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Jackson McHenry is a Vulture critic who has been covering theater, film, and television since 2015.

  1. profile
    Kit Connor Wasn’t ReadyThe star of Netflix’s teen rom-com Heartstopper was forced to come out by the show’s fans. He’s not letting them get to him anymore.
  2. awards season
    The Good, the Bad, and the Weird of This Year’s Emmy NominationsGOOD: Scandoval! Bad: No Reservation Dogs AGAIN. WEIRD: James Marsden for … being James Marsden?
  3. theater review
    A Hamlet in the Park That Puzzles the WillKenny Leon’s production gestures at a lot without capturing any one thing.
  4. theater
    Liz Kingsman Is Getting Famous for Being Not FamousHer One Woman Show is a monologue about writing a monologue to chase celebrity. It’s working.
  5. theater review
    Dropping by the Local Nazis: Alex Edelman’s Just for UsPlus: Liz Kingsman’s One Woman Show, and the state of solo comedy meta-theater.
  6. theater review
    Once Upon a One More Time Bungles Britney on BroadwayIt’s not the way I planned it.
  7. tv review
    Humiliating Carrie BradshawAnd Just Like That … stumbles into the future
  8. backstories
    How Here Lies Love Transformed Its Theater Into a DiscoOut with the velvet seats, in with the dance floor.
  9. theater review
    Physicians, Preen Thyselves: The DoctorA play about the self-serving sanctimony of the newly canceled.
  10. tony awards 2023
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2023 Tony AwardsUnscripted and yet still charming.
  11. awards watch
    What Should Win at the 2023 Tony Awards?A Vulture critic and staff writer unpack the “thin-feeling season.”
  12. alternative viewing
    Why Not Just Watch I Hate Suzie?A question I often ask, but specifically in this case about The Idol.
  13. theater review
    Patterns of Addiction in Days of Wine and Roses and Wet BrainOne decorous, one unleashed.
  14. theater review
    Death Comes to the Reunion in The ComeuppanceHigh-school friends, pregaming with jungle juice and angst.
  15. theater review
    Knock-Knock: Grey House Brings Horror Tropes to BroadwayIf you find Laurie Metcalf in a cabin in the woods, don’t go in.
  16. finale thoughts
    Succession’s Alan Ruck Is Still Unraveling Clues About Connor“Jesse was like, ‘I don’t know … perhaps.’ That’s the whole show, to an extent. He loves that everybody has a different opinion about it.”
  17. chat room
    Mary Catherine Garrison Loves Growing With TriciaThe Somebody Somewhere actor “lit up” at season two’s scripts: “She’s trying so hard to do her best and life just keeps toppling over.”
  18. theater review
    Looking for Connection in Primary Trust and The FearsIsolation is on everyone’s mind.
  19. theater review
    Monsoon Wedding Is a Lively Party But a Watery Musical“The songs tend to idle in neutral, repeating ideas already established in dialogue, never opening up into something more.”
  20. finale thoughts
    Betty Gilpin Is Still Pondering the Mysteries of the Mrs. Davis Finale“It’s not some evil ominous supercomputer, and it’s not a robot Mother Teresa. It’s a reflection of who we are. And that’s almost scarier.”
  21. theater review
    Basketball and Debutante Balls in King James and The CotillionPlays about the codes of masculinity and femininity, LeBron and dance steps.
  22. america decides
    Is Jeryd Mencken Succession’s Fortinbras?Hamlet might provide a glimpse into how Succession unravels.
  23. america decides
    Adam Godley’s Eyes Are Very Much Okay After Succession’s Wasabi-LaCroix Incident“I got a call from my agents, ‘Can you get on a plane in a couple of days to shoot an episode of Succession?’ I was like, ‘Yes, I can do that.’”
  24. tony awards 2023
    The Takeaways From Today’s Tony Awards NominationsA couple of notable snubs, a Bad Cinderella shutout, and a J.C. face-off.
