1984 on Broadway - a Prequel - George Orwell's novel about a dystopian world has been relevant for almost 70 years. . .it's more scarily so than ever in its latest page to stage adaptation. . . Read
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A Doll's House, Part 2Extended to 1/07/18!- Lucas Hnuth's highly original sequel to Ibsen's classic adds yet another terrific new play to the Broadway season. . . Read
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Anastasia - The famous Russian princess fairy tale boasts a top team Read
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Hello, Dolly! - Jerry Herman's bouncy score plus Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce . . .no wonder this old-fashioned musical is the season's hottest ticket. . . Read
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Groundhog Day - Even an injured knee can't keep Andy Karl from making our visit to Punxsutawney, Pa. fun . . . Read
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Bandstand -
The masterful choreographer of Hamilton and a first-class musical theater team have concocted a show that mixes music inspired by the swing era with an overall sensibility that's up-to-the-minute.. .Read
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Indecentin response to all the support, the show will run a bit longer, now closing 8/06/1- Paula Vogel's more relevant than ever homage to the power (and danger) of creativity and dissent. . .Read
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War Paint -musical stars Patty LuPone and Christine Ebersole do their utmost to make to stars of the beauty industry fascinating. . . Read
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Oslo - Extended to 7/16 after winning Tony for Best Play! it's a talky play, but the talk is wonderful in this welcome Broadway production Read
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Present Laughter - Kevin Kline as Noel Coward's self-absorbed Garry Essendine and a topnotch cast once again prove there's nothing insignificant about wit and laughter in an age weighed down by significantly weighty issues. . . Read
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Sweat - the 2017 Pulitzer Winner is closing 6/25 The Trump presidency makes the story of Lynn Nottage's under-educated, blue collar workers more relevant than ever. . . Read
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Miss Saigon -
Claude-Michel Schönberg-Alain Boublil- Richard Maltby Jr musical is back at the same theater where it made its long running Broadway debut-- and so is the helicopter. . .Read
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Come From Away - Its uplift message has helped this fact-based musical fly from Canada to Broadway. . . Read
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Sunset Boulevard -
Has-been movie star Norma Desmond' may not be ready for her close-up as she claims, but Glenn Close is not only ready but better than ever in her reprise of the demented Norma. . . Read
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Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 - (update to now cover both Josh Groban and understudy Scott Stangland's as Pierre in the little musical engine that could at Broadway's 1000-seat Imperial theater. . . Read
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Dear Evan Hansen - A small musical's big heart and big on talent cast is now a welcome addition to the Broadway musical scene. . . Read
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A Bronx Tale - Chazz Palminteri's solo play gets yet another life as a Broadway musical. . . Read
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School of Rock - It's a large, loud show with a totally improbable plot but it;s impossible not to root for its ensemble of super talented kids . . . .
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Napoli, Brooklyn - Meghan Kennedy's play about the effect of the burgeoning social changes and an actual flight disaster on her own family. . . Read
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Measure For Measure - Staged by
Simon Godwin in modern-dress and with fresh bite and emotional immediacy. . .Read
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The Traveling Lady -Extended to 7/30/17! a welcome return to Horton Foote's beloved sleepy Texas town where nothing much happens. . .until it does! Read
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Fulfillment Center -Extended to 7/16! A formidably talented cast forcefully brings Abe Koogler's unhappy characters to life in this world premiere at MTC's smallest venue. . . Read
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Somebody's Daughter - Playwright Chisa Hutchinson proves herself a sharp-eyed observer of character with an up-to-the minute ear for how Americans of differing ages and backgrounds speak and interact. Read
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Julius Caesar - a Trump-inspired Caesar steps out of a bathtub to meet those who've come not to praise but to bury him . . . Read
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Cost of Living - life isn't easy for Martyna Majok four characters, neither is it always easy to watch them dealing with the blows they've been dealt. . . Read
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Animal - Claire Lizzimore's play may be providing a heavy dose of the psychotic. But who will complain when its being doled out by the terrific Rebecca Hall. . . Read
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Sweetee You gotta have heart and this little show has it despite plot and other problems . . .
