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George Salazar, a ‘Be More Chill’ Star, Heats Up Online
How did an Off Broadway actor wrangle so many followers on Instagram? He hid in the bathroom.
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CreditCaitlin Ochs for The New York Times Review: Living, and Dying, While Black in ‘Scraps’
A community reels after a young father is killed by police in Geraldine Inoa’s unsettling play.
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CreditAaron Richter for The New York Times He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk)
The playwright Richard Bean brings world-class professional snooker onstage in “The Nap,” produced by the Manhattan Theater Club.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Can Critics Learn to Love the Jukebox Musical?
They are often Broadway sensations, but jukebox musicals rarely get good reviews. We invited our critics to stop snarking and tell us what they want.
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CreditJenny Anderson for The New York Times ‘Gettin’ the Band Back Together’ to Close Sept. 16
The musical comedy, about a group of middle-aged New Jersey men dissatisfied with their lives who reform their high school band, had poor reviews and ticket sales.
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CreditHeidrun Lohr Is the Way Australia Funds the Arts a Recipe for Mediocrity?
The country’s performing arts funding model favors a group of established organizations at the expense of newcomers. Critics say this stifles innovation.
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CreditDaniel Malavasi Soulpepper Looks to Britain for New Executive Director
After two leaders resigned in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, the prominent Canadian theater company will put Emma Stenning in charge
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CreditGeorge Etheredge for The New York Times A Labor Day Thank You for the Arts
This holiday weekend we tip our hats to those performers and others who work days, nights and weekends to enrich your cultural experiences.
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CreditDan Norman You Wrote the Play. Can You Let It Go?
For playwrights, productions that follow the premiere of their shows can be both exhilarating and frightening as others interpret their words.
