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Jeff Spurgeon finds out what's new on Broadway and beyond from Charles Isherwood, theater critic for The New York Times.
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'Shuffle Along,' an Unusual Revival Finds Its Way Back to Broadway
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May 11, 2016 |
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'Hamilton' Receives Record 16 Tony Nominations
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May 04, 2016 |
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'Waitress' Serves Up a New Recipe for Movie-to-Musical Adaptations
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Apr 27, 2016 |
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In 'Mary Page Marlowe' a Role so Big It Requires 6 Actresses
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Apr 20, 2016 |
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'Exit Strategy': The Final Days of a Failing School
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Apr 13, 2016 |
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3 Kings, 4 Plays, 12 Hours, a Shakespeare Cycle at BAM
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Apr 06, 2016 |
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'Bright Star' by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Shines on Broadway
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Mar 30, 2016 |
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'Dry Powder': a Comedy to Ignite Economic Debate
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Mar 23, 2016 |
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Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick Bring 'Disaster!' to Broadway
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Mar 16, 2016 |
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Danai Gurira Delivers On and Off Broadway
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Mar 09, 2016 |
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'Smart People' Presents Thesis on Race at Second Stage Theatre
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Feb 17, 2016 |
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Len Cariou Mixes Showstoppers with Shakespeare
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Feb 10, 2016 |
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Linda Lavin Stars in 'Our Mother's Brief Affair'
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Feb 03, 2016 |
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An Unusal Birthday Party for Thomas Merton
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Jan 27, 2016 |
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'Noises Off' Is Back On Broadway With Starry, Funny Cast
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Jan 20, 2016 |
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Red Bull Theater Brings Jacobean Drama to Off-Broadway
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Jan 13, 2016 |
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'Fiddler on the Roof' Back on Broadway
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Jan 06, 2016 |
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A New 'View From the Bridge' on Broadway
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Dec 23, 2015 |
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Shakespeare Takes a Jolly Romp Through 1960s London
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Dec 16, 2015 |
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The Rock and Roll Return of Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Dec 09, 2015 |
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Taylor Mac's Bold Comedy 'Hir' Brings Many Issues To Broadway
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Dec 02, 2015 |
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George Takai Takes to Broadway in 'Allegiance'
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Nov 25, 2015 |
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Rhythm Is Gonna Get You To Broadway
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Nov 18, 2015 |
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A.R. Gurney's 'Sylvia' Comes to Broadway
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Nov 11, 2015 |
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'Dames at Sea' Sails On To Broadway
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Nov 04, 2015 |
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Hardships and Humanity at the Holidays
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Oct 28, 2015 |
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Ugly Lies the Bone
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Oct 14, 2015 |
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Returning the 'Razzle Dazzle' to Broadway
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Oct 07, 2015 |
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'Spring Awakening' Returns to Broadway With Deaf and Hearing Cast
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Sep 30, 2015 |
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Keeping Faith in America
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Sep 23, 2015 |
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Funny Off Broadway Show Shakes Off the Summer
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Sep 16, 2015 |
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A Fall Theater Preview
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Sep 09, 2015 |
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A Bond Formed Behind Bars
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Sep 02, 2015 |
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It’s Not That Easy to Give It All Away
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Aug 26, 2015 |
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The Haunting Intimacy of 'John'
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Aug 19, 2015 |
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Shakespeare's 'Cymbeline' Comes to Central Park
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Aug 12, 2015 |
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The Historical Irony of 'Amazing Grace'
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Aug 05, 2015 |
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Looking For Love In All the Wrong Places
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Jun 24, 2015 |
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A Midsummer Night’s No-Sex Comedy
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Jun 17, 2015 |
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The Tonys Report 2015
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Jun 10, 2015 |
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The Almighty Jim Parsons
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Jun 03, 2015 |
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'The Flick' Shines Again
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May 27, 2015 |
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Competition for The Bard and The Tony
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May 06, 2015 |
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A Beautiful Gershwin Broadway Ballet
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Apr 29, 2015 |
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'Gigi' Takes Broadway, Again
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Apr 22, 2015 |
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'Buzzer' Confronts Neighborhood Dynamics in Brooklyn
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Apr 15, 2015 |
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The Not-For-Tourists Dark Comedy 'Hand to God' Opens on Broadway
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Apr 08, 2015 |
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Off Broadway, Silence Is Golden
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Apr 01, 2015 |
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Still Heidi After All These Years
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Mar 25, 2015 |
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Larry David on Broadway
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Mar 18, 2015 |
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Queen Elizabeth Comes to Broadway
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Mar 11, 2015 |
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A Radiant Darkness in Brooklyn
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Feb 18, 2015 |
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A Musical About the Other Hollywood
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Feb 11, 2015 |
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A Real Housewife of Russia, Ivan Turgenev Edition
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Feb 04, 2015 |
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Bloody Terrific
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Jan 28, 2015 |
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Boy Meets Girl, to Infinity and Beyond
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Jan 21, 2015 |
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Songs Trace a Path Through the Past
