Sara Bareilles's new album 'Good Grief' arrives Aug. 28. A listening event at Rock and Soul turned into something more…
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Comfort dulls the edge for David Sedaris in ‘The Land and Its People’
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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