theatre
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There are musicals that tell a story about America. There are musicals that celebrate America. And then there is Ragtime, which asks America to sit down, be quiet, and listen to the stories it has spent more than a century trying not to hear. I saw Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ragtime on July 29, and I absolutely…
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I saw Schmigadoon! on Broadway last night, and it was an absolutely delightful evening from beginning to end. Bright, funny, romantic, and bursting with theatrical energy, the production feels like both a loving celebration of classic musicals and a wonderfully clever comedy in its own right. It captures everything that makes musical theater so joyful – the…
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There is a peculiar kind of theatrical magic that happens when a show fully embraces its own absurdity. It stops trying to convince you that what you’re watching is realistic and instead dares you to believe that the ridiculous is, somehow, the most honest thing on stage. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has been…
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There are Broadway musicals that tell you a story. There are Broadway musicals that let you hear a catalogue of familiar songs. And then there are the rare productions that dissolve the invisible wall between stage and audience until you forget you’re watching a performance at all. Just in Time belongs firmly in that last category.…
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I saw Proof at the July 1 matinee, which feels like the correct way to see a play about genius, grief, and familial distrust: in the middle of the day, when the sun is behaving like an overconfident undergraduate and Broadway is full of people carrying tote bags, iced coffee, and unresolved maternal narratives. David Auburn’s Proof has always…
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On June 13, 2026, I had the opportunity to see Dog Day Afternoon on Broadway, and it delivered one of the most enjoyable afternoons of theatre I have experienced in quite some time. Like many theatergoers, I came into the production with a deep appreciation for the iconic 1975 film. Adapting a beloved movie for the stage…
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There is a particular kind of theatrical magic that does not announce itself with spectacle, but instead sneaks up on you, disarming, intimate, and ultimately overwhelming. Every Brilliant Thing is precisely that kind of experience. In its current New York run, it finds a near perfect steward in Daniel Radcliffe, whose performance is as unguarded as it…
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There is a particular electricity to a closing performance, a sense that the work has settled into itself and is now ready to take a final, confident breath. That was unmistakably present on April 18 at Pace University’s Sands College of the Performing Arts, where Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street concluded its run with…
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There is always a quiet question hanging over stage adaptations of major screen properties. Not whether they will sell, but whether they will justify their existence as theatre. Stranger Things: The First Shadow answers that question with surprising confidence. This is not a decorative extension of a brand. It is a production that understands the grammar of…
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(How to Lose Yourself Just Enough to Find the Truth) The courtroom is a stage that denies it’s a stage.The script insists it’s nonfiction.The actors swear under oath. But make no mistake: the trial is theatre – sacred, structured, and dangerous. The bailiff calls “All rise,” and we do, obediently, as though waiting for the…
Brian Brijbag 