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Review: In ‘Lockdown,’ a Prisoner Yearns to Rejoin the World

The play, a sort-of autobiographical story about an author and an inmate, includes a post-show “community conversation” about incarceration.

 

Review: A Con Man Without a Sting in ‘High Button Shoes’

The last of this season’s Encores! musicals in concert, starring Michael Urie, resurrects a 1947 show that feels nostalgic for nostalgia.

 

Nicholas Hytner Plans 2nd New Theater in London

The as-yet-unnamed venue is scheduled to open in King’s Cross in 2021. His most recent opened in Southeast London in 2017.

 

London Theater Reviews: Women Onstage, Not Getting What They Want

Productions in London of classic plays — from Chekhov to Cy Coleman — feature strong female performances.

 

For Sale: A Little-Known Home Where Oscar Wilde Vacationed

Wilde stayed at a farmhouse in Norfolk, England, with his wife, and later, his lover. He also worked on “A Woman of No Importance” there.

 

‘Safeword’ Review: The Bondage Play (Hold the Pleasure)

S. Asher Gelman’s play tries to educate its audience, but it promises more than it can deliver.

 

28 Portraits of This Year’s Tony Nominees

Why they act. What they’ve learned. And what they’ll remember.

 

Critic’s Pick: Review: ‘Luzia’ Revives the Cirque du Soleil Spell

Yes, it has clowns and death-defying feats, but “Luzia” also has spinning turntables and a waterfall that produces almost-supernatural effects.

 

A New Adventure for ‘Augie March’: A Chicago Stage

The first theatrical adaptation of a Saul Bellow novel is about to open in the city, and campus, that helped shape his sensibility.

 

Review: In ‘Cadillac Crew,’ a Road Trip Through Racism and Erasure

Women on the front lines of danger in 1963 were often pushed to the backbench of the civil rights movement. A new play gives them their due.

 

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