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Critic’s Notebook A season of ensembles, including the seven colors of “For Colored Girls.” From left: Tendayi Kuumba, Kenita R. Miller (a Tony nominee), Okwui Okpokwasili, Amara Granderson, Alexandria Wailes, …
Highlights of the 2022 Tony Nominations: ‘A Strange Loop’ Has a Strong Showing Read MoreCritic’s Notebook A season of ensembles, including the seven colors of “For Colored Girls.” From left: Tendayi Kuumba, Kenita R. Miller (a Tony nominee), Okwui Okpokwasili, Amara Granderson, Alexandria Wailes, …
Highlights of the 2022 Tony Nominations: ‘A Strange Loop’ Has a Strong Showing Read MoreThe play “Fat Ham,” a comedic riff on “Hamlet” set at a Southern barbecue, hasn’t even had an in-person production yet because of the coronavirus pandemic. But on Monday, the …
James Ijames on Winning a Pulitzer and Making ‘Hamlet’ a Comedy Read MoreLONDON — There’s mighty, and then there’s Mark Rylance in “Jerusalem,” a performance so powerfully connected to its part that it feels almost superhuman. That’s as it should be for …
Review: In ‘Jerusalem,’ a Once-in-a-Lifetime Performance, Again Read MoreAbout a third of the way through “A Case for the Existence of God,” Samuel D. Hunter’s must-see heartbreaker of a play, one character, Ryan, tells the other one, Keith, …
Review: Making a Beautiful ‘Case for the Existence of God’ Read MoreThe five Iranian women of “Wish You Were Here,” which opened on Tuesday night at Playwrights Horizons, joke about sex and their bodies. They file one another’s toenails and lick …
‘Wish You Were Here’ Review: The Saga of Female Friendship Read MoreSTUTTGART, Germany — Perhaps no theater director working today is more haunted by memory than Krzysztof Warlikowski. To portray its tortuous mechanisms, the Polish Warlikowski favors enigmas and fragmented narratives …
On European Stages, Myths and Memories Merge Read MoreAfter finishing a preview performance of her hourlong stand-up show about reproductive rights, “Oh God, a Show About Abortion,” the comedian Alison Leiby was finishing dinner Monday night when she …
Performing a Comedy About Abortion, Watching the Supreme Court Read MoreLONDON — Donald J. Trump sits grumpily at the wheel of a golf cart as he drives onto the stage of the Old Vic theater in London. Swerving to a …
This Trump Play in London Is a Comedy. Unless You’re American. Read More