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Arts And Culture

What Should Recorded Musicals Do?

Lauren Theisen

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

Jen Vafidis

Richard Kind poses at a gala celebrating "All In: Comedy About Love" opening night on Broadway at The Hudson Theatre on December 16, 2024 in New York City.

Life Lessons

How Meeting Richard Kind Changed The Course Of My Life

view of 'Cats' stage pre-show from above. there's a long runway dividing the audience in two

Defector Up All Night

Defector At The Theater: A Revamped ‘Cats’ Is Better Than Ever

Mary Cassatt's "In The Loge" - a woman in the late 1800s uses opera glasses to look at something from a theater box, while a man looks at her from a distance

Who’s Allowed To Look?

‘How To Defend Yourself’ Knows That You Will Fail To Solve Rape Culture

Patrick Redford

PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 13: Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece reacts in his Men's Singles Final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during Day Fifteen of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros on June 13, 2021 in Paris, France. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

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