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Redemption, Now on Broadway

 Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu is determined for her play Pass Over to end on a high note — if she can just stick the rewrite. By Jackson McHenry
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In Marcus Garvey Park, Seize the King Reimagines Richard III

 This summer, Classical Theatre of Harlem puts up Will Power’s contemporary verse play built on very old bones. By Helen Shaw
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Enemy of the People Wants You to Choose Your Own Misadventure

 The flashiest theater event since the shutdown is an interactive mixed bag. By Helen Shaw
  1. s! c! h! m! i! g! a! d! o! o! n!
    The Many, Many Musical-Theater References Behind Schmigadoon!’s SongsCo-creator Cinco Paul talks us through the origin of every musical number and the stories behind their references.
    By Jackson McHenry
  2. broadway
    Broadway Will Require Vaccinations and Masks As Performances Return This FallThe requirement will last at least through October.
    By Jackson McHenry
  3. theater
    Redemption, Now on BroadwayAntoinette Chinonye Nwandu is determined for her play Pass Over to end on a high note — if she can just stick the rewrite.
    By Jackson McHenry
  4. theater reviews
    Haunted Houses: Samuel and Definition Make Emptiness the PointNot quite installation art, not quite full-on theater, but something in between that I’ll miss when it’s gone.
    By Helen Shaw
  5. rollin
    Adrienne Warren Will Return to Tina on Broadway This FallThe show itself previously announced plans to return October 8.
    By Jackson McHenry
  7. west end
    Andrew Lloyd Webber Shuts Down West End Cinderella, Blaming U.K. COVID Rules“We have been forced into a devastating decision.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  8. theater reviews
    Light-Touch Theater: 3 Shows That Welcome Us Back, TentativelyThe one to see is Liminal Archive, at the New Ohio.
    By Helen Shaw
  9. theater
    In Marcus Garvey Park, Seize the King Reimagines Richard IIIThis summer, Classical Theatre of Harlem puts up Will Power’s contemporary verse play built on very old bones.
    By Helen Shaw
  10. broadway
    Is This A Room and Dana H. Will Share Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre This FallInteresting plays on Broadway, what a concept!
    By Jackson McHenry
  11. obits
    Night Court Star Charlie Robinson Dead at 75He played clerk Mac for eight seasons of the comedy series.
    By Justin Curto
  12. theater
    Sleep No More Sleeps No LongerBy the pricking of your arm …
    By Zoe Haylock
  13. the most swankified network in town
    Look to the PBS-tern Sky for a ‘Wicked’ Celebrity ConcertComing AaaAAaahhhh-gust 29.
    By Jackson McHenry
  14. theater
    Sara Bareilles Is Bringing Waitress Back to Broadway This FallThe show closed before the pandemic, and yet it’s back again.
    By Jackson McHenry
  15. theater review
    Enemy of the People Wants You to Choose Your Own MisadventureThe flashiest theater event since the shutdown is an interactive mixed bag.
    By Helen Shaw
  16. theater review
    Sex and Window-Shopping: Seven Plays for Seven Deadly SinsA septet of ten-minute dramas, under glass, in the Meatpacking District.
    By Helen Shaw
  17. theater review
    What to Send Up When It Goes Down Makes Its Audience Do the WorkThe show does not need to shock you to affect you.
    By Helen Shaw
  18. broadway
    SJP and Matthew Broderick Will Finally Bring Plaza Suite to Broadway in 2022Performances start February 25.
    By Jackson McHenry
  19. braodway
    The Michael Jackson Musical, Which Somehow Still Exists, Recasts Its LeadEphraim Sykes left the musical, and newcomer Myles Frost will replace him.
    By Jackson McHenry
  20. land of hope and dreams
    A First Night Back to Theater With Springsteen on Broadway“You know how people talk about his shows as a religious experience? I got that.”
    By Christopher Bonanos
  21. chat room
    Rita Moreno Talks Bitterness, Anger, and Loving Show Business AnywayAlong the way, the legendary West Side Story actress credits Marlon Brando with getting her into therapy.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  22. two nights ago on late night
    Nathan Lane Is Ready to Be Bruce Springsteen’s Understudy“I’m just one bad seafood dinner away from becoming the Boss!”
    By Rebecca Alter
  23. theater review
    The Shed Artwashes Hudson Yards. Who Artwashes the Shed?Open Call strives for drama in the long shadow of a luxury mall.
    By Helen Shaw
  24. a once in a lifetime event
    This Must Be the Post That Tells You David Byrne’s American Utopia Is ReturningLiquidate our checking accounts.
    By Devon Ivie
