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  1. the festival circuit
    Reneé Rapp Should Do Mean Girls Songs at Music FestivalsIt’s a win-win-win.
    By Justin Curto
  2. theater review
    Diary of an Overbooked Theater-Festival Surfer: Week TwoPuppets, worms, toilets, and a really aggressive Shakespeare take.
    By Sara Holdren
  3. movie review
    The Ruthless New Mean Girls Knows Better Than to Try and Make Fetch HappenA pretty good remake proves the Plastics will never die.
    By Jackson McHenry
  4. theater reviews
    Diary of an Overbooked Theater-Festival Surfer: Week OneOn finding eccentric Miranda July commentary and gonzo race commentary during January’s experimental-theater blitz.
    By Sara Holdren
  5. theater review
    Can You Put Your Faith in Prayer for the French Republic?It’s a timely and engaged play, but that engagement is glib.
    By Sara Holdren
  7. rip
    Mary Poppins Star Glynis Johns Dead at 100She also sang “Send In the Clowns†for her Tony Award-winning role in A Little Night Music.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  8. ac-ting
    Cole Escola! Is! Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary!And Conrad Ricamora is Mary’s Husband.
    By Jason P. Frank
  9. broadway baby
    What Could Ryan Murphy and Glen Powell Be Bringing to Broadway?Let’s speculate wildly about what projects would be a good fit for these Scream Queens alums.
    By Tom Smyth
  10. the gleek shall inherit
    Darren Criss and Evan Rachel Wood Are Going Somewhere That’s GreenThe pair are set to replace Wu and Bleu in Little Shop of Horrors beginning January 30.
    By Tom Smyth
  11. theater review
    A Cold-Blooded Night of the IguanaA Tennessee Williams curio whose temperature never rises above a simmer.
    By Jackson McHenry
  12. theater review
    When the Play’s Not the ThingToo often, great performances and stagecraft are let down by the script behind them.
    By Sara Holdren
  13. best of 2023
    The Year in CultureThe best shows, movies, albums, books, and more, as chosen by our critics.
    By Vulture Editors
  14. party report
    The Color Purple’s Danielle Brooks Compares Her Stage and Screen SofiasThe actress brought a year’s worth of Broadway experience to the film, out December 25, plus had “Queen Oprah†on set for Sofia’s most famous scene.
    By Tom Smyth
  15. party report
    We Asked Fantasia About ‘Take Your Time, Tasia’And Oprah’s private plane that saved the day.
    By Tom Smyth
  16. bear news
    Paddington Goes From Peru to London to the StageA new musical about the bear is being written in the U.K.
    By Jason P. Frank
  17. effective theater
    Paapa Essiedu and Taylor Russell to Star in The Effect Off BroadwaySuccession, I May Destroy You, and Bones and All collaborators linking up to beautifully destroy your mental state.
    By Jason P. Frank
  18. theater review
    The Too-Steady Charm of How to Dance in OhioA winning cast of autistic actors elevates a rote concept.
    By Jackson McHenry
  19. best of 2023
    The Best Theater of 2023A play that’s not not about Fleetwood Mac, the return of Merrily and Purlie, and the agony of high-school test prep.
    By Sara Holdren and Jackson McHenry
  20. best of 2023
    Exhilarating Reactions to a Troubled WorldPlus Sondheim old and (for the final time) new.
    By Sara Holdren and Jackson McHenry
  21. everything’s coming up adele
    Adele Knows How She’d Win Her Tony“I don’t love musicals. That’s the only issue.â€
    By Justin Curto
  22. land of opportunity
    Stage Whisperer Secret: A Presale Code for Hell’s KitchenExclusive to our weekly theater-newsletter subscribers, and, honestly, you’re welcome in advance.
    By Jason P. Frank
  23. musical the-a-ter
    Ariana Madix to Appear in a Lavaliere That Goes All the Way Down to Her WaistPlaying Roxie Hart in Broadway’s Chicago.
    By Jason P. Frank
  24. theater review
    Reflections on Lost Lands: Manahatta and Life & Times of Michael KOnstage, the commoditization of Lenape land and the reclamation of a South African farm.
    By Sara Holdren
  25. this girl is on broadway
    Alicia Keys Is in a Broadway State of MindHell’s Kitchen, which premiered this fall at the Public, is moving to the Shubert Theatre.
    By Zoe Guy
  26. theater review
    A Decent Docent: Gavin Creel’s Walk on ThroughA tour from a “museum novice†that’s also an autobiography.
