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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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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Before the Whitney Biennial closes, don’t miss the shrines of street queen Agosto Machado
Agosto Machado spent decades building altars to a vanished queer New York. Find his tribute inside the Whitney Biennial before…
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I went to ‘Les Misérables’ at Radio City and came home a singing student revolutionary
One critic's neighbors have not recovered from a week of 'Les Mis' earworms. Here's what the arena concert spectacular gets…
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