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Review: A musically glorious and starry ‘Sweeney Todd’ revival

Posted on March 27, 2023

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Review | If not necessarily bad, ‘Bad Cinderella’ is kind of eh….

Posted on March 24, 2023

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The spoken ‘WOeRD’: East Village festival showcases powerful work of women artists

Posted on March 22, 2023

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Review | Revival of Fosse’s 1978 dance revue is a waste

Posted on March 20, 2023

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Review | Donna Murphy leads the quirky mess of ‘Dear World’ at City Center Encores!

Posted on March 16, 2023

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Review | Disney’s ‘Hercules’ fails to go the distance

Posted on March 5, 2023

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Review | 60 years later, Lorraine Hansberry’s follow-up to ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ remains a muddled mess

Posted on February 27, 2023

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amBroadway | Neo-Nazi group protests outside ‘Parade’ on Broadway

Posted on February 26, 2023

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Local artists join forces to open new performance and arts space, the Brooklyn Art Haus, in Williamsburg

East Village theater presents "Who Murdered Love?"

New East Village show ‘Who Murdered Love?’ offers a ‘psychedelic’ twist of a mystery musical

Posted on February 8, 2023

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amBroadway | Actor protests gender-based Tony categories, ‘Into the Woods’ cast wins Grammy

Posted on February 7, 2023

59E59’s 2023 production of THE IMMORTAL JELLYFISH GIRL – Photo by Richard Termine

amBroadway | ‘Jellyfish Girl’ makes for transporting experimental theater

Posted on February 5, 2023

More great off-Broadway shows to see this winter

Posted on January 22, 2023

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‘Rock the Line’ spotlights the unsung heroes of fandom

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amBroadway | Off-Broadway in the winter

Posted on January 18, 2023

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amBroadway: ‘Parade’ with Ben Platt marches on Great White Way, ‘Little Shop’ shakeup and more

Posted on January 15, 2023

Peter Pan Goes Wrong coming to Broadway

amBroadway | ‘Peter Pan’ takes a ‘Wrong’ turn; ‘Ohio State Murders’ cuts run short, and more

Posted on January 8, 2023

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Here’s all the Broadway shows scheduled to close this month

Posted on January 2, 2023

The Music Man among Broadway's most disappointing shows in 2022.

Year in Review | The most disappointing Broadway and Off-Broadway shows of 2022

Posted on December 28, 2022

The cast of Into the Woods on Broadway

amBroadway | The best shows of 2022

Posted on December 20, 2022

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A war of wits: ‘The Mari Lwyd,’ an immersive theatrical bar crawl, debuts at Industry City

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amBroadway | ‘Ain’t No Mo’ extends run, ‘Stranger Things’ star added to ‘Sweeney Todd’ cast, and more

Posted on December 18, 2022

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‘Nobody wants to admit that they’re not selling tickets’: Manhattan’s theaters and entertainment venues are still struggling

Posted on December 15, 2022

Lindsay Mendez, Katie Rose Clarke, Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe in "Merrily We Roll Along" at New York Theatre Workshop

Review | ‘Merrily’ shines in new Off-Broadway revival

Posted on December 13, 2022

Some Like it Hot on Broadway

amBroadway | Many ought to ‘Like It Hot’, Audra McDonald returns to the stage and more

Posted on December 11, 2022

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Lost Stephen Sondheim musical reveals insight into a giant

Posted on December 6, 2022

Neil Diamond jukebox musical A Beautiful Noise

Review | Neil Diamond becomes the subject of the latest lame jukebox bio musical, ‘A Beautiful Noise’

Posted on December 4, 2022

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Arts & Entertainment

Borscht Belt comedian Freddie Roman dies at age 85

Posted on November 27, 2022

Irene Cara

New York native Irene Cara, ‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ singer-actor, dies at 63

Posted on November 26, 2022

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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2022: When and where to watch, balloon and star lineup, and more

Posted on November 23, 2022

Lorna Courtney and the cast of "& Juliet"

‘& Juliet’ reconceives Shakespeare as contemporary teen pop

Posted on November 18, 2022

Penny Arcade

‘The Art of Becoming’ Penny Arcade, a Lower East Side artist doing things her own way for decades

Posted on November 16, 2022

Mike Birbiglia

Arts & Entertainment

Review | Mike Birbiglia scores again on Broadway with ‘The Old Man and Pool’

Posted on November 13, 2022

Cast members of Kimberly Akimbo

Review | Great adventure with ‘Kimberly Akimbo’

Posted on November 12, 2022

Almost Famous musical company

Review | Cameron Crowe trashes ‘Almost Famous’ with unnecessary musical adaptation

Posted on November 6, 2022

Staten Island! The Musical

‘Staten Island! The Musical’ to have limited run in Manhattan this December

Posted on November 4, 2022

Parade

Review | Ben Platt scores in ‘Parade’ at City Center

Posted on November 2, 2022

Jim Parsons in "A Man of No Importance" Off-Broadway

Review | Jim Parsons leads Off-Broadway revival of great ‘Importance’

Posted on October 30, 2022

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Review | ‘Topdog/‌Underdog’ scores a winning hand

Posted on October 20, 2022

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Actress Kathleen Turner dives deep in Brooklyn for one night only in ‘Finding My Voice’ on Nov. 5

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Review | Lea Michele reinvigorates ‘Funny Girl’

Posted on October 17, 2022

The Piano Lesson

Review | A ‘Piano Lesson’ worth learning

Posted on October 13, 2022

Death of a Salesman revived with Black principal cast

Review | ‘Death of a Salesman’ shines with Black principal cast

Posted on October 9, 2022

The company of Roundabout Theatre Company's 1776

Review | ‘1776’ is reconceived for 2022 with extremely mixed results

Posted on October 6, 2022

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Review | ‘Cost of Living’ brings disabilities drama to Broadway

Posted on October 3, 2022

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Andrew Lloyd Webber to transfer his ‘Cinderella’ to Broadway

Posted on October 3, 2022

Leopoldstadt review

Review | Tom Stoppard reflects on Jewish roots in lavish ‘Leopoldstadt’

Posted on October 2, 2022

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Review | Send it back to Sesame Street

Posted on September 27, 2022

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