From a Williamsburg horror haunt to the Drama Book Shop saved by the “Hamilton” team, nine NYC independent bookstores for…
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Ryan J. Haddad’s ‘Good Time Charlie’ plants a queer family tree grafted with chosen family
Ryan J. Haddad returns to the family backyard in "Good Time Charlie," honoring the queer mentors who made him a…
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5 regional theater productions worth the trip this October
World premieres by John Mellencamp and Theresa Rebeck are among this month's top regional theater productions to see this October.
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$525,600 for ‘Rent’: Gates Foundation matches the livestream minute for minute
The Gates Foundation will match 'Rent, the 30th Anniversary Concert' livestream with original cast members up to $525,600. Tickets are…
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‘Kramer/Fauci’ proves the best friendships are forged in fury
In "Kramer/Fauci," Daniel Fish transforms a C-SPAN segment into surreal agitprop that proves fury and friendship aren't mutually exclusive.
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What would you do with a few months left? Nick Blaemire’s ‘Soon’ has a theory
Charlie is obsessing over the end of the world. Or maybe just her world. It’s hard to tell in Nick…
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Meet Anita Franco, the LatinX rapper formerly known as Anne Frank
'Slam Frank' recasts Anne Frank as Latinx rapper Anita Franco, and the Orpheum's content warning reads simply: everything.
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Win a copy of ‘The Rise & Rise of Ariana Grande’
An Ariana Grande book for her hiatus? Emily Zemler's photo-packed tribute keeps the pop star close while she steps out…
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5 IVF cycles become a modern folktale in Mfoniso Udofia’s ‘creation stories’
Mfoniso Udofia's 'creation stories' tallies what IVF costs a body, a bank account and a spirit in a powerhouse turn…
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Love looks like a threat to the self-declared unlovable of ‘Degenerates’
“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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