ELYSA GARDNER
Ms. Gardner has written about theater and music for The New York Times, The…
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For Koohestani, running is more than a metaphor. The athletic pursuit became therapeutic following the Iranian government’s violent crackdown on demonstrators in the country’s Green Movement.
John Mulaney and a Rotating Series of Stage and Screen Stars Bring to Life the Stories of Simon Rich
‘All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich’ consists of a series of vignettes adapted from Rich’s stories, and their general sensibility exists at the intersection of ‘Saturday Night Live’ and the New Yorker.
Audra McDonald Delivers a Show-Stopping Performance as Rose in New Revival of ‘Gypsy’
The triumph of this production is that its star and her equally venerated director, George C. Wolfe, turn potential liabilities into assets.
Theater Fans Had Much in Which To Delight in 2024, the Year of Second Chances
Numerous plays and musicals that had earned acclaim off-Broadway during the year’s early months — or in some cases in 2023, such as the Tony Award-winning ‘Stereophonic’ and ‘Job’ — received additional, often higher-profile productions.
Tumult Over Vaccines Bedevils a Well-Heeled Private School in the Whip-Smart ‘Eureka Day’
The pandemic hovers over this comedy like a storm cloud.
Expect ‘Cult of Love’ To Burnish Leslye Headland’s Already Impressive Reputation
For all the crackling sardonicism in Headland’s writing, her compassion is equally compelling, if not more so. Under Trip Cullman’s typically astute direction, all the characters in ‘Cult’ are funny and touching, and none are villains.
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