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The Government InspectorReturning for another 6 weeks at New World Stages! - Don't be surprised if some of the over-the-top characters in Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation of Gogol's farce remind you of some of the real life shenanigans in our current body politic. . . Read
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The Boy Who Danced On Air -this well-crafted production and its gifted performers bring an intriguing, though certainly unsettling tradition to the stage. . . Read
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The Whirligig - Hamish Linklater dons his playwright's hat for a complex story about how the untimely death of a young woman sends her parents and others who knew her into a whirligig of grief and guilt. . . Read
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The Lucky One -A.A. Milne's 1922 play about sibling rivalry among the upper class gets another go by the Mint Theater. . . Read
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Derren Brown: Secret - The
British mentalist and illusionist pulls out his full bag of tricks for his Atlantic Theater debut Read
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Pacific Overtures - Stephen Sondheim's complex musical given a timely political focus with drastic, but brilliant new staging John Doyle. . . Read
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Sweeney ToddExtended to 12/31! -the Demon Barber's story goes immersive, its thrilling music intact and the pies and mash served before show time are delicious . . .Read
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Spamilton Extended again to 12/28/17!-
It was inevitable that Gerard Alessandrini would find the rap rage that has taken over the spotlight on Broadway with the mega hit Hamilton. . . Read More
CommonDC Moore's new play for Headlong and the National Theatre astonishes and confuses. . . Read
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887 Robert Lepage's storytelling narrative compels for two hours as he looks at his memories with all the technical wizardy commanding astounding visuals . . . Read
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Othello The Tobacco Factory and English Touring Theatre's Othello is the best I have ever seen for clarity and understanding. We were blown away by Mark Lockyer's Iago and Abraham Popoola's Othello . . . Read
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The FerrymanJez Butterworth's epic successor to Jerusalem is set in a family in Northern Ireland among the troubles and has its West End transfer booked . . . Read
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An American in Paris
London's Dominion Theatre welcomes the Tony award winning musical of An American in Paris with its balletic dance and fabulous visuals . . . Read
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The Girls
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth's charming musical about the middle aged women who stripped off for a nude charity calendar is delightful, poignant and well worth seeing . . . Read
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child -
John Tiffany's startling production of the eighth story in the Harry Potter series charms fans and Muggles alike in the theatrical event of the year . . . . . Read
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Les Blancs - Lorraine Hansberry's last completed play has visions larger than Africa itself, and the fearless Rogue Machine Theatre Company proves just the entity to tame it. . . Read
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Ragtime
- Barrington Stage has created a tight, intimate production that tells a timeless dramatic tale which parallels many of today's headlines and reminds us of the possibility of redemption, change and love. Read
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Million Dollar Quart - James Barry has this popular musical still rock at Berkshire's Theater Group's Unicorn Theater Read
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The Birds - Conor McPherson's own take on the famour DuMaurier story . . .Read
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4000 Miles - Amy Herzog's play receives a fine production at Shakespeare & Co. Read
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You don't make peace with the people you have dinner parties with. You make peace with the people who bomb your markets and blow up your buses. —Terje Rod-Larsen in Oslo
There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the Locusts. Then there are people who watch them do it. . . Sometimes I think it ain't right to stand and watch them do it. — Addie, in
The Little Foxes
Dear Republicans, dear Mr. Trump: if you encircle our country with the tallest walls of steel while abolishing the NEA, the NEH, and PBS, you are not making America great again. We will be imprisoned in a vast cultural wasteland.— from open letter in defense of the Trump cuts to the arts and education by Paula Vogel, Publitzer Prize winner and author of
Indecent , now on Broadway
Even if you've always been that Barely-in-the-background kind of guy/You still matter— Dear Evan Hansen
