Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman headline 'Iceboy!' at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, but the show around them never quite thaws.
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‘Birthright’ reveals what 18 years does to the people who know you best
Jonathan Spector’s Birthright opens with a disappearance and ends with one. In between: three hours and twenty minutes of the…
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‘A Walk on the Moon’ packs an Apollo-sized budget but forgets the oxygen tank
The musical "A Walk on the Moon" spends like NASA but can't generate the oxygen to bring its own story…
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The $31.5 million question: Will ‘Death Becomes Her’ find life on the road?
"Death Becomes Her" has closed on Broadway, but it wasn't a verdict on the show—it was math. The national tour…
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In ‘Reality Detox,’ The Second City turns audience confessions into comedy gold
Real audience secrets fuel the comedy in The Second City's "Reality Detox." Plenty of laughs and a few misses.
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Spring 2026 in culture: the 5 stories you couldn’t keep scrolling past
Vampires bit back on Broadway and beyond, Eurovision sparked debate & Frida Kahlo is having a moment. Your spring 2026…
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‘Music City’ screams Nashville until one performer just lives it
In "Music City," a scrappy, Nashville-inspired Off-Broadway jukebox musical oversells its opening, then Lauren "LOLO" Pritchard arrives.
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Wayne Brady and Billy Porter find the heart of ‘La Cage aux Folles.’ Everything else needs a little more mascara
Billy Porter and Wayne Brady anchor 'La Cage aux Folles' at Encores!. But the direction and design drift far from…
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‘Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous’ asks who owns an artistic legacy
Pearl Cleage's comedy at Geffen Playhouse explores fame, legacy, and artistic succession with humor and heart.
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Sound check: free outdoor concerts take over NYC this summer
New York City has hundreds of concert venues across the five boroughs. But some of the best live music this…
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