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‘Oliver!’ Review: Tunes, Glorious Tunes, in a Grimly Cheerful Revival

Bart, Lionel Cooper, Lilli Dickens, Charles Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert (Series) Esparza, Raul New York City Center Theater Oliver! (Play) Theater Theater (Off Broadway)

‘Oliver!’ Review: Tunes, Glorious Tunes, in a Grimly Cheerful Revival

The Encores! production, directed by Lear deBessonet, looks to deepen and darken a musical that resists the change. But it’s still delightful.

By Jesse Green

Michael R. Jackson on the Soap Opera Origins of ‘White Girl in Danger’

Black People Blain-Cruz, Lileana Jackson, Michael R Kelly, Raja Feather Rigg, Adam Second Stage Theater Soap Operas Television Theater Theater (Off Broadway) Vineyard Theater White Girl in Danger (Play) Whites

Michael R. Jackson on the Soap Opera Origins of ‘White Girl in Danger’

The musical’s creator and creative team discuss their influences, including “Days of Our Lives,” “Showgirls” and D’Angelo.

By Maya Phillips

Final Sondheim Musical Will Be Staged in New York This Fall

Bunuel, Luis Ives, David Kirdahy, Thomas J Mantello, Joe Nonprofit Organizations Shed (Manhattan, NY) Sondheim, Stephen Theater Theater (Off Broadway)

Final Sondheim Musical Will Be Staged in New York This Fall

His long-gestating final show, now titled “Here We Are,” is coming to the Shed; it is inspired by two Luis Buñuel films.

By Michael Paulson

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

Parks, Suzan-Lori Public Theater Taccone, Tony The Harder They Come (Play) Theater Theater (Off Broadway) Trujillo, Sergio

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