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Sophia Anne Caruso in "Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen."
Sophia Anne Caruso in "Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen."
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‘Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen’ could use a safe word, for all the wrong reasons
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Oct 17, 2026 0

"Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen" ushers you into a Paris brothel, though its kinkiest secret might be how rarely it seduces.

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Karl Kenzler, Karen Killeen in "Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird."
Karl Kenzler, Karen Killeen in "Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird."
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While schools pull Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ from classrooms, The Huntington puts it center stage
Jerry Portwood Jerry Portwood Oct 17, 2026 0

"To Kill a Mockingbird" at Huntington brings Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation to Boston as Harper Lee turns 100 with a fresh…

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Todrick Hall and the company of "Midnight."
Todrick Hall and the company of "Midnight."
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Todrick Hall’s ‘Midnight’ turns a forbidden writing lesson into a love story
Kelsey Minor Kelsey Minor Oct 15, 2026 0

Todrick Hall writes, directs, and stars in "Midnight," a new musical where an enslaved man and his secret love switch…

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The cast of "Good Time Charlie."
The cast of "Good Time Charlie."
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Ryan J. Haddad’s ‘Good Time Charlie’ plants a queer family tree grafted with chosen family
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Oct 10, 2026 0

Ryan J. Haddad returns to the family backyard in "Good Time Charlie," honoring the queer mentors who made him a…

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(l-r) Ariana Burks, Jacqueline Guillén and Carmen Berkeley in "Dead Girl's Quinceañera."
(l-r) Ariana Burks, Jacqueline Guillén and Carmen Berkeley in "Dead Girl's Quinceañera."
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In ‘Dead Girl’s Quinceañera,’ 3 teens turn a party into a crime investigation
Lauren Emily Whalen Lauren Emily Whalen Oct 7, 2026 0

"Dead Girl's Quinceañera" brings Miami girlhood to the Goodman, where a vanished teen turns her besties into amateur detectives.

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The world premiere of "Kramer/Fauci" at NYU Skirball.
The world premiere of "Kramer/Fauci" at NYU Skirball.
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‘Kramer/Fauci’ proves the best friendships are forged in fury
By Jerry Portwood Oct 6, 2026 0

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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Ava Delaney in "Soon."
Ava Delaney in "Soon."
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What would you do with a few months left? Nick Blaemire’s ‘Soon’ has a theory
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Oct 5, 2026 0

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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Olivia Bernábe in "Slam Frank."
Olivia Bernábe in "Slam Frank."
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Meet Anita Franco, the LatinX rapper formerly known as Anne Frank
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Oct 5, 2026 0

'Slam Frank' recasts Anne Frank as Latinx rapper Anita Franco, and the Orpheum's content warning reads simply: everything.

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Abigail Onwunali and Savannah Commodore in "creation stories and all the important importants."
Abigail Onwunali and Savannah Commodore in "creation stories and all the important importants."
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5 IVF cycles become a modern folktale in Mfoniso Udofia’s ‘creation stories’
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Oct 2, 2026 0

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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Zachary Desmond and Christopher Dylan White in Else Went's "Degenerates."
Zachary Desmond and Christopher Dylan White in Else Went's "Degenerates."
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Love looks like a threat to the self-declared unlovable of ‘Degenerates’
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Sep 29, 2026 0

“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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Carl Sprinchorn, "Lumberjacks, Shin Pond," 1941, Collection of Jay DeMartine. Photo by Luc Demers.
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I went to Ogunquit for a musical and left with a crush on Carl Sprinchorn
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Oct 31, 2026
The cast of Roundabout Theatre Company's "The Heart."
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The hardest-working performer in this new musical never takes a bow
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Oct 30, 2026
(foreground) Bradley Whitford and Tom Blyth in "A Few Good Men."
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Bradley Whitford unleashes the line you came to hear in ‘A Few Good Men’
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Oct 29, 2026
Cast members of "Spring Awakening," styled by Nuuly.
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