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Sunday, July 19, 2026

Lesley Manville in Les Liaisons Dangereuses: An Actress Becomes a Legend

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Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner in Les Liaisons Dangereuses . (Photo: Sarah Lee.) It’s not likely that many people read Choderlos de Laclos...
Saturday, July 11, 2026

Recent Plays: The Balusters, Fallen Angels, Top Hat and The Fear of 13

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The company of The Balusters . (Photo: Jeremy Daniel.) David Lindsay-Abaire’s The Balusters , which enjoyed a twelve-week limited run as par...
Monday, July 6, 2026

One of a Kind, Twice in a Row: Legacy and Legend

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“Art never saved the world. It cannot do so.” --Marcel Duchamp “Everyone is an artist.” --Joseph Beuys The 20th century. Oh how I do miss th...
Sunday, July 5, 2026

Gershwin Redux: Crazy for You

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The company of Goodspeed's Crazy for You . (Photo: Diane Sobolewski.) Crazy for You is the second of three Broadway musicals – so far –...
Saturday, July 4, 2026

The Five Colours of White

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Ink-and-Brush painting by Zhang Shuqi. (Photo: Jason Wang.) In the glass-and-concrete halls of the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou, Z...
Friday, July 3, 2026

Lemons: Joe Mantello Directs Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

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Laurie Metcalf, a carton of organic milk, and Nathan Lane in Death of a Salesman . (Photo: Emilio Madrid.) When I heard director Joe Mantell...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

Found in Translation: Wayne McGregor’s MADDADDAM, Reconsidered

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Heather Ogden in the National Ballet of Canada's MADDADDAM . (Photo: Karolina Kuras.) In 2022, I walked out of Toronto’s Four Seasons Ce...