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Thursday, September 4, 2025

10 Things We're Excited About This Fall by Dwight Garner, Jesse Green, Alexandra Jacobs, Gia Kourlas, Alex Marshall, Melena Ryzik, Maya Salam, Jennifer Szalai, Alissa Wilkinson and Jason Zinoman

Dolly Parton in Vegas, a shrine to David Bowie, a new standup special from Kumail Nanjiani and other picks from our critics and writers.

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg and Caliban's take on The Tempest: the best theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2025 by Arifa Akbar, Brian Logan and Lyndsey Winship

Andrea Riseborough and Sarandon deliver a decade-hopping drama, superstar standups hit the road and Shobana Jeyasingh rewrites Shakespeare ' See the rest of our unmissable autumn arts previe…

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Friday, August 15, 2025

Rosie O'Donnell and Eating the Rich: 7 Buzzy Shows at Edinburgh Fringe by Alex Marshall, Houman Barekat and Jillian Rayfield

The shows that have gotten tongues wagging this year include stand-up gigs, character skits and a routine that ends with its performer covered in goo.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

With 'Hamnet' and 'The Bride,' Jessie Buckley Is Going Where Few Actresses Dare by Alice Newell-Hanson, Craig McDean and Imruh Asha

In new films by Chloé Zhao and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Buckley bolsters her reputation for playing the most complicated of roles.

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Sunday, June 8, 2025

Takeaways From Graduation Speeches by Trump, Taraji P. Henson and Others by Mitch Smith, Arijeta Lajka and Caroline Kim

The New York Times studied videos of addresses posted online, including those by President Trump, Kermit the Frog and a slew of celebrity speakers. Here is a look at key themes that emerged.

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Thursday, June 5, 2025

The 2025 Tony Nominees Discuss Their Biggest Tests and Triumphs by Thea Traff, Michael Paulson, Alexis Soloski, Nicole Herrington, Jolie Ruben and Amanda Webster

George Clooney, Audra McDonald, Daniel Dae Kim, Sarah Snook and other Broadway stars talk about the challenges they've faced " and surmounted.

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

Tony Nominations Snubs and Surprises: Denzel Washington Misses for 'Othello' and More by Jesse Green, Alexis Soloski and Scott Heller

Ensemble-driven plays like "Purpose" and "English" received a slew of nominations, while Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal and Idina Menzel were overlooked.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Climate Activists Interrupt New York City Ballet Performance by Javier C. Hernández, Rachel Saltz and Amanda Webster

Protesters interrupted an all-Balanchine program on the company's spring season opening night, which coincided this year with Earth Day.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

The Best Classical Music Performances of March 2025 by Joshua Barone, Seth Colter Walls, Zachary Woolfe and Oussama Zahr

Watch and listen to recent highlights, including Nicole Scherzinger on Broadway, a pair of Janacek operas and Cécile McLorin Salvant.

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Monday, April 7, 2025

The Snubs and Surprises of the 2025 Olivier Awards by Matt Wolf, Houman Barekat and Eleanor Stanford

Times critics discuss the big winners " a new play about Roald Dahl, a "Fiddler on the Roof" revival and a folk-rock "Benjamin Button"" at London's theater awards.

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Saturday, January 4, 2025

15 cultural highlights to beat the January blues by Culture Staff,roisin O'Connor,ellie Harrison,katie Rosseinsky,louis Chilton and Helen Coffey

From brand new TV series to art exhibitions, theatre performances and Oscar-worthy films, our culture team have you covered for entertainment this month

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Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Chills, chuckles and Cate Blanchett in Chekhov: the best theatre, dance and comedy coming in 2025 by Arifa Akbar, Brian Logan and Lyndsey Winship

Gary Oldman's tackling Beckett, Strictly winner Chris McCausland is on a huge standup tour " and mods can rev their scooters to a dance Quadrophenia Continue reading...

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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

The best theatre, comedy and dance of 2024 by Arifa Akbar, Brian Logan and Lyndsey Winship

Sarah Snook put Succession behind her, Hofesh Shechter found horror in Albion and Rhod Gilbert was ecstatic to be alive, in our critics' picks of the best stage shows of the year ' More on t…

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Best Dance Performances of 2024 by Gia Kourlas, Brian Seibert and Roslyn Sulcas

Once-in-a-generation ballerinas, topical works that transcended politics and a voguing "Cats" were highlights of the year.

