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    Theater Review: Oslo Finds Drama in the Back Channels of DiplomacyWhen Israel met Palestine, in small-town Norway.
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    Theater Review: Runaways, at Encores! Off-CenterElizabeth Swados’s dark 1978 musical.
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    Rereviewed: She Loves Me Onscreen, The Color Purple RecastTwo excellent productions, seen fresh.
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    Theater: A Funny Thing … and Turn Me LooseA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit … and Turn Me Loose, reviewed.
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    Theater Review: The Taming of the ShrewPhyllida Lloyd gives it a try in Central Park.
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    The World Turned Upside Down: Highs and Lows From the Tonys of DiversityAbout time.
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    Vulture’s Tony Awards Predictions for Every CategoryIf you’re a betting sort, read this now.
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    Tonys Deep Dive No. 5: Tech, Music, and DirectionPart five of five.
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    Tony Awards Deep Dive No. 4: Performances in PlaysPart four of five.
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    Tony Awards Deep Dive No. 3: Performances in MusicalsPart three of five.
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    Tony Awards Deep Dive No. 2: The PlaysPart two of five.
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    Theater Review: A Second Act of God, Now With Sean HayesOld God now dead.
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    Tony Awards Deep Dive No. 1: The MusicalsPart one of five.
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    Theater Reviews: The Total Bent and ParamourThe former is complex and sometimes hard to love; the latter is easy to hate.
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    Theater Review: The Underworld on East 4th in HadestownDon’t look back, and you might like it.
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    Should You Revisit the Recast The King and I?Absolutely.
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    Everett Fully Inhabits Wilde in Judas KissThe Judas Kiss now feels, properly, much gayer that it did, while the philosophical clarity of the production lets us understand that gayness is not really its subject.
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    Theater Review: The Missteps (and Joys) of Do I Hear a Waltz?A flawed but not moribund show gets a flawed but not moribund staging.
  19. the hamiltonys
    2016 Tony Award Nomination Snubs and SurprisesNo one, least of all Audra McDonald herself, is likely to feel very bad about her not being nominated for Shuffle Along.
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    Will Hamilton Win a Record 13 Tony Awards? A Look at Its NominationsSome voters, having acknowledged the year of Miranda with the top awards, may wish to spread the wealth among many other deserving artists.
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    Breaking Down the Tony Nominations in the Year of HamiltonPlaywrights both dead and alive are very happy that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s show is a musical, leaving their categories wide open.
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    Theater Review: Dear Evan Hansen Could Be the Next Fun HomeA rare great musical about inner conflict.
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    Theater Review: Gillian Anderson Is an Inside-Out Blanche DuBoisWith a fake Vuitton bag.
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    Theater Review: Shuffle AlongThe Broadway musical season that began with a Hamiltonian bang last August has now ended with another historical explosion.
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    Theater Review: Long Day’s Journey Into NightAnd carries it off.
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    Theater Review: Tuck Everlasting May Not Be for the AgesIt does go on, though.
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    Theater Review: Fully CommittedFrenemies and absurd menu choices abound.
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    Theater Review: Waitress, Sweet and SassyWhat’ll it be?
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    Theater Review: Gore ’88! American Psycho Hacks Its Way OnstageOh, my God. It even has a watermark.
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    Theater Review: The FatherIt’s a must-see performance.
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    Theater Review: 13 Hours of Shakespeare’s Henrys, in Brooklyn“Something marvelous of each for everyone, and then sometimes too much.”
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    Theater Review: The CrucibleDirector Ivo van Hove lets us feel more strongly the role the play’s overwhelming structural brilliance plays in locking us down.
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    Theater Review: The Encores! Revival of 1776It ranks as one of the best of the 68 musical revivals Encores! has offered in its 23 years of operation.
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    Theater Review: The Stormy Flow of Head of PassesPhylicia Rashad holds it together.
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    Theater Review: Martin & Brickell’s Bright StarUpbeat but short on profundity.
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    Theater Reviews: The Effect and Dry PowderLucy Prebble, the playwright behind Enron, returns.
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    Theater Review: She Loves MeA show that’s a dear friend.
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    Theater Review: Hold On to Me DarlingIs this satire? It’s hard to tell.
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    Theater: The Robber Bridegroom, Southern ComfortWith source-material problems all around.
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    Theater Review: Michelle Williams in Blackbird“Making a very dangerous point.”
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    Theater: Disaster! and White Rabbit Red RabbitBad concept, good concept.
  42. vulture lists
    28 Reasons Why New York Theater Is, Improbably, Thriving Plus, portraits of seven standout performances.
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    Audra McDonald, Broadway’s Greatest Voice, Is BackBut she can’t stop saying she’s sorry.
  44. Audra McDonald, Broadway’s Greatest Voice, Is BackBut she can’t stop saying she’s sorry.
  45. 28 Reasons Why New York Theater Is, Improbably, ThrivingPlus, portraits of seven standout performances.
  46. Theater Reviews: Hungry and EclipsedOne, a transfer that opened in October; the other, written (at least in part) yesterday.
  47. Theater Reviews: Familiar and Red SpeedoTwo buzzy playwrights’ latest premieres — one of which delivers.
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    Theater Reviews: A Miscast Hughie and a Cheesy-Fun PericlesForest Whitaker is the wrong man for the job; Trevor Nunn serves a Shakespeare melt.
  49. Theater Review: Smokefall Tries for Whimsy Amid the DarknessToo cute for its big ideas.
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    Theater Review: Nice Fish Brings News From Lake WobegonIce fishing through the midlife crisis.
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