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Jan 14, 2015 |
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A Very Important List
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Jan 07, 2015 |
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A Look at the London Theater Scene
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Dec 24, 2014 |
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The Illusionists Make Broadway Magic
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Dec 17, 2014 |
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Life on an Alien World That's Ours
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Dec 10, 2014 |
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A Rodgers and Hammerstein Experiment is Revived
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Dec 03, 2014 |
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Albee's A Delicate Balance Returns to Broadway
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Nov 26, 2014 |
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Side Show Out in Front, Again
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Nov 19, 2014 |
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The Last Ship Sails Onto Broadway
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Nov 12, 2014 |
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Broadway Graced by Disgraced
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Nov 05, 2014 |
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All-Star Cast Makes It's Only a Play a Hot Ticket
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Oct 15, 2014 |
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Real Life Political Theater Put on Stage
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Oct 08, 2014 |
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An Over-Stuffed Steve Martin Musical
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Oct 01, 2014 |
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Love Letters, It’s All in the Words
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Sep 24, 2014 |
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New Surreal Comedy Explores Being Black and Gay in America
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Sep 17, 2014 |
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If These Walls Could Talk
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Sep 10, 2014 |
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Fall Theater Previews and Picks
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Sep 03, 2014 |
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The Great Society Continues the Examination of LBJ's Presidency
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Aug 27, 2014 |
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Midsummer Theater Doesn't Slow Down at Canada's Stratford Festival
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Aug 20, 2014 |
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Sex With Strangers In the Digital Age
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Aug 13, 2014 |
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This Beauty Contest is a Drag
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Aug 06, 2014 |
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Trophy Wife Trouble in Texas
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Jul 30, 2014 |
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A Mother's Life Told by Her Daughter in Music
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Jul 23, 2014 |
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Brigadoon, Awakened Once Again
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Jul 16, 2014 |
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A Look Back at Burgeoning Feminism
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Jul 09, 2014 |
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A Singer-Songwriter's Coming-of-Age Story in Song
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Jul 02, 2014 |
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The '90s Jukebox Sounds Different
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Jun 25, 2014 |
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The Who & the What Examines Family and Faith
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Jun 18, 2014 |
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Kenneth Branagh Makes New York Stage Debut in Macbeth
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Jun 11, 2014 |
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Jim Dale's Showbiz Story
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Jun 04, 2014 |
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The Cripple of Inishmaan Comes to Broadway
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May 28, 2014 |
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Woody Allen's Bullets Comes to Broadway
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May 07, 2014 |
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Talking Tony Nominations
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Apr 30, 2014 |
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Violet Blooms on Broadway
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Apr 23, 2014 |
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Audra McDonald is Broadway’s Lady Day
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Apr 16, 2014 |
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Playwright Will Eno Debuts on Broadway
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Apr 09, 2014 |
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Les Miserables Returns to Broadway
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Apr 02, 2014 |
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Disney's Aladdin Comes to Broadway
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Mar 26, 2014 |
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Broadway Takes on Stallone's Rocky
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Mar 19, 2014 |
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Bryan Cranston debuts on Broadway in All the Way
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Mar 12, 2014 |
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A Romance Rekindled in Stage Kiss
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Mar 05, 2014 |
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Bombers on Broadway
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Feb 12, 2014 |
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Sleep No More Meets Mozart in New Immersive Production
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Feb 05, 2014 |
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The Irish Romance of 'Outside Mullingar'
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Jan 29, 2014 |
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Carole King Comes to Broadway
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Jan 22, 2014 |
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The Month of Theatrical Experimentation
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Jan 15, 2014 |
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Art Imitates Scandal in The Commons of Pensacola
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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Curtain Up on Broadway 2014
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Jan 01, 2014 |
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The Life and Death of Marina Abramović
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Dec 18, 2013 |
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A Distinctive Pop Voice, Refreshed Off-Broadway
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Dec 11, 2013 |
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Two Knights on Broadway
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Dec 04, 2013 |
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Eight Roles is Enough for Jefferson Mays
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Nov 27, 2013 |
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The Jazz Age is Revived in After Midnight
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Nov 20, 2013 |
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John Grisham Novel Comes to Broadway for the First Time
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Nov 13, 2013 |
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Rattigan Revived: The Winslow Boy Back on Broadway
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Nov 06, 2013 |
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Spending a Night with Janis Joplin
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Oct 16, 2013 |
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Billie Holiday's Story and Music Hits Broadway in Lady Day
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Oct 09, 2013 |
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Bryan Cranston in 'All the Way'
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Oct 02, 2013 |
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Small Town Plays Featured in NYC's West Village
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Sep 11, 2013 |
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Adulterers Flirting with the World Beyond
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Sep 04, 2013 |
