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December 1, 2020 3:51 pm

Anyone Can Whistle: New (Old) Complete Recording of Iconoclastic Sondheim Masterwork

The ill-fated early musical by Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents is extravagantly celebrated, with Julia McKenzie and Maria Friedman in the spotlight

November 28, 2020 1:00 pm

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Jefferson Mays Spellbinding as a One-Man Cast of Fifty

★★★★★ Theatrical magic works its wonders in this marvelous telling of the time-tested tale of the triumph of humanity over humbug

October 13, 2020 1:14 pm

What the Constitution Means to Me: Heidi Schreck Tells Us What We Need to Hear

★★★★★ The award-winning play is even more relevant today, dangerously so

September 11, 2020 12:35 pm

Incidental Moments of the Day: Trouble on Zoom with the Apple Family

★★★★★ Yet another engrossing and perceptive visit with Richard Nelson and the Apple family

July 2, 2020 6:16 pm

Hamilton: Your Living Room As the Room Where It Happens

★★★★★ An exquisite capture of the original production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s masterpiece, with the original cast, now on your computer screen

April 25, 2020 1:00 pm

Intermission Talk: Five Bites of the Apple (Family)

Richard Nelson’s newest installment in his celebrated Apple Family series “opens” online on Wednesday, and the first four plays are available for viewing

April 7, 2020 8:29 pm

Intermission Talk: Outrageous Slings and Arrows

The exceptional Canadian series, set at a facsimile of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, is re-released just in time for us to savor it

April 1, 2020 1:57 pm

Intermission Talk: One Man, Two Guvnors, Your Screen

National Theatre Live brings James Corden and his Tony-winning performance into your home

March 26, 2020 12:00 pm

Intermission Talk: About the Alan Jay Lerner-Kurt Weill “Love Life”

An influential, pioneering concept musical from 1948 which lost its way

March 23, 2020 11:00 am

Intermission Talk: About Mack & Mabel

The inauspicious origins of the ill-fated Jerry Herman/Michael Stewart musical, recently revived at City Center

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