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Arts And Culture

Meet The Broadway Actor Teaching Public Defenders How To Win In Court

Lauren Theisen

Daniel Radcliffe seen onstage during curtain call at "Every Brilliant Thing" Opening Night at Hudson Theatre on March 12, 2026 in New York City.

Daniel Radcliffe Will Talk You Off The Ledge

A exterior view of the Palace Theatre at the opening night of "West Side Story" on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on March 19, 2009

Year In Review

The Best And The Most Of My 2025 In Theater

Angelina Mazza

L-R) Nihar Duvvuri, Molly Griggs, Fina Strazza, Amalia Yoo, Sadie Sink, Morgan Scott, Gabriel Ebert, Maggie Kuntz and Noah Pacht take the curtain call during "John Proctor Is The Villain" Broadway opening night at the Booth Theatre on April 14, 2025 in New York City.

The Revolution Will Be Extra-Curricular

Tony Shalhoub accepts the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for The Band's Visit onstage during the 72nd Annual Tony Awards

Staff Chat

An Experimental Staff Chat: Let’s Talk Tonys

sarah snook on stage with several screens showing her

‘The Picture Of Dorian Gray’ Is A Digital Monument To Vanity

Rachelle Hampton

Leslie Chelsey, 10, of Victory Boulevard School, plays violin. (Photo by USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images)

Funbag

Why Didn’t Orchestra Musicians Choose To Learn Cooler Instruments?

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 20: Nicole Scherzinger attends the opening night of "Sunset BLVD" at St James Theater on October 20, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/WireImage)

Theater Is When You Never Get A Second Chance

two actors sitting on stage, looking at each other, in Illinoise