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Thursday, February 19, 2026

'Midwinter Break' Review: Aging Together, Growing Apart by Natalia Winkelman

Lesley Manville and Ciaran Hinds play an Irish married couple dealing with quiet resentments in this staid drama.

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

'Fackham Hall' Review: Keep Calm and Chuckle On by Natalia Winkelman

Clever sight gags jazz up this "Downton Abbey" sendup about a bookish aristocrat under pressure to marry her first cousin.

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Thursday, November 20, 2025

'Cactus Pears' Review: Finding Intimacy Amid Grief by Natalia Winkelman

This understated Indian drama follows closeted gay man gingerly initiating a romance with an old friend.

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Thursday, November 13, 2025

'Bunny' Review: Doing the Right Thing by Natalia Winkelman

Ben Jacobson's caper set in an East Village tenement hinges on the camaraderie of neighbors and teems with energy.

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

'Hedda' Review: Sex, Lies and a Country Estate by Natalia Winkelman

​​Tessa Thompson plays mind games with her guests in Nia DaCosta's endlessly surprising adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen production.

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

'A Little Prayer' Review: A Family's Dysfunction by Natalia Winkelman

David Strathairn plays a Vietnam veteran who wants to shield his daughter-in-law from hard truths about her husband in this melodrama set in North Carolina.

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Thursday, August 14, 2025

'East of Wall' Review: South Dakota Dreaming by Natalia Winkelman

In his drama set on a horse ranch, a real-life mother and daughter play rough riders struggling to make ends meet.

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Thursday, July 10, 2025

'Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight' Review: Through a Child's Eyes by Natalia Winkelman

This drama about a white family in Zimbabwe is told almost entirely from the girl's point of view.

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

'The Queen of My Dreams' Review: From Karachi to Toronto by Natalia Winkelman

Fawzia Mirza's amiable feature debut traces the lives of a mother and her daughter in two coming-of-age tales.

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

'Rise' Review: Step, Repeat, Recover by Natalia Winkelman

The French filmmaker Cédric Klapisch's feel-good dance film follows a professional ballerina returning to the stage after an ankle injury.

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Thursday, December 8, 2022

'Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage?' Review: Wickedly Talented by Natalia Winkelman

This Disney+ documentary uses a concert set list as a springboard to chronicle Idina Menzel's musical achievements.

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All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off