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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

February 27, 2020 8:27 am

Madison Square Mockingbird: Atticus & Company on the Big, Big Stage

Public school students—18,000 of them—spend an afternoon at the hit Broadway production based on Harper Lee’s novel

February 25, 2020 9:53 pm

Dana H.: Mother’s Day, with Knives and Tats

★★★★☆ A phenomenal and indescribable play from Lucas Hnath, with the astonishing Deirdre O’Connell

February 16, 2020 6:59 pm

The Sabbath Girl: Bagels and Knishes, With Spicy Mustard

★★☆☆☆ Orthodox Boy meets Italian girl, loses girl, gets girl…

February 10, 2020 8:50 pm

Darling Grenadine: Quirkily Charming New York Love Story, with Tunes

★★★★☆ Songwriter Daniel Zaitchik scores big with this endearing, small-scale musical comedy

February 3, 2020 9:53 pm

Jerry Herman, A Memorial Celebration: A Grand Afternoon for Singing

A flavorfully joyful, star-packed salute to the composer of Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and myriad favorite showtunes

January 23, 2020 10:00 pm

Grand Horizons: Senior Citizen Sex Comedy Gets Boost from Jane Alexander

★★☆☆☆ Strong comedy performances offset the surprisingly mild script by the usually adventurous Bess Wohl

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