  25. egot watch
    H.E.R. Has a Plan to Achieve Her EGOT“Maybe before I’m 30. I’ve got seven years.”
    By Justin Curto
  26. broadway
    The Book of Mormon Will Ring Doorbells Again on Broadway in NovemberScott Rudin is no longer involved as a producer.
    By Jackson McHenry
  27. last night on late night
    Forever Theater Kid Ariana Grande Does Hairspray Parody With James CordenAlongside original Tracy, Marissa Jaret Winokur.
    By Charu Sinha
  28. last night on late night
    That Time Madonna Braided Her Hair Through a Performance of CabaretHickey says he wasn’t bothered, but Natasha Richardson was fuming.
    By Bethy Squires
  29. theater
    Jeff Daniels Will Kill It on Broadway Once AgainHe’s the latest A-lister to do a theater reprise after the pandemic.
    By Devon Ivie
  30. streaming theater reviews
    Two Digital Theater Projects Pretend to Put 20-Somethings’ Lives on the LineTheater Reviews: ’The Kill One Race’ and ‘Capricorn 29’
    By Helen Shaw
  31. glory days
    Local New Jersey Hero Returns to BroadwayBruce Springsteen is reviving his one-man show.
    By Devon Ivie
  32. accidents
    Gone Girl Actor Lisa Banes Is in Critical Condition Following Hit-and-Run“People were filming her, not helping her,” said a witness.
    By Rebecca Alter
  33. my single is dropping
    As If Her Starring Roles Aren’t Enough, Cynthia Erivo to Release Debut AlbumThe performer’s first single, “The Good,” is out now.
    By Justin Curto
  34. first person
    A Return to Stage FrightJacqueline Novak on reviving her critically acclaimed live show Get on Your Knees after a year away.
    By Jacqueline Novak
  35. nature is healing
    Perfectly Named Britney Spears Musical Will Have Its World Premiere in D.C.It’s called Once Upon a One More Time and it’s being put on by the Shakespeare Theatre Company.
    By Rebecca Alter
  36. streaming theater review
    This American Wife Gives the Real Housewives the Fake Friends TreatmentI’m saying it to your face!
    By Helen Shaw
  37. tony awards
    The Tony Awards Will Finally Happen on September 26, on CBS and Paramount+Most of the awards will be on Paramount+.
    By Jackson McHenry
  38. obits
    Samuel E. Wright, Voice of The Little Mermaid’s Sebastian, Dead at 74He provided the vocals for the Oscar-winning “Under the Sea.”
    By Charu Sinha
  39. theater review
    Downtown Theater Comes Back, Slowly and Then All at OnceThe current New York performance jamborees, though, aren’t catering primarily to newcomers or out-of-towners.
    By Helen Shaw
  40. broadway
    Aaron Tveit and Gavin Creel Reunite for a Belty Performance of ‘In His Eyes’They’re back at the Miscast Gala.
    By Jackson McHenry
  41. live tv musicals
    Annie Live! Will Come Out, Well, Not Tomorrow, But During the Holidays on NBCThe live TV musical tradition returns, this time directed by Lear deBessonet.
    By Jackson McHenry
  42. broadway
    Hamilton, The Lion King, and Wicked Will Return to Broadway September 14It’s the circle of, wait for it, aaaaAAAaah.
    By Jackson McHenry
  43. theater review
    In Taxilandia, the Front Seat Is Stage, the Back Seat an AudienceAnd the partition is the proscenium arch.
    By Helen Shaw
  44. reopening
    Chicago to Rouge Knees, Roll Stockings Down, Return to Broadway on September 14And all that jazz!
    By Jackson McHenry
  45. broadway
    The Pop Queens of Six Will Start Belting on Broadway Again This SeptemberThe pop musical was originally supposed to open the night Broadway shut down.
    By Jackson McHenry
  46. broadway
    Antoinette Nwandu’s Pass Over Will Reopen Broadway’s August Wilson TheatreThe drama about two Black men on a street corner references Waiting for Godot.
    By Jackson McHenry
  47. r.i.p.
    Moonstruck’s Olympia Dukakis Is Dead at 89“After many months of failing health, she is finally at peace and with Louis.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  48. theater
    NYC Plans to Fully Reopen on July 1, Says Broadway May Return in September“I’d say you should expect Broadway full strength in September.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  49. theater
    A Great Gatsby Musical from Florence Welch Has Gotten a Green LightNo, not a stage version of the Baz Luhrmann movie.
    By Jackson McHenry
  50. obits
    Jim Steinman, Master of ExcessAt his best, humor and his natural talents came together — most often in the work of Meat Loaf — to create ineffable moments of pop and rock grandeur.
    By Bill Wyman
  51. broadway
    Scott Rudin Resigns from the Broadway League Amid AllegationsActors’ Equity previously released a statement pressuring the 700-member group to address the Scott Rudin controversy.
    By Rebecca Alter
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