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  1. Review: In ‘Symphony of Rats’ Revival, a Darkness Goes Underexplored

    The Wooster Group’s staging of Richard Foreman’s play operates like a delightful love letter from one giant of experimental theater to another.

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    The Performing Garage stage is filled with rodents, some small and others the size of the wonderful actor Jim Fletcher, whose sharp nails and dramatic flair projects an otherworldly deadpan, our critic writes.
    CreditSpencer Ostrander
  2. Review: In ‘The Outsiders,’ a New Song for the Young Misfits

    The classic coming-of-age novel has become a compelling, if imperfect, musical about have-not teenagers in a have-it-all world.

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    Brody Grant, center, as Ponyboy Curtis after the rumble in the musical “The Outsiders” at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater in Manhattan.
    CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times
  3. Broadway Shows to See This Spring

    A guide to the productions onstage now and scheduled to arrive soon, including “Appropriate,” “Cabaret” and “The Wiz.”

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  4. There’s a Bright Spot in New York Theater. It’s Not Where You Think.

    Commercial Off Broadway, a long-dormant sector of the city’s theater economy, is having a banner season. But can it last?

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    Eddie Izzard’s solo “Hamlet” did well enough at its original 199-seat theater in Greenwich Village that it has since relocated to a larger house in the East Village.
    CreditClark Hodgin for The New York Times
  5. Huey Lewis Lost His Hearing. That Didn’t Stop Him From Making a Musical.

    “The Heart of Rock and Roll,” a Broadway show built around the songs of Huey Lewis and the News, has given the singer a reason to “get out of bed.”

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    “I don’t miss doing five shows a week,” Lewis said. “I don’t miss travel at all. But I do miss a show once in a while. And I miss the circus that was our show.”
    CreditPeter Fisher for The New York Times

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  1. The Snubs and Surprises of the 2024 Olivier Awards

    Our theater critics and a reporter discuss the big winner — “Sunset Boulevard” — and the rest of the honorees at Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys.

    By Houman Barekat, Matt Wolf and Alex Marshall

     
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  7. Rachel McAdams Is Not Afraid of the Dark

    The actress makes her Broadway debut in “Mary Jane” as the single mother of a seriously ill child. She views her acting choices as expanding her orbit.

    By Melena Ryzik

     
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