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Stephen Sondheim’s Final Musical is Opening. How Complete Was It?

Sondheim said days before his death in 2021 that he did not know when it would be finished, but the musical, now called “Here We Are,” begins performances Thursday.

By Michael Paulson

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Nonprofit Theaters Are in Crisis. A Times Reporter Spoke With 72 of Them

Michael Paulson spoke with producers and artistic directors at nonprofit theaters across the country about the crisis their industry is facing.

By Sarah Bahr

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Alicia Keys Is Making a Musical. Her Own Life Inspired the Story.

The show is a highlight of the Public Theater’s new season, which will also include plays by Suzan-Lori Parks, Itamar Moses, Mary Kathryn Nagle and Ife Olujobi.

By Michael Paulson

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Review: In ‘The Harder They Come,’ Innocence Lost to a Reggae Beat

A stage adaptation of the 1972 movie about a Jamaican singer turned outlaw hero sounds great but falls hard at the Public Theater.

By Jesse Green

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