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Cats: The Jellicle Ball” has received nine Tony nominations, including one for Qween Jean, the costume designer. Our chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, joins our chief theater critic Helen Shaw…
June 2, 2026
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A beloved member of Charles Busch’s Theater in Limbo repertory, he had an irrepressibly comic stage presence that masked a shy, tender disposition.
June 2, 2026
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Danny Burstein, Jessica Hecht and Jeremy Shamos will star in the Manhattan Theater Club production of Clifford Odets’s 1935 play.
June 1, 2026
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Get ready for drag shows, marches, musicals, parades and a “Heated Rivalry” parody.
June 1, 2026
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This month brings an improv all-nighter, James Taylor, “Fraggle Rock” and Puerto Rican pride.
June 1, 2026
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Catherine Tate, Greek classics and plenty in between — here’s our selection of West End productions for Londoners and visitors to check out over the coming months.
June 1, 2026
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This spring the talk-show host and his youngest child made simultaneous debuts, three weeks and eight blocks apart.
June 1, 2026
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In their Off Broadway debut at Ars Nova, Xhloe and Natasha play two rodeo clowns, until the lights go out and the show takes a turn.
June 1, 2026
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This production in the nation’s capital, with an enticingly opaque Iago, attempts to make Shakespeare’s tragedy relevant to our age of conspiracies.
May 31, 2026
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In Eisa Davis’s new play with live music, at the Vineyard Theater, gifted teenagers find their own rhythms at a summer music program.
May 29, 2026
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Theater
The Tony-nominated stars of “Fallen Angels” demonstrate how to act drunk onstage and have a hilarious hangover.
May 29, 2026
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The satirical musical, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, missed 25 performances during the shutdown.
May 28, 2026
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Art
The choreographer-provocateur followed a hit show at the Venice Biennale with one in Vienna. “Violence is something we’re used to,” she said.
May 28, 2026
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Jean Genet’s psychosexual drama gets a social-media-heavy update. But what does it say beyond “internet=bad”?
May 28, 2026
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Ehrenreich, Alden
The Tony nominee Alden Ehrenreich has been making audiences cry at this Broadway comedy in which he portrays a cynical money manager.
May 27, 2026
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Theater
The unauthorized musical parody of the hit TV show gives the role of Scott Hunter to an unsuspecting audience member — and one recent night that was me.
May 27, 2026
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Theater
Many of the top contenders are onstage right now. Here’s a guide to help you navigate the field and find tickets.
May 27, 2026
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The Emporium (Play)
Decades after “The Emporium” failed to open on Broadway in 1954, one man went on a quest to find it.
May 27, 2026
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Chess (Play)
The Broadway musical had planned to keep going, but box-office sales made clear Michele’s appeal was essential. It will now close June 21.
May 27, 2026
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Theater (Broadway)
The revival, also featuring Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Lily Rabe and Joe Keery, will begin performances in September at the Hudson Theater.
May 26, 2026
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Arts
Luke Evans is Tony-nominated for his Broadway debut in a role that requires him to do it all: "He’s a train with no brakes."
May 26, 2026
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Theater
In his rethinking of Jean Genet’s classic work about class and power, Kip Williams ponders “a world that gives you every opportunity not to be yourself.”
May 26, 2026
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Theater (Broadway)
The Broadway production takes full advantage of the Palace Theater’s abundant height and depth, making the show feel like “a massive trust fall.”
May 25, 2026
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Actors and Actresses
With her popular mystical podcast, a return to Broadway in “The Rocky Horror Show” and a second Tony nomination, Rachel Dratch is finally getting her due.
May 24, 2026
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Theater
Kathryn Grody’s “The Unexpected 3rd,” Leslie Ayvazian’s “Mention My Beauty” and Liza Jessie Peterson’s “The Peculiar Patriot” are among the solo shows at the In the Bricks Festival.
May 22, 2026
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Pennington, Michael (1943- )
A mainstay of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he later started a rival theater group. He also appeared in “Return of the Jedi.”
May 21, 2026
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Theater
With the new play “Titans,” Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks series opens with a sharp ensemble work.
May 20, 2026
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Theater
Ava Pickett just opened her play “1536” in London. Next up: a TV adaptation, then a project with the filmmaker Baz Luhrmann.
May 20, 2026
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Beaches (Play)
A musical version of the 1980s tear-jerker will close months earlier than planned after opening in April to negative reviews and soft sales.
May 20, 2026
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Theater
The fast success of this play, about the children’s author Roald Dahl, is a rarity on Broadway, where most shows lose money.
May 19, 2026
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Theater
This newly discovered play by Wilder is part picaresque, part fable, featuring a Midwestern boy who dreams of working at a department store in the big city.
May 19, 2026
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Theater
The composer Cinco Paul discusses the clever references to classic musicals everywhere you look (and hear) in his new Broadway show.
May 18, 2026
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Theater
“Just in Time,” which for a year starred Jonathan Groff, is the first new musical from last season to make money for investors.
May 18, 2026
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Theater
Eliya Smith’s disturbing teen dramedy explores the ambivalence and confusion of life on the brink of adulthood.
May 17, 2026
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Derek Klena was a successful actor with a Tony nomination to his name. But he’s found a bigger audience with the barnstorming baseball sensation.
May 17, 2026
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Theater
Our chief theater critic looks at this year’s nominees and makes some predictions (and recommendations).
May 17, 2026
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