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Denée Benton and Jasmine Amy Rogers in "School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play."

Denée Benton & Jasmine Amy Rogers turn a Ghanaian cafeteria into Broadway’s most cutthroat pageant race

Emily Chackerian Sep 28, 2026 0

'School Girls' on Broadway brings Jocelyn Bioh's 1986 boarding school comedy to MTC, where a pageant recruiter's visit exposes who…

Johnny Galecki and Jacob Moskovitz as Tennessee Williams and Marlon Brando.

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In ‘Kowalski,’ Johnny Galecki’s Tennessee Williams plays hard to get

Lauren Emily Whalen Sep 22, 2026 0

Johnny Galecki returns to the stage in 'Kowalski,' turning Marlon Brando's audition for Tennessee Williams into can't-miss theater.

Krystal Joy Brown in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's "Play On!"

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If music be the food of love, ‘Play On!’ serves the full Harlem buffet

Lauren Emily Whalen Sep 21, 2026 0

"Play On!" trades Illyria for Harlem, and Chicago Shakespeare's 40th season opener dares you not to dance. Our five-star review.

Jamie Wilkes and Brian Cox in "The Score." Photo by Teresa Castracane.

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In ‘The Score,’ Brian Cox plays a composer who tests how much truth a king can take

Teniola Ayoola Sep 21, 2026 0

Brian Cox stars in 'The Score' at Shakespeare Theatre Company, where a fugue becomes a face-off over power and conscience.

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The world has a group chat about America, and Sarah Jones brings the whole family to respond

Matthew Wexler Sep 18, 2026 0

"America, Who Hurt You?" Sarah Jones answers with a country's worth of relatives, a therapeutic intervention and a hand on…

Lupita Nyong'o in "Pre-Existing Condition."

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‘Pre-Existing Condition’ turns one woman’s story into a portrait of a complicit culture

Matthew Wexler Sep 15, 2026 0

'Pre-Existing Condition' asks how our culture deals with domestic violence—and keeps its own survivor just out of reach.

Roger Guenveur Smith in "In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat" at New York Theatre Workshop.

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From a Venice dance floor to a Brooklyn cemetery, Roger Guenveur Smith is still riffing with Jean-Michel Basquiat

Matthew Wexler Sep 14, 2026 0

Roger Guenveur Smith reclaims friend and celebrated artist Jean-Michel Basquiat from the auction block, one riff at a time.

Damien Warren-Smith in "Gary Starr: Classic Penguins."

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Off-Broadway’s most flippant book report comes courtesy of one nearly nude penguin

Matthew Wexler Sep 9, 2026 0

"Garry Starr: Classic Penguins" strips the literary canon—and its performer—bare in a wild, near-naked Off-Broadway comedy at Studio Seaview.

(l-r) Jake Loewenthal, Jason Gotay, and Melanie Field in Signature Theatre's "Merrily We Roll Along."

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At Signature Theatre, ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ makes every small choice count

Teniola Ayoola Sep 5, 2026 0

Matthew Gardiner directs 'Merrily We Roll Along' at Signature, where small choices feel enormous. Our review.

Missy Wise Vanderzee and Kevin Webb in Kokandy Productions' revival of "Sunday in the Park with George."

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Kokandy makes its point with an intimate ‘Sunday in the Park with George’

Laura Zornosa Aug 31, 2026 0

Kokandy's 'Sunday in the Park with George' puts audiences inside the painting. Here's what the Chicago storefront production gets right.

Denée Benton & Jasmine Amy Rogers turn a Ghanaian cafeteria into Broadway’s most cutthroat pageant race

In ‘Kowalski,’ Johnny Galecki’s Tennessee Williams plays hard to get

If music be the food of love, ‘Play On!’ serves the full Harlem buffet

In ‘The Score,’ Brian Cox plays a composer who tests how much truth a king can take

The world has a group chat about America, and Sarah Jones brings the whole family to respond

‘Pre-Existing Condition’ turns one woman’s story into a portrait of a complicit culture

From a Venice dance floor to a Brooklyn cemetery, Roger Guenveur Smith is still riffing with Jean-Michel Basquiat

Off-Broadway’s most flippant book report comes courtesy of one nearly nude penguin

At Signature Theatre, ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ makes every small choice count

Kokandy makes its point with an intimate ‘Sunday in the Park with George’

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I went to Ogunquit for a musical and left with a crush on Carl Sprinchorn

The hardest-working performer in this new musical never takes a bow

Bradley Whitford unleashes the line you came to hear in ‘A Few Good Men’

‘Spring Awakening’ gets a stylist. Will it sell seats?