    By Jackson McHenry
  27. dramaturgically
    Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli Move From HBO to BroadwayWith Netflix queen Victoria Pedretti in Amy Herzog’s Ibsen adaptation, An Enemy of the People.
    By Jason P. Frank
  28. reasons to love new york
    The Three Frank Jrs. in Merrily We Roll Along Will Sign Your PlaybillBackstage with the boys charming sold-out Broadway shows.
    By Jackson McHenry
  29. theater review
    The Echo From the Days of ’39: Jen Silverman’s SpainA cool treatment of a once-hot civil war.
    By Sara Holdren
  30. obits
    Tony-Winning Actress Frances Sternhagen Dies at 93She also played endless difficult mothers on television.
    By Bethy Squires
  31. scene report
    ‘I Just Felt Pressure’At a performance of Milo Cramer’s School Pictures, teens and teachers talk about the torturous process of applying to New York’s selective schools.
    By Rachel Sklar
  32. comedy review
    Mike Birbiglia’s Existential ExercisesIn his Broadway show The Old Man and the Pool, the comedian dives into the anxieties of aging.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  33. exclusive
    Ani DiFranco Is Heading Way Down to Hadestown on BroadwayIn an interview, Anaïs Mitchell calls the latest Persephone casting “an almost unimaginable full-circle situation.â€
    By Rebecca Alter
  34. theater review
    At Playwrights Horizons, a Tinge of the FringeAmusements, School Pictures, and Sad Boys in Harpy Land are running in repertory.
    By Sara Holdren
  35. theater review
    The Gardens of Anuncia Is a Musical That Thinks SmallBased on Graciela Daniele’s life story, it deliberately leaves her as a secondary character.
    By Jackson McHenry
  36. the essay
    Billy Porter Is Ready to Speak on ItHe spent decades dazzling in performances before he could be himself in public. He’s making up for lost time.
    By Mikelle Street
  37. theater review
    Hell’s Kitchen: A Familiar Diary of Alicia KeysConventional musical-theater turf, made fresh by killer performances.
    By Sara Holdren
  38. theater review
    Who Thought Stoppard Needs More Sex?Bedlam’s Arcadia falls into an easy trap.
    By Sara Holdren
  39. theater review
    Spamalot Returns, and It’s Not Dead YetSay no more!
    By Sara Holdren
  40. theater review
    Is Anything Real in Scene Partners? Is Everything?John J. Caswell Jr.’s script is like an Escher drawing, endlessly spiraling in on itself.
    By Sara Holdren
  41. gwynnocent
    Gwyneth Paltrow Ski Trial Enters the Camp CanonIn Gwyneth Goes Skiing, a London musical by “harbingers of queer chaos.â€
    By Jason P. Frank
  42. theater review
    That’s the Idea, Let’s Amuse Each Other! Shannon and Sparks in Waiting for GodotMichael Shannon and Paul Sparks foreground the funny in Beckett.
    By Sara Holdren
  43. chekhov’s sitcom
    Uncle Vanya Is Basically a Situation ComedySteve Carell and William Jackson Harper lead the cast of the upcoming Uncle Vanya revival.
    By Jason P. Frank
  44. theater review
    Navigating the Expanses of Danny and the Deep Blue SeaChristopher Abbott and Aubrey Plaza star in the 1983 John Patrick Shanley play that’s beloved of young actors.
    By Sara Holdren
  45. theater review
    The Day the Clowns Cried: HarmonyThe rise of the Nazi regime, recounted in a Cabaret-adjacent musical with songs by Barry Manilow.
    By Jackson McHenry
  46. life is a cabaret (again)
    What Is New York Without a Cabaret Revival Running at All Times?The West End Cabaret is crossing the pond in spring 2024.
    By Jason P. Frank
  47. theater review
    Tragic Losses, of Life and Language, in Watch Night and TranslationsThe destruction wrought by colonialism and racism, rendered onstage in very different ways.
    By Sara Holdren
  48. rip
    Sleep No More No MoreThe immersive-theater production will end after the upcoming 5,000th performance.
    By Jason P. Frank
  49. the tina fey extended universe
    Mean Girls The Musical Movie Has a New Gen of Queen Bees and WannabeesBut none of the musical’s original songs in the trailer.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  50. theater
    The Making of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea’s Savage RomanceChristopher Abbott and Aubrey Plaza play messed-up people in love.
    By Nate Jones
  51. replacements
    Hello Chickens! Boy George Is Entering the Moulin Rouge!Playing Harold Zidler and thus coming in brief contact with the music of his former “nemesis†Pete Burns.
    By Jason P. Frank
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