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‘Operation Mincemeat’ Review: Broadway Transfer of the Olivier-Winning Musical Has Absurdity, Laughs and Heart

An astonishing, loopy and very true World War II story about Great Britain tricking Germany into believing false invasion plans has been the source material for non-fiction books and movies dramas....

‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Review: Exuberant New Broadway Musical Celebrates the Soul of a Nation

Entering “Buena Vista Social Club” is like stepping into a heady world of the senses, of heightened emotions, and of passionate music and dance. The Social Club was a real place...

How a Breakout Newcomer and a Tony-Winning Favorite Are Bringing ‘Boop!’ to Broadway

One actress is a newcomer making her Broadway debut after winning raves out of town. The other is a Tony-winning favorite, back on Broadway for the first time in almost a...

‘Redwood’ Review: Idina Menzel Hits the Heights in a Heartfelt Broadway Return

There’s a powerful appeal to the idea of leaving behind the turbulence of the personal — or for that matter, the political — and escaping to a place of beauty, safety...

‘English’ Review: Pulitzer Winner Debuts on Broadway at the Top of the Class

Unlike casual language learners — say, in a high school French class, or on Duolingo — for the characters in Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer-winning “English,” language acquisition feels imperative. Set in Karaj,...

How the Seven Deadly Sins Got Writer Leslye Headland to Broadway

For Leslye Headland, the well-received Broadway play “Cult of Love” (pictured above) serves as a turning point and a culmination. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: For the last 15 years...

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