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Little Fang Oklahoma! Gets a Dark, Brilliant Remake
More than 75 years after the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical debuted, a daring new production seeks to re-create the frisson of the original—with some changes.
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Michael Brosilow / National Theatre A Controversial Play Asserts the Humanity of Sex Offenders
Bruce Norris’s Downstate, at London’s National Theatre, makes a provocative case for the redemption of child abusers.
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Emilio Madrid-Kuser / Broadway.com The Mixed Reception of the Hamilton Premiere in Puerto Rico
Political discord coupled with the lingering effects of 2017’s Hurricane Maria challenged the arrival of the famed musical.
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HBO Brexit Is Chaos. The Movie About It Is Anything But.
In a new HBO film starring Benedict Cumberbatch, James Graham turns a polarizing national moment into a surprisingly cohesive and engaging story.
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Annie Sullivan / Smithsonian John Leguizamo’s Required Reading for America
Inspired by his one-man show, Latin History for Morons, the comedian recommends three books that challenge one-sided narratives of the past.
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Brinkhoff / Mogenburg A Classic Sondheim Musical Gets a Thrilling Twist
Marianne Elliott’s gender-flipped Company mines modern ambivalence about marriage.
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Ryan Melgar Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man: Mel Brooks in His 90s
The comic has stormed through 75 years of show business; he remains prodigal in expression, memory, and imagination.
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Joan Marcus How Do Carousel and My Fair Lady Fare in 2018?
With their themes of female subjugation, the plays have always had unsatisfactory endings. Two musical revivals attempt to complicate the equation.
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Simon Annand / Young Vic The Inheritance and the Ambitions of Queer Art
A new, two-part play in London affirms the importance of connecting with the cultural past.
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David Sandison / The Young Vic The Spectacular Humanity of The Jungle
A new play about the Calais migrant camp complicates the polarized narratives about the refugee crisis.
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Marc Brenner / Almeida Theatre Reimagining The Twilight Zone for the 21st Century
With a theatrical adaptation opening in London, and a planned CBS revival helmed by Jordan Peele, what can the Rod Serling anthology series say about modern life?
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George Hammerstein / Getty / Zak Bickel / … 'Casting Couch': The Origins of a Pernicious Hollywood Cliché
How a seemingly innocuous phrase became a metonym for the skewed sexual politics of show business
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Paramount Pictures Mother’s Theater of Cruelty
Darren Aronofsky’s film, a sensory assault, fits into a grand tradition of art that hopes to shock its audiences out of complacency.
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Johan Persson The Ferryman: Jez Butterworth on the Legacy of Hate
The playwright and screenwriter’s new London hit is set during the Troubles in 1981 Ireland, but the issues it considers are timeless.
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Ellie Kurtz A Play That Tests Ethical Questions in Real-Time
The Majority quizzes its audience on hot-button issues to demonstrate how easily the shape of a query can alter its answer.
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Francois Guillot / AFP / Getty Remembering Sam Shepard
The legendary American playwright, novelist, screenwriter, and actor died at the age of 73.
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Joan Marcus The Vital Role of Political Theater
Diane Paulus, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and Robert Schenkkan discuss how the Public Theater’s recent production of Julius Caesar fits into a grand artistic tradition.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Hamilton's Peaceful Protest
The show’s producer, Jeffrey Seller, explains how its November statement to Vice President-elect Mike Pence came about.
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Joan Marcus / The Public Theatre The Misplaced Outrage Over a Trumpian Julius Caesar
For as long as the Shakespeare play has been staged, it’s been referencing contemporary political leaders.
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CBS / YouTube Stephen Colbert and Patrick Stewart Wait for Godot (and an Obamacare Replacement)
The actor and the late-night host gave healthcare the theater-of-the-absurd treatment.
