

Jesse Green
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‘Cabaret’ Review: Dancing, and Screaming, at the End of the World
Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin star in a buzzy Broadway revival that rips the skin off the 1966 musical.

‘The Who’s Tommy’ Review: Going Full Tilt
Will the Who’s rock opera about a traumatized boy hit the jackpot again?

Review: An Affair to Dismember, in the Gory Musical ‘Teeth’
A cult horror film about a teenage girl with a surprise set of chompers gets another surprise: the song-and-dance treatment.

Cast Album Roundup: ‘Sweeney Todd,’ ‘Parade,’ ‘Camelot’ and More
Recordings of Broadway musicals are often better than the shows they preserve. Here’s a ranking of last year’s crop, with samples and bonus tracks.

The Queer Kids Are All Right. And Now They’re Making Me Better.
How watching gay coming-of-age stories has helped repair a heart still stuck in the past — and still scarred by a less welcoming world.

Chita Rivera, Finding Her Voice
Her dancing sometimes overshadowed her thrillingly dramatic way with a song: husky yet clarion, unaffected but full of comment and character.

Chita Rivera Found Her Emotional Voice for Shows Like ‘West Side Story’
Her dancing sometimes overshadowed her thrillingly dramatic way with a song: husky yet clarion, unaffected but full of comment and character.

Leave the Poor Princess Alone
Less than 30 years after her death, fictional reincarnations of Diana are everywhere. But even icons deserve more time to rest in peace.

‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Review: Bringing a Classic Record to Life
A new Off Broadway musical adds the thrill of intimacy and the weight of history to the Cuban songs popularized on a 1997 album.

‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Review: Alicia Keys’s Musical Is Ambitious
A promising Off Broadway jukebox musical features hits by the R&B star (including “Fallin’,” “If I Ain’t Got You” and “No One”) and a story...