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Allison Janney and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in "Other Desert Cities."

Allison Janney and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in "Other Desert Cities."

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In ‘Other Desert Cities,’ Julia Louis-Dreyfus arrives on Broadway as the mother every memoirist fears

Lindsay B. Davis Oct 19, 2026 0

"Other Desert Cities" seats Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Lily Rabe and Joe Keery around a Christmas Eve tell-all.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Legend

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Legend

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Legend, and 13 more reasons fall is NYC’s best arts season

Matthew Wexler Sep 17, 2026 0

Broadway revivals, a Lichtenstein retrospective, and a John Legend premiere. NYC's fall arts calendar is stacked. Here are the 15…

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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

Matthew Wexler Nov 9, 2026

The principal cast of "Paddington The Musical."

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The bear is the bonus. Jessie Mueller returns to Broadway in ‘Paddington’

By Editors Nov 9, 2026

(l to r) Solea Pfeiffer, Ledisi, and Liisi LaFontaine in "Wanted."

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‘Wanted’ rides onto Broadway with rafter-shaking vocals and a few holes in its holster

Matthew Wexler Nov 8, 2026

Matte Martinez and the cast of "In the Heights."

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Could Broadway make room for a third Lin-Manuel Miranda musical?

Matthew Wexler Nov 8, 2026