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Thursday, May 21, 2026

The Fear Driving “Well, I’ll Let You Go” and “Othello” by Emily Nussbaum

A new Off Broadway play and Shakespeare’s tragedy hinge on a universal anxiety: How well do you know your partner?

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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Boots Riley, Marx Brother by Emily Nussbaum

Boots Riley’s zany movies combine pop aesthetics with radical politics.

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Thursday, April 30, 2026

“Schmigadoon!” and “The Lost Boys” Are Killer Revamps by Emily Nussbaum

Camp has become the go-to aesthetic for Broadway musicals. These two new shows dare to be sincere.

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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Sharp Claws at "Becky Shaw" and "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" by Emily Nussbaum

Gina Gionfriddo's zinger-filled sex farce and the celebratory ballroom-culture adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's confounding musical are cathartic catnip.

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Thursday, April 2, 2026

"Dog Day Afternoon" on Broadway, Reviewed by Emily Nussbaum

Sidney Lumet's kinetic, emotionally complex film has been transformed into a hokey sitcom with gunshots.

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Thursday, March 12, 2026

Two Playwrights Tackle Father Figures by Emily Nussbaum

Clare Barron's "You Got Older" is a rare play about a good dad. Wallace Shawn's "What We Did Before Our Moth Days" is defiantly tender about an amoral one.

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Thursday, February 26, 2026

"Hate Radio" Chucks the Transcript by Emily Nussbaum

A jolting play about the Rwandan genocide takes liberties in order to capture dark truths.

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Friday, January 30, 2026

Theatre Review: "An Ark" and "Data" by Emily Nussbaum

Two plays soaked in technological anxiety.

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Friday, January 9, 2026

In Tracy Letts's "Bug," Crazy Is Contagious by Emily Nussbaum

A Broadway revival arrives at a moment when paranoia plots are everywhere.

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Monday, January 5, 2026

Catch Marc Shaiman If You Can by Emily Nussbaum

On the eve of his new book, "Never Mind the Happy," the composer dishes on his career ups and downs"from touring with Bette Midler to getting caught in Twitter wars.

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Monday, August 11, 2025

Ben Folds's Latest Thing by Emily Nussbaum

After quitting his gig with the Kennedy Center in protest, the Gen X indie rocker is turning his talents toward MAGA trolls and Charlie Brown.

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Monday, June 30, 2025

Ready, Set, Libretto! Jesse Eisenberg Speed-Writes a Musical by Emily Nussbaum

The "Real Pain" director teamed up with the TV writer Meredith Scardino to compete in the 24 Hour Musicals, for charity. Their muse? A West Elm lamp.

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Monday, June 9, 2025

Gertrude Berg, the Forgotten Inventor of the Sitcom by Emily Nussbaum

Gertrude Berg's "The Goldbergs" was a bold, beloved portrait of a Jewish family. Then the blacklist obliterated her legacy.

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Monday, December 2, 2013

Emily Nussbaum: “Sam & Cat,” “Six by Sondheim” reviews. by Emily Nussbaum

Despite my profession, there’s plenty of television I don’t watch: cooking shows and Fox News, the sixteen post-Vegas seasons of “The Real World,” sports that are not…

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Monday, November 18, 2013

Emily Nussbaum: Comic aggression in “Moms Mabley” and “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth.” by Emily Nussbaum

An old lady sways back and forth onstage, working her jaw. “Can’t no old man do nothin’ for me but bring me a message from a young man,” she says. Her eyes widen, her…

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Monday, August 20, 2012

Emily Nussbaum: “Bunheads” review. by Emily Nussbaum

The sixth episode of "Bunheads," a new series on ABC Family, ended with an odd sequence worth rewinding. Three teen ballerinas stared straight into the camera"eyelids smudged, beatnik-style"…

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Monday, May 7, 2012

Hate-Watching "Smash" by Emily Nussbaum

Since its delightful pilot, the show has taken a nosedive so deep I'm surprised my ears haven't popped. All the caveats I noted but dismissed in my earlier review have become the definingly …

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011