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‘Infinite Life’ Review: Is There a Cure for Pain and Desire?

Illness is no metaphor, and neither is pleasure, in Annie Baker’s weird and great new play set at a fasting clinic.

Unscripted or Not, the Tonys Were Mostly Predictable

The writing is on the wall: With or without writers, the Broadway awards are a strangely bland and canned way to celebrate a thrillingly live...

Review: Skewering Masculinity, in a Hot and Sizzling ‘Fat Ham’

A modern gloss on “Hamlet” set at a backyard barbecue remakes the tragedy as a comedy, and as a challenge for today.

At 96, a Broadway Legend Is Making a Brand-New Start of It

For his 16th Broadway musical, John Kander, the composer of “Chicago” and “Cabaret,” returns to “New York, New York.”

Review: The Many Thrilling Flavors of a Full-Scale ‘Sweeney Todd’

Sondheim’s masterpiece, restored to its proper size and sung to the hilt by Josh Groban, makes a welcome Broadway return.

How Do You Measure a Season on Broadway? In Cast Albums.

From “A Strange Loop” to “Funny Girl,” most Broadway musicals of 2022 were recorded, offering listeners a chance to love or hate them again.

What’s Next for the Great Gay Play? Everything.

In recent shows, ideas of gayness are expanding, combining and disappearing all at once.

Review: In ‘KPOP,’ Korean Pop and Broadway Meet (Too) Cute

The worldwide sensation and American-style musical theater form an awkward alliance onstage.

Review: ‘Kimberly Akimbo,’ Both Great and Small, Seizes the Day

The season’s most moving new musical earns its place among the behemoths of Broadway.

Review: In ‘Topdog/Underdog,’ Staying Alive Is the Ultimate Hustle

A latter-day Lincoln and Booth try to survive the American dream in a hilarious, harrowing and superbly acted Broadway revival of the Suzan-Lori Parks play.
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