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Fall Preview: An Eclectic NY Theater Season
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Aug 28, 2013 |
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Opposites Attract in New Broadway Musical 'First Date'
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Aug 21, 2013 |
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Less Shakespeare and More Musical in the Park
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Aug 14, 2013 |
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'The Jungle Book' Comes to the Stage
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Aug 07, 2013 |
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A Two-Man Whodunit Heads Uptown
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Jul 31, 2013 |
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Reality TV: The Musical
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Jul 24, 2013 |
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In the Basement with Babs
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Jul 17, 2013 |
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Lincoln Center Festival Journeys to the West
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Jul 10, 2013 |
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London Calling
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Jul 03, 2013 |
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Private School Lessons Offered in A Kid Like Jake
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Jun 26, 2013 |
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Shakespeare in the Park Kicks Off with Kid-Friendly Comedy
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Jun 19, 2013 |
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A Broadway Story: Tony Loves Kinky
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Jun 12, 2013 |
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'War and Peace' – with Music and Tableside Service, Too
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Jun 05, 2013 |
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Bette Midler Returns to Broadway as Legendary '70s Talent Agent
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May 29, 2013 |
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Tony Awards Forecast: Kinky and Matty (and Masha and Spike)
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May 01, 2013 |
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Telekinetic Matilda Moves Broadway
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Apr 24, 2013 |
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The Sounds of the Motor City Roll onto Broadway
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Apr 17, 2013 |
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Tom Hanks is Broadway’s Lucky Guy
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Apr 10, 2013 |
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Singing and Dancing on Broadway (But Don’t Let Go of the Truck)
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Apr 03, 2013 |
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From the Political Stage to the Broadway Stage: Ann Richards is Resurrected in 'Ann'
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Mar 20, 2013 |
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Familiar Territory for Two Observers of the Disaffected
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Mar 13, 2013 |
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Beautiful on the Surface, Darkness Just Beneath
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Mar 06, 2013 |
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Does 'Moose Murders' Still Hold Up (as One of the Worst Plays Ever)?
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Feb 13, 2013 |
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Verdi in Vegas Brings a Touch of Broadway to the Metropolitan Opera
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Feb 06, 2013 |
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Conversation Becomes Theater in 'Life and Times'
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Jan 30, 2013 |
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Scarlett Johansson Headlines a New Broadway 'Cat'
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Jan 23, 2013 |
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Laurie Metcalf Keeps Her Character in 'Place'
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Jan 16, 2013 |
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A Pulitzer Prize-Winner Probes Connections and Re-Connections
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Jan 09, 2013 |
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New Shows in New Haven
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Dec 26, 2012 |
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A Civil War Christmas Story
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Dec 19, 2012 |
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Broadway’s Diamond Anniversary for Golden Boy
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Dec 12, 2012 |
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A New York Scandal Goes Home to the Heartland in Dead Accounts
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Dec 05, 2012 |
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What’s in a Name? Chekhov, Obviously
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Nov 28, 2012 |
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The Piano Lesson Plays Again on New York Stage
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Nov 21, 2012 |
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Serious Stage Turn for 'Daily Show's' Aasif Mandvi in Disgraced
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Nov 07, 2012 |
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Revival Arrives on Broadway
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Oct 31, 2012 |
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Finding Grace on Broadway with Paul Rudd, Ed Asner
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Oct 10, 2012 |
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After Four Decades, An Enemy of the People Returns to Broadway
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Oct 03, 2012 |
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Detroit as a Metaphor for Declining Middle Class
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Sep 26, 2012 |
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No Show, or Star, is Safe From Forbidden Broadway
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Sep 12, 2012 |
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Horton Foote's One-Act Plays Get Their Due
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Sep 05, 2012 |
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Stratford Shakespeare Festival at 60
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Aug 29, 2012 |
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Taking a Trip Into the Woods
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Aug 22, 2012 |
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Public Theater Takes Richard III on the Road
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Aug 15, 2012 |
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New Show Brings Cheerleading to Broadway
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Aug 08, 2012 |
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'The Cockfight Play,' An Emotional and Raw Love Battle
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Aug 01, 2012 |
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Warrior Class Hits Its Talking Points
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Jul 25, 2012 |
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A Madman's Macbeth
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Jul 18, 2012 |
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Tom Murphy Triple Bill Shares Common Themes
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Jul 11, 2012 |
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Uncle Vanya Arrives Off and On Broadway
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Jul 04, 2012 |
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Shakespeare and Sondheim in the Park
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Jun 27, 2012 |
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Harvey Returns to Broadway With Reinvigorated Charm
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Jun 20, 2012 |
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It's Complicated in Rapture, Blister, Burn's Post-Feminist Era
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Jun 13, 2012 |
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New Plays Based in Reality and Possibly Bound for Broadway
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Jun 06, 2012 |
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Title and Deed Explores Adventurous Side of Theater
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May 30, 2012 |
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One Man, Two Guvnors Crosses the Pond To Broadway Buzz
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May 23, 2012 |
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Should O'Neil's Iceman Cometh to Broadway?
