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Broadway’s favorite new trick is showing you the trick
Rehearsal footage is everywhere on Broadway and beyond. One critic asks if all that access is spoiling theater's best trick:…
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‘Blitz and Beyond’ captures the 80s fashion and music scene that dressed a generation
Blitz and Beyond captures the New Romantics the way they actually lived it: raw, gorgeous, and gone before anyone caught…
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Raúl Esparza and Lily Rabe anchor a gloriously messy ‘Winter’s Tale’
Daniel Sullivan's production doesn't so much solve Shakespeare's strangest play as embrace its chaos.
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In ‘An American Daughter,’ a woman’s ambition goes on trial
Wendy Wasserstein's 'An American Daughter' returns Off-Broadway with a starry, supporting cast but too many reference points.
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Set change: Our favorite 5-star shows still playing
Some are closing soon, one's transferring to Broadway, another just got a new leading man. Four shows worth a trip…
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5 regional theater productions worth the trip this August
The end of summer brings an eclectic mix of plays and musicals.
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The man who made me a critic never called himself one
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler on Playhouse Square, memories of his father, and how a childhood at the theater…
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‘Spelling Bee’ revival spells it out: J-O-Y
Twenty years on, "Spelling Bee" arrives Off-Broadway with fresh energy, proving the quirky musical's charm remains timeless.
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‘The Pass’ brings soccer’s closet drama to New York, but the tackles get sloppy
'The Pass' wins on set design, fumbles on chemistry
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