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Monday, November 4, 2024

'I've stumbled deep into alien territory': our sportswriters and arts critics swap jobs by Louise Taylor, Barney Ronay, Jonathan Liew, Tanya Aldred, Robert Kitson, Lyndsey Winship, Arifa Akbar, Alexis Petridis and Flora Willson

What would happen if our arts critics and sports writers swapped roles for a day? How does the English National Opera compare to the Premier League … or the NFL to a West End musical? Our …

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Monday, September 2, 2024

"Drapando:" Scratching For A Connection by Maria KaraÅ›, Jacky Lie-An-Joek and Tessa Coenen

The play Drapando, czyli Atak ZamszaÅ‚ego Starucha (Drapando, or the attack of the mossy old man) was presented at the 7th Review of New Theatre for Children. It was directed by Zofia Pin…

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

A Six follow-up, an LA clown … and War Horse rides again: theatre, comedy and dance autumn preview by Arifa Akbar, Brian Logan and Lyndsey Winship

Why Am I So Single sets dating angst to music; more Hollywood stars hit the West End; and a Brummie dance trilogy reaches its finale Continue reading...

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Thursday, July 18, 2024

How Seattle can support its artists despite rising prices by Margo Vansynghel, Gemma Wilson, Moira Macdonald and Michael Rietmulder

Organizations in Seattle and elsewhere are trying to address the affordability crisis for artists with programs tackling basic income, affordable housing and more.

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Friday, June 14, 2024
Thursday, June 13, 2024

This Year's Tony Nominees in Portraits by Dana Scruggs, Michael Paulson, Julia Jacobs, Jolie Ruben and Amanda Webster

The Tony Awards are Sunday. Each year we photograph nominated performers and talk to them about their craft. This time, we asked about early theater memories.

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Tony Nominations 2024: Biggest Snubs and Surprises by Jesse Green, Alexis Soloski and Scott Heller

It was a strong year for female directors, a play featuring music and American productions.

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Thursday, April 25, 2024
Monday, April 22, 2024

'Cabaret' Opening on Broadway: Eddie Redmayne, Angela Bassett and Baz Luhrmann by Sarah Bahr, Melissa Guerrero and Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet

A party for the buzzy revival of the Broadway musical was held at a theater that has been transformed to look like a 1930s-era nightclub.

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Monday, April 15, 2024

2024 Olivier Awards: The Snubs and Surprises by Houman Barekat, Matt Wolf and Alex Marshall

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.

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Sunday, March 10, 2024

'I could have written three plays about her': Jennie Lee, MP and wife of Nye Bevan, is celebrated on stage by Vanessa Thorpe, Arts and Media Correspondent

The coal miner's daughter who set up the Open University and the Arts Council and was Britain's youngest MP is the subject of two new shows 'Behind every great man stands a great woman," the…

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Sunday, February 11, 2024

Budget crisis imperils Royal Court's support for new writers by Vanessa Thorpe, Arts and Media Correspondent

The literary department at the London theatre is renowned for taking risks with untried playwrights, but is now under threat The Royal Court is known for putting the names of emerging playwr…

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Friday, February 2, 2024

Remembering Chita Rivera's Unique Voice by Alex Barron, Lynn Levy, Diane Wong and Jesse Green

Our theater critic on some of the Broadway legend's greatest vocal performances.

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

The best things we saw at the 6th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival by Kimzyn Campbell, Irene Hsiao and Kerry Reid

The 6th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival swept through Chicago as vigorously as the cold front that accompanied much of it, and puppets dominated venues all around Chicago for t…

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

'This system is broken': protesters say Suffolk cuts encapsulate UK arts crisis by Lanre Bakare, Carmen Aguilar García and Michael Goodier

Council has found one-off funding pot after announcing 100% cut, but people in county say sector is being destroyed As a chant of "Stop the cuts! Stop the cuts! Stop the cuts!" echoes off th…

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Friday, January 12, 2024

Three Festival Shows Explore Toxic Society by Laura Collins-Hughes, Naveen Kumar and Juan A. Ramírez

"Queens of Sheba" and "Volcano" at Under the Radar, and "Bacon," at International Fringe Encore Series, expound on identity, captivity and violence.

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