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Category: Theater
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‘Masquerade’ Reimagined ‘Phantom,’ and the Fans Are Flocking
The immersive adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical is a hit, with some people coming back a dozen times since it began performances last summer.
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‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Will End Broadway Run and Open Overseas
Though the show will close in New York next month, a North American tour will continue, and productions in Australia, Germany and South Korea are planned.
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Applying Richard Foreman’s Off-Kilter Aesthetic (and Ducks) to Opera
The composer Michael Gordon collaborated with Foreman on “What to Wear” in 2006. The opera makes its belated New York premiere at BAM on Thursday.
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Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson to Star in ‘Fear of 13’ on Broadway
The play, about a man who spends decades on death row before being exonerated by DNA evidence, will have a 16-week run this spring.
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Follow Ian McKellen Into the Mixed Reality Future in ‘An Ark’
Audiences can embark on a very different type of theatrical experience in a new play at the Shed, blending the physical world with digital content.
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Bahram Beyzaie, Filmmaker Who Led Iran’s New Wave, Dies at 87
Despite a ceaseless battle against government censors, he was celebrated as one of his country’s greatest auteurs, winning praise from luminaries like Martin Scorsese.
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‘Bug’ Review: Carrie Coon Is Superb in an American Gothic Tale
Tracy Letts’s eerily topical, decades-old play about a woman’s descent into a world of conspiracy theories makes its nerve-rattling Broadway debut.
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To Be or Not to Be: That Is the Question Filmmakers Can’t Resist
The Shakespearean monologue that is featured twice in “Hamnet” has long informed the movies, often in surprising ways that can make us rethink the words.
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Stephen Schwartz Criticizes Kennedy Center, Saying He Won’t Host Gala
The Washington National Opera said the “Wicked” composer was scheduled to host its annual event at the center this spring.
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On ‘Best Medicine,’ Josh Charles Has a Heart
After years of playing smarmy characters, the actor is stepping up as the lead in a comedy about a grumpy but charming doctor.
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Deaths in 2025: A Yearlong Procession of Giants
Marquee names all, they found international fame in the arts, politics, the sciences and beyond.