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2024-25 Broadway season recap

Take 5

There’s no Tony for chemistry, but it can make or break a Broadway show

Matthew Wexler Jun 12, 2025 0

What creates Broadway chemistry? Inside the 2024-25 season's explosive hits and shows that couldn't find their spark.

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Robyn Hurder in "Smash."

Reviews

Marilyn in triplicate: ‘Smash’ is Broadway’s most meta moment yet

Matthew Wexler Apr 10, 2025 0

After more than a decade, "Smash" transports from TV to the Broadway stage.

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Robyn Hurder in "Smash."

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PHOTOS: Broadway’s newest bombshell, ‘Smash,’ finally arrives

Matthew Wexler Apr 4, 2025 0

The short-lived TV series makes its way to the Great White Way. Will "Smash" knock it out of the park…

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Jessica Lee Goldyn in "Gotta Dance!"

Dance Reviews

‘Gotta Dance!’ proves Broadway’s best choreography lives on

Matthew Wexler Dec 3, 2025

The cast of The Second City's "Holidazed and Amused."

Reviews

The Second City unwraps seasonal satire in ‘Holidazed and Amused’

Lauren Emily Whalen Dec 2, 2025

Regional theater production collage, December 2025

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5 regional theater productions worth the trip this December

Lauren Emily Whalen Dec 2, 2025

"The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions," Manchester International Festival, 2023.

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From underground cult classic to theater spectacle, this queer manifesto finally lands in NYC

Matthew Wexler Dec 1, 2025