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Review | Encores! returns to City Center with ‘Tap Dance Kid’

Posted on February 3, 2022

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Theater

In need of some laughs? ‘Just For Us’ brings the fun at the Cherry Lane Theatre

Posted on February 2, 2022

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Review | ‘MJ’ is a sanitized Michael Jackson tribute

Posted on February 1, 2022

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Review | ‘Skeleton Crew’ looks for hope despite economic collapse

Posted on January 26, 2022

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Big Apple Buzz | John Legend and Chrissy Teigen selling Nolita apartment, SNL’s Staten Island boys buy big boat, and more

Posted on January 26, 2022

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Theater

New two-man show ‘Space Dogs’ to premiere Off-Broadway next month

Posted on January 25, 2022

Broadway

amBroadway | ‘Perfect Crime’ halted due to burglary, leading wizard in ‘Harry Potter’ dismissed and more

Posted on January 25, 2022

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Theater

amBroadway | New Off-Broadway shows begin performances in spite of Omicron

Posted on January 19, 2022

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Tensions spread on Broadway as more shows go on ‘hiatus’ due to COVID-19

Posted on January 16, 2022

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amBroadway | Remembering Bob Saget’s theater performances

Posted on January 12, 2022

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Review | Cecily Strong inherits ‘Search’ from Lily Tomlin

Posted on January 11, 2022

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Historic East Village off-Broadway theater at risk of closing without government aid

Posted on January 10, 2022

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Theater

These are the 10 best shows of the year that ran in New York City

Posted on December 29, 2021

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Theater

John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask’s ‘Return to The Origin of Love’ takes over Town Hall

Posted on December 29, 2021

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He’s got trouble: Broadway’s ‘Music Man,’ Hugh Jackman, tests positive for COVID-19

Posted on December 28, 2021

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Broadway’s understudies come through in clutch during latest COVID-19 surge

Posted on December 28, 2021

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Theater

Family-friendly theater shows that you can enjoy with your kids

Posted on December 22, 2021

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Broadway

Review | ‘Flying Over Sunset’ is an artistic misfire

Posted on December 13, 2021

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Movies

‘West Side Story’ falls flat at box office with disappointing $10 million debut

Posted on December 12, 2021

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Theater

Review | ‘Company’ is a mostly sublime Sondheim revival

Posted on December 9, 2021

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Theater

Central Park’s Delacorte Theater to undergo a redesign to bring life back to the stage

Posted on December 9, 2021

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‘Let’s Go To The Movies’: Lin-Manuel Miranda unveils revamped United Palace in Washington Heights

Posted on December 8, 2021

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Arts & Entertainment

Tradition again: Biden celebrates Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell at Kennedy Center Honors

Posted on December 6, 2021

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Broadway

Review | Did Broadway really need a ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ musical?

Posted on December 5, 2021

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Holidays

Live stage performance of ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ coming to Times Square

Posted on December 2, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with lawmakers to promote his bipartisan infrastructure bill at U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

What do AOC, Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga, Batman, Julius Randle and Santa Claus have in common? They all got write-in votes for NYC mayor

Posted on December 1, 2021

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Theater

Theater community mourns Stephen Sondheim while counting his blessings

Posted on November 30, 2021

U.S. President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to composer and lyricists Stephen Sondheim during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington

Broadway

Legendary Broadway composer/‌lyricist Stephen Sondheim dead at 91

Posted on November 26, 2021

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Broadway

Review | ‘Clyde’s’ is a feel-good work that optimistically preaches a path to self-redemption

Posted on November 23, 2021

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Broadway

Review | 65 years later, ‘Trouble in Mind’ arrives on Broadway

Posted on November 18, 2021

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Broadway

Review | ‘Diana’ embodies the definition of a ‘why?’ musical

Posted on November 17, 2021

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Theater

Broadway review | ‘Assassins’ draws historical connection to January 6

Posted on November 14, 2021

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Movies

Actor Michael Urie on ‘Chicken & Biscuits,’ being in Netflix’s first gay rom-com and more

Posted on November 12, 2021

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Broadway

Review | ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ makes more powerful statement today compared to original run

Posted on November 9, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

New play performed on a terrace in Brooklyn speaks to effects of gentrification

Elements for return of musical “The Phantom of the Opera

Broadway’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ plots a cautious return to the stage

Posted on October 24, 2021

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Broadway

Review | Poetic and contemplative ‘Thoughts’

Posted on October 13, 2021

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Theater

Theater review: ‘Chicken and Biscuits’ is a cliched meal

Posted on October 10, 2021

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Broadway

Review | ‘Lackawanna’ makes for moving monologue

Posted on October 7, 2021

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Broadway Review | ‘Six’ finally gets its royal opening night, at long last

Posted on October 3, 2021

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Broadway

Broadway | Met’s historic opening night, Tony Awards ups and downs, and more

Posted on September 29, 2021

Broadway

Following Broadway’s debut, smaller NYC theatre companies work to recover

Posted on September 28, 2021

Midtown Manhattan

Spirits of Broadway and theater lovers feeling uplifted following Curtain Up! festival

Posted on September 21, 2021

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Celebrate the return of Broadway with free performance in Bryant Park

Posted on August 25, 2021

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Arts & Entertainment

amBroadway Review | ‘Pass Over’ helps give Broadway a rousing restart

Posted on August 22, 2021

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amBroadway: Will audiences return to the Great White Way in September?

Posted on August 18, 2021

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Gay City News

Opera returns: Uplifted voices reawaken a silenced city

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Broadway

Review: ‘Merry Wives’ brings fresh take to Shakespeare

Posted on August 9, 2021

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