Review: ‘Fruit Trilogy,’ Eve Ensler’s New Show, Brims With Outrage
Certain moments are politically and artistically potent, but most of “Fruit Trilogy,” a program of three short plays, is pervaded by a curious flatness.
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CreditEmon Hassan for The New York Times Review: Theater as Sabotage in the Dazzling ‘Fairview’
Jackie Sibblies Drury’s ruthless comic drama about perceptions of race artfully plays the cat to an audience of white mice.
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CreditNicole Craine for The New York Times My Son Loves Elsa From ‘Frozen.’ I Had to Learn to Love Her, Too.
A father’s uneasy acceptance is made easier by a visit to the Broadway musical.
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CreditMaria Baranova Review: ‘Radio Delirio’ Focuses on a Forgettable Man
The writer-performer Alessandro Magania narrates the tale of a man disguised as a page-turner, working hard to not be noticed.
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CreditBenjamin Norman for The New York Times Blue Man Group to Pay More Than $3 Million to End Royalty Dispute
Ian Pai said he was in on the ground floor of Blue Man Group, but that his royalties were not commensurate with his contributions.
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CreditReinhard Werner Ayad Akhtar Gets a European Welcome, With Conditions
His stage explorations of the Muslim-American experience have proved popular in the German-speaking world. Casting, though, has been a challenge.
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CreditKalpesh Lathigra for The New York Times Carey Mulligan, Facing the Fear of Being Alone Onstage
Performing the wrenching “Girls & Boys” has taken more fortitude than she ever expected.
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CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times A Play Caught in the Crossfire
Antoinette Nwandu’s “Pass Over” considers the fate of young black men in a gun-torn city. Its first production caused a stir — and won a fan in Spike Lee.
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CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times The Great Work Continues: The 25 Best American Plays Since ‘Angels in America’
It has been 25 years since “Angels in America” redefined what a play could be. With the epic masterwork on Broadway once more, New York Times theater critics took the opportunity to rank the best American plays of the last quarter-century.
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Credit The Night Our Theater Photographer Walked the Red Carpet
This year, in a crazy role reversal, I had my own picture taken.
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Credit Inside the Tony Awards After-Parties
The official party took place at the Plaza Hotel. The unofficial one was at the Carlyle.
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Credit Robert De Niro’s Crude Rebuke of Trump at the Tony Awards
Readers fear that the actor’s profane language just alienates Trump supporters, in contrast with Bruce Springsteen’s homage to his hometown.
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Credit How Orin Wolf Orchestrated a Tony Coup With ‘The Band’s Visit’
He wasn’t a big-league producer. But he fell in love with a small Israeli film and spent years getting it to the stage. His musical won 10 awards on Sunday.
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Credit TV Ratings for Tonys Go Up, Bucking an Award-Show Trend
Sunday night’s telecast of the Tony Awards drew 6.3 million viewers on CBS, a modest uptick but a contrast to plummeting numbers for the Oscars and Grammys.
