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Alex Newell (center) in "Shucked."
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Your regional theater summer guide: five shows worth the drive, the train, and the excuse to get off the couch.

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

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"Death Becomes Her" has closed on Broadway, but it wasn't a verdict on the show—it was math. The national tour…

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Orville Peck in concert
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Orville Peck brings heartache and a Broadway surprise to Brooklyn
Ryan Leeds Nov 11, 2026
Delia Cunningham in "Here There Are Blueberries."
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When a picture is worth a thousand unspeakable words
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Ato Blankson-Wood in "Ms. Blakk for President."
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The drag queen who crashed the 1992 Democratic National Convention gets an encore
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The principal cast of "Paddington The Musical."
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