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Monday, May 20, 2019

Sentimental Journeys: Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Burn This, Doris Day

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Michael Shannon and Audra McDonald in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune . (Photo: Deen van Meer) I’ve been skipping production...
Friday, May 17, 2019

The Museum Must Be Decolonized: The First Monday in May (2016)

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A shot from The First Monday in May (2016). The first Monday in May is when New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art holds its annua...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Dust Bowl: Oklahoma!

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 Rebecca Naomi Jones and Damon Daunno in Oklahoma! . (Photo: Teddy Wolff) Daniel Fish’s new, stripped-down production of Rodgers and H...
Monday, May 13, 2019

Tootsie: In Name Only

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 Julie Halston, James Moye, Santino Fontana, Lilli Cooper, John Behlmann in Tootsie . (Photo: Matthew Murphy) The new musical of  Toot...
Thursday, May 9, 2019

Permanent Witness for the Defense: The Legend of K.

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The ultimate anti-author, ca. 1919. A review of the new book by Benjamin Balint, Kafka’s Last Trial , from Norton, Penguin/Rando...
Tuesday, May 7, 2019

From the Musical Theatre Canon: The Music Man, Kiss Me, Kate and Lady in the Dark

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Ellie Fishman and Edward Watts in The Music Man . (Photo: Diane Sobolewski) Meredith Willson’s The Music Man became a classic as soon...
Monday, April 29, 2019

Art Therapy: Welcome to Marwen

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Steve Carell and Merritt Wever in Welcome to Marwen . The almost universal disdain with which Robert Zemeckis’s Welcome to Marwen ...