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When Tyler Perry Threatened to Kick a Pulitzer Winner’s Ass

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The NYC Play That Seats Its Audience in a Ball Pit Gives In, Suspends Performances

Rachelle Hampton

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Harry Potter on Broadway Will Make Parents Believe They Can Be Wizards

Dan Kois

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The Hero of This Award-Winning Musical Is a Lying Creep Everybody Loves

Jason Zinoman

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David Bowie Has Wanted to Write a Musical for 50 Years. He Finally Did.

Chris O’Leary

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#Ham4Ham, the Joyous Free Shows the Cast of Hamilton Puts on Twice a Week on the Sidewalk

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Why Is Othello Black?

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Is Hamlet Fat? A Slate Investigation.

Isaac Butler

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Some Audiences Might Find Annie Baker’s 3½-Hour Play Punishing. I Found It Inspiring.

Tyler Coates

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The Spider-Man Musical Is Closing. The Playwright Explains How It All Went Wrong.

Glen Berger

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No Funny Business at the Tonys

Peter Filichia

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Sitting With Strangers

June Thomas

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What Theater Taught Me

Peter Filichia

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Why Is Broadway So Unhip?

June Thomas

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Handicapping Sunday’s Tony Race

Peter Filichia

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In The Year of Magical Thinking, Didion picks on Didion.

Amanda Fortini

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Twyla Tharp brings Bob Dylan to Broadway.

Jody Rosen

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How to turn a movie into a musical.

Mac Rogers

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The case for onstage violence.

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The problem with David Hare’s Iraq play.

June Thomas

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