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  1. the greatest star of all
    Nicole Scherzinger Is Ready for Her Close-upShe’s making her way to the St. James in Sunset Boulevard this September — a musical by her former nemesis Andrew Lloyd Webber.
    By Jason P. Frank
  2. theater review
    Becoming Brian Friel: Philadelphia, Here I Come!At the Irish Rep, early work by a future master.
    By Sara Holdren
  3. theater review
    Water for Elephants Is Best When It’s Behind the TimesDazzling circus arts and great puppetry are almost enough.
    By Sara Holdren
  4. stage whisperer
    An Enemy of the People’s Stars Didn’t Mind the InterruptionAt the show’s opening-night party, Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli reflected on their interactions with last week’s climate activists.
    By Jackson McHenry
  5. theater review
    In Teeth, Purity Culture Leaves Bite MarksMichael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs are out for blood.
    By Sara Holdren
  7. coming soon
    Broadway Is Celebrating Casimir Pulaski DaySufjan Stevens’s Illinoise is headed for the Great White Way, just in time for Tony season.
    By Jason P. Frank
  8. theater review
    Ibsen, Translated Into American: An Enemy of the PeopleWith Jeremy Strong, Michael Imperioli, and drinks on the house.
    By Sara Holdren
  9. protests
    Climate Protesters Interrupt An Enemy of the People PerformanceMichael Imperioli stayed in character, shooing the protesters away.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  10. theater review
    Love and Brains, Dull and Sharp: The Notebook and The EffectA musical adaptation that’s generic to the point of inanity, and a play that asks and examines real questions about what a person is.
    By Sara Holdren
  11. last night on late night
    Carrie Coon Wants The Gilded Age to Take BroadwayForget a musical episode, it’s time for a whole damn show.
    By Bethy Squires
  12. don’t stop!
    Glee Crushes Past Haunt New York TheatersDarren Criss, Jonathan Groff, and now Grant Gustin are vindicating Ryan Murphy’s twink-casting abilities.
    By Jason P. Frank
  13. theater review
    Corruption’s Heroes Are Not Serious PeopleMurdoch’s phone-hacking scandal, recounted by thinly drawn archetypes.
    By Sara Holdren
  14. theater review
    The Old-Weird-America Pleasures of Dead OutlawFrom the team behind The Band’s Visit, another musical that is more than meets the eye.
    By Sara Holdren
  15. theater review
    Doubt Returns in a Traditionalist ProductionJohn Patrick Shanley’s dialogue still packs heat, but the fire’s been turned down this time.
    By Sara Holdren
  16. coming soon(ish)
    Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington Will Play Othello (Not the Game)In a production directed by Broadway’s busiest bee, Kenny Leon.
    By Jason P. Frank
  17. theater review
    Brooklyn Laundry’s Drama Has Been Worn to DeathJohn Patrick Shanley’s play needs a little starch.
    By Jackson McHenry
  18. theater review
    In The Ally, Impossible Conversations We’re All HavingItamar Moses’s drama about a lefty Israeli American caught up in the complexity of pro-Palestine academia is confident and eloquent in its humility.
    By Sara Holdren
  19. in conversation
    Made for Jessica LangeHer haunting role in Mother Play, like so much of her work, is one only she could perform.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  20. it’s theater season
    How to Write a Fake Rock SongThe musician Will Butler on his new Broadway banger.
    By Devon Ivie
  21. theater review
    Fiasco’s Smooth-Sailing PericlesAn affable, legible take that intermittently sings.
    By Sara Holdren
  22. theater review
    Cynthia Nixon Does Anything But Vanish in The Seven Year DisappearShe and Taylor Trensch lead an ambitious, if rangy, survey of mother-son dynamics.
    By Jackson McHenry
  23. it’s theater season
    The Weird, Wide-Eyed, Weepy, and Wild Voices on BroadwayThis season there are more types of voices on display than we’ve heard in a long time.
    By Jason P. Frank
  24. theater review
    Through a Glass, Familiarly: The HuntIn this adaptation of a Danish thriller, almost all the characters conform to movie-trope behavior and movie-trope actions.
    By Sara Holdren
  25. it’s theater season
    Amy Herzog and Sam Gold Are Just a Couple of Ibsen LoversEarly in their relationship, they decided never to work together. But neither could resist adapting Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People for Broadway.
    By Jackson McHenry
  26. theater review
    The Jazz Age Re-reborn: At Encores!, Jelly’s Last JamFrom tap to vocals, an astonishing achievement for such a short run.