  25. finale thoughts
    Jennifer Ehle Based Her Dead Ringers Investor on Ayn RandAnd thinks Rebecca Parker knows exactly what happened in the finale.
  26. theater review
    Lorraine Hansberry on Hashtag Activism: The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s WindowOscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan star in her play about fashionable commitment to social change.
  27. making it
    How Mimi Lien Designed a Stage Built for BeheadingsThe set designer’s inspiration for Sweeney Todd’s Broadway revival came straight out of Sondheim’s “great black pit” lyric.
  28. theater review
    New York, New York Barely Scratches the Surface of New York, New YorkIt doesn’t make it here.
  29. theater review
    Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht Find Depth in the Small Scale of Summer, 1976David Auburn just lets them talk, and something great happens.
  30. theater review
    The Playing’s the Thing: Sean Hayes Shows Range in Good Night, OscarDelivering quips, piano virtuosity, and a little too much exposition.
  31. theater review
    Jodie Comer Makes a Winning Case for Prima FacieThe Killing Eve star’s performance gives life to a basic script.
  32. theater review
    The Thanksgiving Play’s Satire Runs ShortGood intentions go awry — both in the script and otherwise.
  33. theater review
    Peter Pan Goes Wrong Never Grows Up (But That’s Okay)Backstage farce with a just enough mild head trauma.
  34. chat room
    Succession’s Zoë Winters on Kerry’s Apartment Showdown and Failed ATN AuditionPlus, how she schemed her way into Logan’s ear: “I wanted Kerry inserting herself into conversations and rooms where she shouldn’t necessarily be.”
  35. theater review
    Camelot Is Back, Achieving a Wisp of GloryThe sorcery is gone, and everyone talks too much, but Lerner and Loewe knew their majesty.
  36. theater review
    On Broadway, Fat Ham Keeps You at a Distance From the Cookout“Ease is the point, even though it keeps being too easy.”
  37. theater review
    White Girl in Danger Is a Bloody, Messy Take on the SoapMichael R. Jackson’s Strange Loop follow-up is a fascinating fiasco.
  38. spoilers
    Brian Cox Is Happy You Know That About Logan Roy Now“I’ve never been able to keep secrets.”
  39. timing
    How Long Does It Take the Roy Siblings to Tell Connor?Or think of him, for that matter?
  40. miscast
    Watch Jordan E. Cooper’s Miscast Performance of ‘The Ladies Who Lunch’The Ain’t No Mo’ playwright gives you full fur-coat Sondheim.
  41. theater review
    At Shucked, the Corniness Is as High as an Elephant’s EyeAnd this musical aspires to nothing more or less complex than that.
  42. theater review
    Life of Pi Is Best When Its Fangs Are VisibleNeeds more feral tigerishness, less cat-on-your-lap warmth.
  43. theater review
    A Sweeney Todd That Leans Into the Great Black PitSexual dynamics and soot dominate the revival.
  44. auxiliary power
    Time to Brush Up on Succession’s Assistants, Aides, and AttachésWhich of the Roys’ many suit-wearing advisers is closest to power?
  45. theater review
    If Only Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella Were WorseNeither good nor so bad it’s good.
  46. theater review
    Dancin’ Slinks Back to Town, Aching to Seduce YouA revised revival of the 1978 revue that goes all out.
  47. theater review
    Parade Marches Back In, Intent on Its Own RelevanceBen Platt and Micaela Diamond star in the revival of this musical about antisemitism in the Deep South.
  48. theater review
    The Harder They Come Tries to Fit Too Much OnstageThe overstuffed Jimmy Cliff musical barely has time for its own songs.
  49. theater review
    All in this Together: How to Defend Yourself and The Coast StarlightA classic playwrighting gambit: trap a bunch of people in one small space and brew up some trouble.
  50. highs and lows
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2023 OscarsJenny the Donkey! David Byrne hot-dog fingers! An Oscar for Michelle Yeoh! What more could you want? (An Oscar for Angela Bassett.)
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