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(clockwise from upper left) Chess, Ragtime, Art, Rob Lake Magic, TheQueen of Versailles."
(clockwise from upper left) Chess, Ragtime, Art, Rob Lake Magic, TheQueen of Versailles."
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Our most-read theater reviews of 2025 reveal what had fans talking
By Editors Dec 27, 2025 0

What made you click, read, and share? Our top five most-read theater reviews reveal the productions that sparked the most…

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Kristen Chenoweth in "The Queen of Versailles."
Kristen Chenoweth in "The Queen of Versailles."
Reviews
‘The Queen of Versailles’: Even Kristin Chenoweth can’t save this Broadway house of cards
1 Minute Critic founder Matthew Wexler Matthew Wexler Nov 9, 2025 0

Kristin Chenoweth stars in "The Queen of Versailles," a musical as garish and empty as the mansion it depicts.

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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
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Josh Young as Jean Valjean in "Les Misérables" at Hudson Valley Shakespeare.
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