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July 23, 2023 8:02 am

From London: Musical Master Misses, Newcomers Offer Zan​ily Toothsome Surprise

Zoë Roberts, Jak Malone, Natasha Hodgson, David Cumming, Claire Marie Hall in Operation Mincemeat. Photo by Matt Crockett

A pale new musical from Trevor Nunn offset by a deliriously fine one by a quartet of newcomers

July 16, 2023 10:31 am

From London: Immersive Guys & Dolls Comes Alive

The cast of Guys & Dolls. Photo by Manuel Harlan

“More I cannot wish you” than Nicholas Hytner’s take on the Loesser-Burrows classic

July 13, 2023 6:45 am

From London: Excellent Look at Motives and Cues of the Burton-Gielgud Hamlet

A backstage view of the legendary Burton-Gielgud Hamlet, from Jack Thorne and Sam Mendes

July 11, 2023 10:04 pm

From London: Brokeback Mountain Takes the Stage and Breaks Your Heart

Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist inhabit Ashley Robinson’s gutsy adaptation of the Annie Proulx tale

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King of the Yees: Talking About Chinatown Royalty

By Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Lauren Yee’s meta-theatrical comedy offers a family view of Chinese American culture

King of the Yees: Lauren Yee Opens Up the Family Photo Album     

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Francis Jue extends his father era, starring as the playwright’s dad in her semi-autobiographical comedy

Copperfield! Top-Drawer Musical Take on the Dickens Classic

By David Finkle

★★★★☆ Jeffrey Scharf's book, music, lyrics, Gabriel Barre's direction, 11-member cast all shine

Triumph: History Repeating Itself

By Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Annaleigh Ashford stars in Caryl Churchill's short play about a press secretary for a ruthless emperor.

CRITICS' PICKS

Kramer/Fauci: Friendly Adversaries Tangle Over AIDS Progress

★★★★☆ Highly resourceful conceiver-director Daniel Fish gets theatrical again

School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play: Jasmine Amy Rogers and Denée Benton Battle It Out

★★★★☆ Whitney White directs a first-rate cast in Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy

Ford Hill

The Ford/Hill Project: Provocative, Totally True, and Way Too Timely

★★★★☆ Two men and two women re-create, verbatim, two memorable and distressingly similar Senate judiciary committee hearings 27 years apart

Just in Time: Jeremy Jordan Will Be Your Bobby Darin From Now On

★★★★☆ Replacing Jonathan Groff, the Broadway veteran delivers a stellar turn in the musical that merits a repeat viewing.

Giulia The Poison Queen of Palermo: Pure Theatrical Alchemy

★★★★★ Death really does become her, as the writer, composer and star - Jennifer Nettles - serves up a killer new musical.

Oh, Mary!: Lincoln, Drinkin’ and Todd

★★★★☆ Cole Escola writes and stars in a Bizarro World version of Honest Abe's spouse as cabaret diva

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