    By Jackson McHenry
  27. it’s theater season
    The Playwright on HIV Med StrikeThree months ago, Victor I. Cazares decided to stop taking their pills — until the New York Theatre Workshop calls for a cease-fire in Gaza.
    By E. Alex Jung
  28. theater review
    Sunset Baby’s Troubled Children of the RevolutionDominique Morisseau’s play looks at the time after revolutionary fire is reduced to a simmer.
    By Sara Holdren
  29. gird your loins
    Wilhelmina to Play Miranda in West End Devil Wears Prada MusicalThe production features music by Elton John.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  30. weep beneath my wings
    Which Part of Beaches Makes the Author of Beaches Cry Hardest?“I’m a sob sister.â€
    By Rebecca Alter
  31. a bad idea worth considering
    I Demand to Ride the Sweeney Todd Death SlideIt’s called “immersive theater,†look it up!
    By Rebecca Alter
  32. theater review
    Alone in the Dark: I Love You So Much I Could Die and On Set With Theda BaraTwo solo shows, looking to make the most of limited resources—and one, at least, soars.
    By Sara Holdren
  33. theater review
    Two Queens (and Some Dancing): The ApiaryVirtuosic performances in a play that can’t quite get airborne.
    By Sara Holdren
  34. theater review
    Reviews: Onstage, Trauma Times 3Reviews of Munich Medea, Self Portraits (DELUXE), and you don’t have to do anything.
    By Jackson McHenry
  35. theater review
    Too Too Solid: Eddie Izzard’s HamletThe British comedian, so deft on a standup stage, has a go at Shakespeare—and tightens up.
    By Sara Holdren
  36. theater review
    Oh, Mary! The Play Was Hilarious, Mrs. LincolnCole Escola goes berserk as the First Lady.
    By Jackson McHenry
  37. theater review
    The Trouble With Trolls, in Russian Troll FarmSarah Gancher’s play takes us to the bunker where disinformation begins its journey.
    By Sara Holdren
  38. theater review
    We’re in This Together: Bark of Millions and The Following EveningA maximalist performance and a quiet, inward-looking play—both, somehow, about creative legacy and earthly mystery.
    By Sara Holdren
  39. stage whisperer
    Listen to ‘Teeth’ From the Musical TeethIt’s about … teeth.
    By Jackson McHenry
  40. theater review
    Editorial Notes on The Connector“Can we get more specific in this section right here?â€
    By Jackson McHenry
  41. theater review
    Quiet Obsessions, Unplugged: Aberdeen and The Animal KingdomA verse play about Kurt, and a therapy play about hurt.
    By Sara Holdren
  42. theater reviews
    Dramatizing Desire and Addiction in Jonah and The White ChipA twisty, emotional drama and a straight-down-the-line recovery comedy.
    By Jackson McHenry
  43. theater
    ‘I’ve Never Told Anybody That Story’Playwright John Patrick Shanley shares a buried memory for the first time on Doubt’s 20th anniversary.
    By Jim McDermott
  44. the sara(h) era
    Sara Bareilles and Sarah Ruhl to Write a New Mu-Sara-calAdapting Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings for the stage.
    By Jason P. Frank
  45. the dancer’s life
    Chita Rivera’s Greatest Performances (Available Online)Rivera died on January 30, but she has 58 years of Broadway performances to celebrate.
    By Jason P. Frank
  46. rip
    Chita Rivera, Legend of the Broadway Stage, Dead at 91The actress died on January 30 after a brief illness.
    By Jason P. Frank
  47. theater review
    Soaring Voices and Plastic Plants in Days of Wine and RosesKelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James at peak vocal power.
    By Sara Holdren
  48. theater review
    The Encores! Once Upon a Mattress Is the Biggest Summer-Camp Show EverSutton Foster and friends play it really big and really broad for this lively short run.
    By Jackson McHenry
  49. theater review
    Diary of an Overbooked Theater-Festival Surfer: Week ThreeJack! Rose! Jack! Rose! And Eugene Onegin.
    By Sara Holdren
  50. theater review
    The Long Zoom of Public ObscenitiesA story of bringing a partner home to Kolkata is steeped in naturalism.
    By Sara Holdren
  51. broadway
    Alan Is Cumming to Broadway for a NightThe Emcee returns to Studio 54 to sing about aging.
    By Jackson McHenry
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