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May 09, 2012 |
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This Year's Tony Award Nods and Snubs
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May 02, 2012 |
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Broadway Goes to the Movies But Will the Tony?
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Apr 25, 2012 |
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Evita Joins Superstar in Broadway Revival
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Apr 18, 2012 |
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4000 Miles Retains Intimacy With Move Uptown
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Apr 11, 2012 |
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Superstar Brings Buzz Back to Broadway
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Mar 28, 2012 |
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A Relevant 21st Century ‘Salesman’
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Mar 21, 2012 |
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The Return of Carrie
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Mar 14, 2012 |
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Expanded Home and Mission for Signature Theatre Company
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Feb 22, 2012 |
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A Wickedly Fun and Commanding Kevin Spacey in BAM's Richard III
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Feb 15, 2012 |
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The Roundabout's New 'Angry Young Man' for 2012
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Feb 08, 2012 |
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A South African Playwright's Intimate Look Spirituality
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Feb 01, 2012 |
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Andy Warhol-Influenced Production Earns Encore
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Jan 25, 2012 |
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Refashioning 'Porgy and Bess' as a Musical
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Jan 18, 2012 |
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Four Theater Festivals to Beat the Winter Blahs
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Jan 11, 2012 |
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Once is Not Enough
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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Off Broadway Plays Take a Dark Look at Suburbia
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Dec 21, 2011 |
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Family Dynamics, Explosions and Revealed Secrets
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Dec 14, 2011 |
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An Unhappy Hour for Ethan Coen
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Dec 07, 2011 |
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Blood and Gifts Excels at Cold War Spy Game Suspense
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Nov 30, 2011 |
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Jackman, LuPone and Patinkin in Concert
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Nov 23, 2011 |
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Godspell Returns to Broadway for 40th Anniversary
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Nov 16, 2011 |
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Nina Arianda Revives Venus in Fur Role on Broadway
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Nov 09, 2011 |
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Isherwood's Two Cents on The Threepenny Opera at BAM
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Oct 12, 2011 |
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Is Playwright Adam Rapp Working Too Hard?
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Oct 05, 2011 |
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'Imagining Madoff' As Monster and As Human
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Sep 28, 2011 |
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Stephen Sondheim's 'Follies'
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Sep 21, 2011 |
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Fall Preview: The Season in Theater
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Sep 14, 2011 |
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Stratford Festival Part Deux: Dennehy Times Two
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Sep 07, 2011 |
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A 'Superstar' at The Stratford Festival
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Aug 31, 2011 |
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Chekhov's Uncle Vanya
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Aug 24, 2011 |
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Olive and the Bitter Herbs
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Aug 17, 2011 |
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Actors Turned Writers
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Aug 10, 2011 |
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The Royal Shakespeare Company Bids Thee Farewell
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Aug 03, 2011 |
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More 'Hair' on Broadway
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Jul 20, 2011 |
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The Royal Shakespeare Company Transforms the Park Avenue Armory
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Jul 13, 2011 |
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Dissecting Shakespeare in the Park 2011
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Jul 06, 2011 |
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Tales of San Francisco
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Jun 22, 2011 |
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'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' Opens At Last
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Jun 15, 2011 |
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Charles Isherwood’s Tony Awards Forecast
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Jun 08, 2011 |
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An Unlikely Macbeth Adaptation
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Jun 01, 2011 |
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Classic Plays Revisited and Revised Off-Broadway
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May 11, 2011 |
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Tony Award Nominations
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May 04, 2011 |
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Nun Mania Hits New York Stages
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Apr 27, 2011 |
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The Extraordinary Broadway Season of Actor Mark Rylance
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Apr 20, 2011 |
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Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
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Apr 13, 2011 |