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Comfort dulls the edge for David Sedaris in ‘The Land and Its People’
David Sedaris swapped an elf gig for the Upper East Side. His new book shows what that cost his humor.
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Bywater Call on how to create a superfan in one set
Toronto's Bywater Call turned a free blues festival into a superfan factory. Here's what happened at Pier 76.
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Carly Rae Jepsen’s Broadway songwriting debut gets a date before it gets a theater
Lena Dunham, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Christopher Wheeldon's '10 Things I Hate About You' musical has a Broadway date.
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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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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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