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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…

(l-r) Anna Bortnick, Max Thomas, Riley Woollen, Chas Lilly, Annie Sullivan, and Kennedy Baldwin.

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In ‘Reality Detox,’ The Second City turns audience confessions into comedy gold

Lauren Emily Whalen Jun 27, 2026 0

Real audience secrets fuel the comedy in The Second City's "Reality Detox." Plenty of laughs and a few misses.

Lauren 'Lolo' Pritchard and Stephen Michael Spencer in "Music City."

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‘Music City’ screams Nashville until one performer just lives it

Lindsay B. Davis Jun 25, 2026 0

In "Music City," a scrappy, Nashville-inspired Off-Broadway jukebox musical oversells its opening, then Lauren "LOLO" Pritchard arrives.

Billy Porter and the cast of "La Cage aux Folles."

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Wayne Brady and Billy Porter find the heart of ‘La Cage aux Folles.’ Everything else needs a little more mascara

Matthew Wexler Jun 24, 2026 0

Billy Porter and Wayne Brady anchor 'La Cage aux Folles' at Encores!. But the direction and design drift far from…

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

In ‘Reality Detox,’ The Second City turns audience confessions into comedy gold

‘Music City’ screams Nashville until one performer just lives it

Wayne Brady and Billy Porter find the heart of ‘La Cage aux Folles.’ Everything else needs a little more mascara

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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?