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Zachary Desmond and Christopher Dylan White in Else Went's "Degenerates."
Zachary Desmond and Christopher Dylan White in Else Went's "Degenerates."
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Love looks like a threat to the self-declared unlovable of ‘Degenerates’
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Sep 29, 2026 0

“Get out of my discord shit-stain,” says Miller, a 28-year-old White incel infuriated that one of his group members has…

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'Galinda' book cover by Gregory McGuire
'Galinda' book cover by Gregory McGuire
Books
Before ‘Wicked,’ Glinda had a family full of secrets
Lauren Emily Whalen Lauren Emily Whalen Sep 29, 2026 0

Gregory McGuire's 'Galinda: A Charmed Childhood' follows the future Good Witch as she dances, schemes, and daydreams her way toward…

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Denée Benton and Jasmine Amy Rogers in "School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play."
Denée Benton and Jasmine Amy Rogers in "School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play."
Reviews
Denée Benton & Jasmine Amy Rogers turn a Ghanaian cafeteria into Broadway’s most cutthroat pageant race
Emily Chackerian Emily Chackerian Sep 28, 2026 0

'School Girls' on Broadway brings Jocelyn Bioh's 1986 boarding school comedy to MTC, where a pageant recruiter's visit exposes who…

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Josh Young as Jean Valjean in "Les Misérables" at Hudson Valley Shakespeare.
Josh Young as Jean Valjean in "Les Misérables" at Hudson Valley Shakespeare.
Off Script
My Walkman never prepared me for this Jean Valjean
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Sep 27, 2026 0

Jean Valjean got two summer showcases in NYC and the Hudson Valley, and Josh Young's open-air turn made an old…

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Doja Cat
Doja Cat
Culture Take 5
Snow can wait: Denver’s fall arts season, from Doja Cat to Nikki Glaser
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Sep 25, 2026 0

Denver fall arts picks for 2026: Zac Brown Band at Red Rocks, the V&A's "DIVA" in its only U.S. stop,…

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Johnny Galecki and Jacob Moskovitz as Tennessee Williams and Marlon Brando.
Johnny Galecki and Jacob Moskovitz as Tennessee Williams and Marlon Brando.
Reviews
In ‘Kowalski,’ Johnny Galecki’s Tennessee Williams plays hard to get
Lauren Emily Whalen Lauren Emily Whalen Sep 22, 2026 0

Johnny Galecki returns to the stage in 'Kowalski,' turning Marlon Brando's audition for Tennessee Williams into can't-miss theater.

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Krystal Joy Brown in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's "Play On!"
Krystal Joy Brown in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's "Play On!"
Reviews
If music be the food of love, ‘Play On!’ serves the full Harlem buffet
Lauren Emily Whalen Lauren Emily Whalen Sep 21, 2026 0

"Play On!" trades Illyria for Harlem, and Chicago Shakespeare's 40th season opener dares you not to dance. Our five-star review.

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Jamie Wilkes and Brian Cox in "The Score." Photo by Teresa Castracane.
Jamie Wilkes and Brian Cox in "The Score." Photo by Teresa Castracane.
Reviews
In ‘The Score,’ Brian Cox plays a composer who tests how much truth a king can take
1 Minute Critic contributor Teniola Ayoola Teniola Ayoola Sep 21, 2026 0

Brian Cox stars in 'The Score' at Shakespeare Theatre Company, where a fugue becomes a face-off over power and conscience.

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"The Surge: An Ode to Sinéad O'Connor." Photo by Tom Visser.
"The Surge: An Ode to Sinéad O'Connor." Photo by Tom Visser.
Dance
A season of grief continues with ‘The Surge,’ Sonya Tayeh’s ode to Sinéad O’Connor
Steven Vargas, 1 Minute Critic Contributor Steven Vargas Sep 20, 2026 0

'The Surge' turns Sinéad O'Connor's music into a dance of protest, rage and self-love. Sonya Tayeh choreographs at The Joyce.…

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Sarah Jones in "America, Who Hurt You?"
Sarah Jones in "America, Who Hurt You?"
Reviews
The world has a group chat about America, and Sarah Jones brings the whole family to respond
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Sep 18, 2026 0

"America, Who Hurt You?" Sarah Jones answers with a country's worth of relatives, a therapeutic intervention and a hand on…

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Karl Kenzler, Karen Killeen in "Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird."
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While schools pull Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ from classrooms, The Huntington puts it center stage
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Todrick Hall’s ‘Midnight’ turns a forbidden writing lesson into a love story
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