#Broadway revitalizes an old chestnut

#Broadway revitalizes an old chestnut

“Broadway revitalizes an old chestnut” The most illuminating take on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in a while is, for the first five minutes, lit by just two small candles.  Director Michael Arden’s crackling version, which opened Monday on Broadway, tends to be a staging of ones and twos. One actor, Jefferson Mays, plays almost…

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#Shocking ‘Downstate’ is the season’s best play so far

#Shocking ‘Downstate’ is the season’s best play so far

“Shocking ‘Downstate’ is the season’s best play so far” It will be hard to top the play “Downstate,” which opened Tuesday night at Playwrights Horizons, for controversy this season. Written by the fearless playwright Bruce Norris, the drama is set in a group home for sex offenders and pedophiles. From the location alone, you already…

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#Stoppard play is too big and icy

#Stoppard play is too big and icy

“Stoppard play is too big and icy” A grandmother makes a depressing observation early on in Tom Stoppard’s latest play “Leopoldstadt,” which opened Sunday night on Broadway. Staring mournfully at an old photograph, she says, “Here’s a couple waving goodbye, but who are they? It’s like a second death, to lose your name in a…

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#Tracking the full winners list

#Tracking the full winners list

“Tracking the full winners list” Razzle dazzle has returned to Broadway for the Tony Awards 2022. After the coronavirus pandemic pushed the 2021 ceremony to the Winter Garden Theatre last fall, the red carpet and glittery statuettes are back on Sunday, June 12, at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose (“West Side…

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#Carolines on Broadway continues to recover from COVID shutdown

#Carolines on Broadway continues to recover from COVID shutdown

“Carolines on Broadway continues to recover from COVID shutdown” Bills & crime aren’t funny Carolines comedy club on Broadway has spawned Seinfeld, Shandling, Leno, Chris Rock, Billy Crystal, Larry David, Jim Gaffigan, Bill Maher. Says owner Caroline Hirsch: “COVID’s first year we were mandated to close. We thought maybe a month. It was 16 months. “Staff left, we gave our food away, checked…

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#Jesse Williams leaked nudes blasted as ‘gross’ by ‘Take Me Out’ theater

#Jesse Williams leaked nudes blasted as ‘gross’ by ‘Take Me Out’ theater

“Jesse Williams leaked nudes blasted as ‘gross’ by ‘Take Me Out’ theater” Broadway’s Second Stage Theater has responded to those leaked Jesse Williams nudes. Currently home to Williams’ “Take Me Out’ play, the theater said it was “appalled” that a spectator broke its sealed-phone policy and shared the eye-opening footage on social media. “Taking naked…

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#Sarah Jessica Parker tests positive for COVID-19, ‘Plaza Suite’ shut down

#Sarah Jessica Parker tests positive for COVID-19, ‘Plaza Suite’ shut down

“Sarah Jessica Parker tests positive for COVID-19, ‘Plaza Suite’ shut down” “Plaza Suite” star Sarah Jessica Parker has tested positive for COVID just days after her husband and co-star, Matthew Broderick. The Broadway show’s Instagram account said Thursday afternoon that the night’s performance would be canceled. “Today Sarah Jessica Parker tested positive for COVID with…

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