film, a satire about a hustler turned power-hungry TV personality, hits the London stage.
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CreditEllie Kurtz ‘You’re Basically on a Broadway Stage, With New Friends’
At the touring dance party Broadway Rave, the playlist is all show tunes. But don’t worry, no house remixes of “I Dreamed a Dream” here.
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The Wicked Witch of the West: A Heroine for Our Time
“Wicked,” which arrives to the big screen this fall, redeems the villain who is barely a character in L. Frank Baum’s classic novel.
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CreditCorey Corcoran The Angry Old Play and the Nice Young Man
Atri Banerjee has channeled his own experiences into a new production of John Osborne’s groundbreaking 1956 work “Look Back in Anger.”
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A ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Musical Will Open on Broadway Next Year
The show, which had a previous run at Atlantic Theater Company, is scheduled to begin previews in February at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times On Broadway, a Covid Switcheroo: Marsha Mason in for Mia Farrow
Mason, an associate director of “The Roommate,” which opened on Broadway last week, stepped in as Patti LuPone’s counterpart.
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CreditBruce Glikas ‘Counting and Cracking’ Review: One Family’s Tale Fit for an Epic
No theatrical wizardry is needed for this compelling drama about a woman’s journey to Australia from war-torn Sri Lanka and the generations that follow.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Critic’s PickReview: Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow Clean Up in ‘The Roommate’
A Bronx grifter and an Iowa homebody share a house and eventually learn from each other in this Broadway star vehicle.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times ‘Why Am I So Single?’ Review: After ‘Six,’ a Scrappy, Sappy Dating Musical
The duo behind the Broadway hit follow it up with a meta reflection on finding love online that is relatable and fun but lacking narrative drive.
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Hollywood Is Heading for Broadway (and Off). Here’s a Cheat Sheet.
George Clooney as Murrow! Denzel Washington as Othello! Mia Farrow as a larcenous landlord! So much to see!
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CreditGetty Images; Associated Press Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler Are Star Crossed in Central Park
As the stars of the “Romeo + Juliet” that opens on Broadway, they will die for love. And to make that convincing, they need to become friends first.
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CreditScott Rossi for The New York Times Fall PreviewYesterday’s Broadway Warhorses, Saddled With Today’s Concerns
Revivals of “Romeo and Juliet,” “Our Town,” “Gypsy” and “Sunset Boulevard” aim to show that rethinking for the present is what makes classics classic.
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CreditJulie Benbassat Fall PreviewJulianna Margulies: ‘This Is the Play I’ve Been Waiting For’
The actress returns to Broadway after 18 years, starring in Delia Ephron’s new play about falling in love again after her husband’s death.
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CreditThea Traff for The New York Times Fall Preview28 Broadway and Off Broadway Shows to See This Fall
New York stages are welcoming Robert Downey Jr., Adam Driver, Audra McDonald and more this season.
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‘Forbidden Broadway’ Review: Let Them Somewhat Entertain You
From its perch way Off Broadway, the long-running satire slings its affectionate arrows at Patti, Audra and the rest.
By Jesse Green
Critic’s NotebookAfter an Olympic Backlash, France’s Drag Queens Are Here to Stay
Answering hatred with glitter is a time-honored drag tradition that France’s answer to “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is keeping alive in a new stage spectacle.
By Laura Cappelle
2 Chinese Dramas (and a Family of 3) Broaden a Theater Festival’s Scope
By presenting “The Orphan of Chao” and “Snow in Midsummer,” the Shaw Festival is helping “the past to smash its way into the modern world.”
By Eric Grode
‘Real Women Have Curves’ Musical Plans Broadway Bow Next Year
The show, adapted from the play and movie, was first staged last winter at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass.
By Michael Paulson
For Wendell Pierce and Courtney B. Vance, James Earl Jones Loomed Large
The two actors talk about how the stage and screen great was a one-of-a-kind inspiration to them, and many others.
By Jonathan Abrams
Was James Earl Jones an EGOT Winner? It’s Complicated.
The actor won just about every award he could — but his Oscar was an honorary one. Is that enough for an EGOT?
By Aimee Ortiz
James Earl Jones’s Stage Career Was Rich, and Startlingly Diverse
In addition to Broadway crowd-pleasers, the actor deftly navigated classics, experimental theater and new works by major contemporary playwrights.
By Elisabeth Vincentelli
Lincoln Center Theater Chooses Lear deBessonet as Artistic Director
DeBessonet, currently the artistic director of Encores!, will work alongside Bartlett Sher, who will serve as executive producer.
By Michael Paulson
James Earl Jones: A Life in Pictures
Onstage and in movies and television, Jones delivered with a deep, authoritative, powerful and sometimes menacing voice.
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James Earl Jones, Whose Powerful Acting Resonated Onstage and Onscreen, Dies at 93
He gave life to characters like Darth Vader in “Star Wars” and Mufasa in “The Lion King,” and went on to collect Tonys, Golden Globes, Emmys and an honorary Oscar.
By Robert D. McFadden
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