By Matthew Wexler Timing is everything. For better and worse, Dog Day Afternoon, a new Broadway play about a bank…
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What the stars say about Broadway’s biggest spring openings
An astrologer breaks down what the planets say about shows and stars, including Ayo Edebiri, Stephanie Hsu, and "Cats: The…
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What makes a beloved children’s author so unlovable? John Lithgow in ‘Giant’ towers over the answer
John Lithgow transforms into Roald Dahl in 'Giant,' Broadway's sharpest ask of who we cancel and why it's never that…
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Andrew Keenan-Bolger on ‘Limelight,’ chosen family & why “give in to love, or live in fear” still lands
By Matthew Wexler Author Andrew Keenan-Bolger knows New York City. He also knows what it was like growing up gay…
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Adib Khorram’s ‘One Word, Six Letters’ asks who bears the weight of a single moment
Adib Khorram's new YA novel "One Word, Six Letters" turns a real-life slur into a story about who bears the…
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Artist Henry Darger built a universe. ‘Bughouse’ merely knocks at the door
Gorgeous production design can't rescue this visually rich but dramatically thin portrait of outsider artist Henry Darger.
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Daniel Radcliffe high-fives the entire Hudson Theatre, and that’s kind of the problem
Daniel Radcliffe is everything you want in "Every Brilliant Thing." The Hudson Theatre just isn't the venue for it.
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‘Cold War Choir Practice’ has a plan for the end of the world. You just won’t see it coming
Ro Reddick's 'Cold War Choir Practice' detonates: magical realism, a fractured family, and America's gift for global anxiety.
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ star Bosco goes full supervillain on 33-city tour
Bosco's solo tour "The Marvelous Miss Gender" hits 33 cities this summer—a full theatrical production blending camp, burlesque, and comic…
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‘About Time’ embraces aging wisely and warmly, then overstays its welcome
"About Time" musical review: Maltby and Shire at their best is very good, but the duo doesn't always know when…
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