Does a Smash Hit Like ‘Lion King’ Deserve a $3 Million Tax Break?
Broadway is still recovering from the pandemic. A state tax-credit program has helped, but watchdogs say it aids some shows that don’t need a boost.
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CreditSara Naomi Lewkowicz for The New York Times Avett Brothers Musical, ‘Swept Away,’ to Open on Broadway This Fall
The show, inspired by a 19th-century shipwreck, has had previous runs in Berkeley, Calif., and Washington.
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CreditJulieta Cervantes Sutton Foster to Star in ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ on Broadway
The revival, which had an earlier run at New York City Center, is scheduled to open in August and close in November, followed by a run in Los Angeles.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Review: Community Building One Dice Roll at a Time
Improv adds a theatrical dimension to the role-playing game, which has been undergoing a renaissance as it turns 50 this year.
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Review: ‘Problems Between Sisters’ Puts a Spin on the Berserk Boys Club
Julia May Jonas turns the menacing male siblings of Sam Shepard’s “True West” into squabbling pregnant sisters in Vermont.
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CreditMargot Schulman Broadway Shows to See This Spring
A guide to Tony-nominated productions, including “Stereophonic” and “Hell’s Kitchen,” and long-running hits like “Hadestown.”
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Tony Awards 2024: Who Will Win (and Who Should)
Our chief theater critic names the shows and artists he thinks will win, should win and should have been nominated — and suggests a few new categories.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Emcee Squared: Joel Grey and Eddie Redmayne on ‘Cabaret’
When two actors who have played the Emcee several times finally met, they discussed fear, courage and Berlin’s bawdiest nightclub.
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The choreographers nominated for Tony Awards this year have a broader vision than usual of the possibilities of dance in theater.
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Sarah Paulson Dares to Play the People You Love to Hate
The actress has received a Tony nomination for “Appropriate,” in which she portrays a woman who makes a sport out of verbally eviscerating her family members.
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CreditMatthew Leifheit for The New York Times Samm-Art Williams, Playwright, Producer and Actor, Dies at 78
He challenged racial barriers in Hollywood, was a producer of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and earned a Tony nomination for “Home,” a paean to his Southern roots.
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CreditPaul Stephen/USA Today Network Review: In ‘Invasive Species,’ the Acting Bug Bites, Dramatically
Maia Novi stars in her play about a Hollywood-struck actress from Argentina who stops at Yale’s drama school and an inpatient psych ward on her way.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Betty Buckley Is Not Wedded to the Same Old Songs
The actress is back in concert mode at 76, and doing new material. She’s also looking forward to a bold new take on “Sunset Boulevard.”
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CreditJake Dockins for The New York Times Review: A Text-to-Speech Meet-Cute in ‘All of Me’
Laura Winters’s romantic comedy pays careful attention to the dynamics of living with disabilities.
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Times InsiderCovering Broadway’s Bustling Week on a Deadline
What’s it like to attend twelve productions in nine days? Michael Paulson, the Times theater reporter, shared his sprint around Midtown Manhattan.
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My TenBebe Neuwirth on the Part of a Stage That Feels Like Home
“I love older theaters in particular,” said the actress, who is up for her third Tony for “Cabaret.” “The new ones don’t have as many ghosts.”
By Sarah Bahr
Saintly, Seductive or Sadistic? Why We Can’t Make Up Our Minds About Nuns.
In uncertain times, religious sisters are often invoked as vessels for collective doubt.
By Amanda Fortini
Critic’s Pick‘Terraces’ Review: A Stunning Tragedy Revisits the Paris Terror Attacks
The French writer Laurent Gaudé taps into collective trauma from the Nov. 13, 2015 terrorist outrage and channels it into something like catharsis.
By Laura Cappelle
‘Death Becomes Her’ Musical to Open on Broadway This Fall
The musical comedy, which is now running in Chicago, stars Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard. It is based on the 1992 film.
By Michael Paulson
Darren Criss to Return to Broadway as a Robot in Love
The actor will star in “Maybe Happy Ending,” an original musical set in a future Seoul. It will begin previews in September.
By Michael Paulson
Review: A New Lens on Auschwitz in ‘Here There Are Blueberries’
Archivists are the heroes of a documentary play about a photograph album depicting daily life among the perpetrators of the Holocaust.
By Jesse Green
Tony Awards 2024: Print Your Ballot!
Now it’s your turn to predict which nominees will win.
George Clooney to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’
A stage adaptation of the film is planned for next spring, with Clooney playing the journalist Edward R. Murrow.
By Michael Paulson
Critic’s NotebookIn This ‘Lord of the Rings’ Adaptation, the Hobbits Yodel
A quirky and joyful play based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s books joined weightier works at this year’s Theatertreffen drama festival.
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