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Monday, July 25, 2022

An Iranian Actor's Journey to Broadway by Michael Schulman

Houshang Touzie parked cars and got punched by Mr. T on "The A-Team" before being cast in the theatrical version of Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner."

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Monday, June 13, 2022

The 2022 Tony Awards: How Broadway Got Its Groove Back by Michael Schulman

Ariana DeBose shined as the host, Michael R. Jackson's "A Strange Loop" was deservedly awarded, and the night was high-spirited fun.

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Friday, May 6, 2022

Summer Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

Danai Gurira plays Richard III at Shakespeare in the Park, "The Kite Runner" opens on Broadway, Elevator Repair Service adapts Chekhov for "Seagull," and more.

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Monday, March 21, 2022

Neverland Comes to Broadway by Michael Schulman

Meet the parents who thought it was a good idea to have their kids audition to play young Michael Jackson.

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Friday, March 4, 2022

Spring Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

Michael R. Jackson's salty musical "A Strange Loop," Beanie Feldstein in "Funny Girl," Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga in "Macbeth," and more.

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Saturday, November 27, 2021

Stephen Sondheim Taught Me How to Be a Person by Michael Schulman

I borrowed his cast albums from my school library so many times that the librarians finally let me keep them.

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Sunday, November 14, 2021

Lin-Manuel Miranda Goes in Search of Lost Time by Michael Schulman

The "Hamilton" creator's directorial début, "Tick, Tick . . . Boom!," channels the bohemian life and spirit of the theatre composer Jonathan Larson.

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Friday, November 5, 2021

Winter Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster in "The Music Man," Beanie Feldstein in "Funny Girl," Lynn Nottage's "MJ," and more.

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Monday, October 18, 2021

Bringing Barbershop Talk to the Stage by Michael Schulman

To plug Keenan Scott II's new play, "Thoughts of a Colored Man," the producers sent a mobile barbershop around the city, in an attempt to diversify a Broadway audience that, Scott says, ofte…

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Monday, September 27, 2021

The Tony Awards Are Telling You Broadway's Not Going by Michael Schulman

The awards ceremony was a pep rally and a processing of trauma, but it also raised questions about inclusivity.

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Friday, August 6, 2021

Fall Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

Last spring's doomed Broadway season is revived, along with plays by Lynn Nottage, Alice Childress, Lucas Hnath, Annie Baker, and more.

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Friday, June 18, 2021

Rita Moreno Has Time Only for the Truth by Michael Schulman

The actress, now eighty-nine, spent decades being typecast and belittled. In a new documentary, she tries to recover her story.

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Friday, May 7, 2021

Summer Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

Shakespeare in the Park returns with "Merry Wives," Aleshea Harris's "What to Send Up When It Goes Down" at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and more.

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Monday, May 3, 2021

Ethan Hawke Waits for Godot, or for the Zoom Screen to Unfreeze by Michael Schulman

After a rehearsal for a virtual production of the play, Hawke and his co-star John Leguizamo ponder how all dialogue now sounds like Beckett.

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Wednesday, June 12, 2019

The 2019 Tony Awards: "Hadestown" Triumphs, Elaine May Sparkles, and Billy Porter Wins the Red Carpet by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman reviews the telecast of the Tony Awards, hosted by James Corden, in which Rachel Chavkin, Elaine May, and others gave winning speeches.

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Thursday, April 25, 2019

The Broadway Life of Hillary Clinton by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman reviews Joe Mantello's Broadway production of Lucas Hnath's play "Hillary and Clinton," about the life of the former Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and the 2008 Pres…

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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Two Broadway Shows Dismantle the American Myth by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman writes on "Oklahoma!" and "What the Constitution Means to Me," two current theatre productions that have unsettling stories to tell about statehood.

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Monday, April 1, 2019

A Nerd Learns to "Be More Chill" by Michael Schulman

Shoved into a locker as a teen, the actor Will Roland vowed to transform himself"and made it to the nerd-heaven of Broadway, Michael Schulman writes. 

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Friday, March 1, 2019

Spring Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

Revivals offer enticing actor pairings, including Adam Driver and Keri Russell, in "Burn This," and Annette Bening and Tracy Letts, in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons."

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Monday, February 25, 2019

An Oscars-Night Diary by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman recaps his night at the 2019 Oscars ceremony, and at the Vanity Fair after-party.

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Sunday, February 24, 2019

A Fraught Oscars Season Limps to the Finish Line by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman writes on the fraught Oscars season"including controversy surrounding the film "Green Book" and Kevin Hart"and the broadcast, on Sunday night, of the Academy Awards.

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Sunday, February 17, 2019

Jane Curtin Is Playing It Straight by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman interviews the actress Jane Curtin on her sitcom years, the early, turbulent days of "S.N.L.," and the shifting sands of the present.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

The Evolution of Red-Carpet Politics by Michael Schulman

The New Yorker writers Michael Schulman and Naomi Fry discuss the history of the red carpet, from Aeschylus to Joan Rivers, in anticipation of the Academy Awards.

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Monday, February 11, 2019

Heidi Schreck Takes the Constitution to Broadway by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman on the playwright's combination of memoir and civics lesson in a show for the Trump era.

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Monday, February 4, 2019

When "Spaceman" Came Crashing Down to Earth by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman on the star of the one-woman show, who learned, after a curtain-call tumble, that having two broken arms is not unlike being an astronaut.

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Monday, January 21, 2019

A Homecoming for "Hamilton" in Puerto Rico by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman and Rick Negron, who plays a Trumpish King George III in the hit musical "Hamilton," stroll the plazas of Negron's home town.

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Thursday, January 17, 2019

What "Hamilton" in San Juan Means to Puerto Rico by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman on Lin-Manuel Miranda's return to "Hamilton" this month, bringing the play to the Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and its significance to th…

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Monday, January 7, 2019

The 2019 Golden Globes Recap: A Thankful Sandra Oh and a Mighty Glenn Close by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman reviews the 2019 Golden Globe awards, an odd night in terms of winners, in which Sandra Oh and Glenn Close gave memorable speeches.

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When Your Dinner Comes with a "Sea to Pan" Journey by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman on a tech entrepreneur's new company, which sells Icelandic fish with a QR code. 

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Monday, December 31, 2018

The Star of "Roma" Takes an Empire State Building Selfie by Michael Schulman

Yalitza Aparicio was studying to be a schoolteacher in a small town in Mexico when she was cast in Alfonso Cuarón's lauded film. 

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Sunday, December 30, 2018

Robert De Niro Is Always Doing Something by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman interviews the actor Robert De Niro on getting a pipe bomb in the mail, on his acting career, and on his public denunciation of Donald Trump.

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