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‘Dead Outlaw’ Review: This Bandit Has Mummy Issues

A truly twisted yarn about a long-lived corpse makes a surprisingly feel-good Broadway musical.

‘Just in Time’ Review: Jonathan Groff Channels Bobby Darin

Groff is sensational as the ’60s “nightclub animal” in a Broadway bio-musical jukebox that doesn’t live up to its star.

Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Old Friends’ Review: A Broadway Party With 41 Songs

Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga lead the festivities in a new Broadway revue of the great musical dramatist’s work.

‘Boop! The Musical’ Review: Betty Gets a Broadway Brand Extension

The It girl with the spit curl looks great for 100, but her Broadway musical, which feels like one big merch grab, is boop-boop-a-don’t.

‘The Last Five Years’ Review: Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren Star in a Muddy Revival

Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren star in a muddy revival of Jason Robert Brown’s still-scathing musical.

Review: Clooney, Fair and Balanced, in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’

George Clooney makes Edward R. Murrow a saint of sane journalism for a world that still needs one in a stage adaptation of the 2005...

Review: ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ With Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr

Kieran Culkin, Bill Burr and Bob Odenkirk star in a bumpy revival of David Mamet’s play about salesmen with nothing worth selling.

In ‘Othello,’ Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal Are Prey and Predator

Shakespeare’s leanest tragedy gets a starry, headlong production that embraces the action but misses the mystery.

Review: Eight Andrew Scotts in a Heartbreaking Solo ‘Vanya’

Playing all the characters in an update of Chekhov, the Irish actor turns what could be merely a stunt into a tour de force.

A Ferocious Paul Mescal Stars in a Brutal ‘Streetcar’

Desire comes a distant second to violence in a Brooklyn revival of the Tennessee Williams classic.