Laura Collins-Hughes
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A Starry Cast Navigates ‘Uncle Vanya’ and ‘Every Emotion Under the Sun’
Steve Carell, William Jackson Harper, Alison Pill and Anika Noni Rose discuss the new translation of Chekhov that brought them to the farm.
‘Amid Falling Walls’ Review: Songs of Resilience From the Holocaust Era
A new musical from National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene stitches together music written and performed in Eastern Europe in the 1930s and ’40s.
Searching for Brian Friel, and His Mythical Ballybeg
Irish Repertory Theater’s season-long survey of the playwright’s work prompted our reporter to seek out the Irish town that inspired the imaginary site of so...
‘Melissa Etheridge: My Window’ Review: Musings on Life and Music
On Broadway, this rock concert spliced with memoir has gained a striking intimacy.
Reeling From Heartbreak, and Then ‘Penelope’ Showed Up
Alex Bechtel’s new musical, sort of “a pandemic parable,” gives voice to a mythical character in “The Odyssey.”
‘On Cedar Street’ Meets ‘Here You Come Again’
“Here You Come Again” and “On Cedar Street” are very different new musicals about people who are unmoored and seek companionship to make it through.
‘Good Vibrations’ Review: The Saving Power of Punk
In a big-hearted musical about a 1970s Belfast record store owner and the punk movement he nurtured, music is the real hero.
Review: In ‘Days of Wine and Roses,’ Two Souls Lost in an Ocean of Booze
In Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel’s jazzy new musical, Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James are a glamorous couple succumbing to alcoholism.
Playing Neil Diamond: A Dream Role, and a ‘Crazy Privilege’
Will Swenson, the star of “A Beautiful Noise,” has come a long way from his days as an eighth grader wooing girls with his Diamond...
Review: In This ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Music, Moors and Untamed Spirits
Emma Rice’s glorious stage adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel is a feat of storytelling, with a singing and dancing chorus embodying the moors.