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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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Beaches: Much Loved Novel-and-Movie Bursts Into So-So-Songs

By David Finkle

★★☆☆☆ Iris Rainer Dart hits sandy shores with Mike Stoller music, Lonny Price, Matt Cowart directing

Beaches: Maudlin and Middling

By Bob Verini

★★☆☆☆ A beloved (in some quarters) movie weepie, set to music, can't get past its threadbare plot

The Balusters: Love Thy Rule-Following, Historically Appropriate Neighbor

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Kenny Leon directs David Lindsay-Abaire’s new comedy about a neighborhood association gone wrong

The Balusters: There Goes the Neighborhood

By Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ A series of neighborhood association meetings turns contentious in David Lindsay-Abaire's hilarious comedy

CRITICS' PICKS

Death of a Salesman: More Relevant Than Ever

★★★★★ Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf and Christopher Abbott star in Joe Mantello's emotionally searing revival.

Cats the Jellicle Ball ensemble

Cats: The Jellicle Ball: A Disco-Tastic Revival of Lloyd Webber’s Musical

★★★★★ You’ll be feline good after this ultra-glam Broadway-meets-ballroom production

Becky Shaw: A Brilliant Dissection of Love and Family Dysfunction

★★★★★ Gina Gionfriddo's 2008 black comedy gets a masterful revival from Second Stage Theater

Giant: Antisemitism Laid Bare

★★★★☆ John Lithgow plays famed author Roald Dahl in Mark Rosenblatt’s play directed by Nicholas Hytner

Every Brilliant Thing: A Lustrous Evening with Daniel Radcliffe

★★★★★ Duncan Macmillan’s play is an unexpected Broadway treat

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: Revival Spells S-U-C-C-E-S-S

★★★★☆ A new production of the Tony-nominated musical comedy goes to the head of the class

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