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Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular.

I went to ‘Les Misérables’ at Radio City and came home a singing student revolutionary

Matthew Wexler Jul 28, 2026 0

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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Cat Cohen turns a near-death experience into Off-Broadway’s funniest solo show

Matthew Wexler Jul 27, 2026 0

Cat Cohen turns a stroke and a hole in her heart into a sharp, funny Off-Broadway solo show at the…

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‘Hair’ can still spark a revolution, and this Chicago revival proves it

Lauren Emily Whalen Jul 20, 2026 0

'Hair' hasn't lost its bite. Discover why Kokandy Productions' Chicago revival earns a full five stars.

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In ‘Are You Mad At Me??,’ Bryan Safi wants you to like him. Mission accomplished

Jerry Portwood Jul 19, 2026 0

Bryan Safi's anxious, audience-baiting solo show 'Are You Mad At Me??' turns people-pleasing into big laughs at HERE Arts Center.

Jennifer Nettles in "Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo."

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Jennifer Nettles can write a hit. ‘Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo’ needs more

Matthew Wexler Jul 17, 2026 0

Grammy winner Jennifer Nettles takes on a 17th-century poisoner's legend in 'Giulia,' now playing at PAC NYC.

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‘The Potluck’ conjures ghosts of the Greensboro Massacre that fade too soon

Steven Vargas Jul 15, 2026 0

On November 3, 1979, members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party murdered five demonstrators in a…

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‘The Whoopi Monologues’ is a triumph, even divided five ways

Matthew Wexler Jul 13, 2026 0

Over 40 years after her Broadway debut, Whoopi Goldberg's characters get five new voices.

Megan Mullally (center) and the cast of "Iceboy!"

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‘Iceboy!’ at the Goodman: two Emmy winners and one very cold script

Lauren Emily Whalen Jun 30, 2026 0

Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman headline 'Iceboy!' at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, but the show around them never quite thaws.

(l-r) Zoë Winters, Eli Gelb, Molly Ranson, Nate Mann, and Hale Appleman in "Birthright."

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‘Birthright’ reveals what 18 years does to the people who know you best

Matthew Wexler Jun 29, 2026 0

Jonathan Spector’s Birthright opens with a disappearance and ends with one. In between: three hours and twenty minutes of the…

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‘A Walk on the Moon’ packs an Apollo-sized budget but forgets the oxygen tank

Matthew Wexler Jun 29, 2026 0

The musical "A Walk on the Moon" spends like NASA but can't generate the oxygen to bring its own story…

I went to ‘Les Misérables’ at Radio City and came home a singing student revolutionary

Cat Cohen turns a near-death experience into Off-Broadway’s funniest solo show

‘Hair’ can still spark a revolution, and this Chicago revival proves it

In ‘Are You Mad At Me??,’ Bryan Safi wants you to like him. Mission accomplished

Jennifer Nettles can write a hit. ‘Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo’ needs more

‘The Potluck’ conjures ghosts of the Greensboro Massacre that fade too soon

‘The Whoopi Monologues’ is a triumph, even divided five ways

‘Iceboy!’ at the Goodman: two Emmy winners and one very cold script

‘Birthright’ reveals what 18 years does to the people who know you best

‘A Walk on the Moon’ packs an Apollo-sized budget but forgets the oxygen tank

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Before the Whitney Biennial closes, don’t miss the shrines of street queen Agosto Machado

In ‘John of John,’ Douglas Stuart returns to familiar and fertile territory

I went to ‘Les Misérables’ at Radio City and came home a singing student revolutionary

Before ‘Purple Rain’ hits Broadway, meet the photographer who knew Prince best