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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."
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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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Ra’Mya Latiah Aikens and Daniel Bravo Hernández in Free Shakespeare in the Park's "Romeo & Juliet."
Ra’Mya Latiah Aikens and Daniel Bravo Hernández in Free Shakespeare in the Park's "Romeo & Juliet."
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Free Shakespeare in the Park’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ loses its passion chasing politics
Emily Chackerian Emily Chackerian Jun 11, 2026 0

Free Shakespeare in the Park's 'Romeo & Juliet' has a bold vision and a cast to match, but its border-town…

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Danny McCarthy, Matthew Maher, and Quincy Tyler Bernstine in "Well, I'll Let You Go."
Danny McCarthy, Matthew Maher, and Quincy Tyler Bernstine in "Well, I'll Let You Go."
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‘Well, I’ll Let You Go’ brews a grief mystery worth every drop
Emily Chackerian Emily Chackerian May 14, 2026 0

Coffee, condolences, and a widow who wants the truth: 'Well, I'll Let You Go' returns Off-Broadway as sharp and moving…

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"No Singing in the Navy" at Playwrights Horizons."
"No Singing in the Navy" at Playwrights Horizons."
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Despite a rogue crab, ‘No Singing in the Navy’ finds its sea legs
Emily Chackerian Emily Chackerian Mar 30, 2026 0

Bailey Lee, Ellen Nikbakht, and Elliot Sagay are a well-oiled machine. The material doesn't always keep up.

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(l-r) Caleb Joshua Eberhardt and Alia Shawkat in "You Got Older."
(l-r) Caleb Joshua Eberhardt and Alia Shawkat in "You Got Older."
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‘You Got Older’ mines for grief in the small talk & finds more than it bargained for
Emily Chackerian Emily Chackerian Feb 23, 2026 0

"You Got Older" is a messy, moving portrait of a family in freefall. Over a decade later, Clare Barron still…

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Owen Teague and Abbey Lee in "Blackout Songs" Off-Broadway.
Owen Teague and Abbey Lee in "Blackout Songs" Off-Broadway.
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‘Blackout Songs’ spirals through a decade of addiction, but where does it land?
Emily Chackerian Emily Chackerian Jan 27, 2026 0

In "Blackout Songs," two alcoholics spiral toward rock bottom. The staging is sleek, but the play's structure swirls.

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Carl Sprinchorn, "Lumberjacks, Shin Pond," 1941, Collection of Jay DeMartine. Photo by Luc Demers.
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The cast of Roundabout Theatre Company's "The Heart."
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The hardest-working performer in this new musical never takes a bow
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Bradley Whitford unleashes the line you came to hear in ‘A Few Good Men’
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Cast members of "Spring Awakening," styled by Nuuly.
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