166 stories by "Dan Rubins"
The tension between the simple and the intricate runs throughout this year's work.
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In one way or another, the shows on this list were high-risk endeavors that gloriously paid off.
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If the pieces of The Queen of Versailles aren't cohesive, Kristin Chenoweth's performance is.
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Masquerade offers a refreshingly vibrant music of the night.
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The Bill & Ted buddies have a tender rapport Jamie Lloyd's revival.
The post 'Waiting for Godot' Review: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Face the Music in Beckett Revival appeared first on …
This revival makes it hard to imagine its characters loving any version of each other.
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The show has retained its frivolousness but not its sense of surprise.
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The play seems designed to attract the same Daily Mail headlines that plague its characters.
The post 'Prince Faggot' Review: Jordan Tannahill's Giddily Warm Celebration of a Queer Royalty a…
Smart massages her character's bumpy edges into a recognizable whole human being.
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A jovial, almost folksy John Krasinski stars in Penelope Skinner's tricksy new play.
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This season's biggest surprise and delight is poised to make a clean sweep.
The post 2025 Tony Awards: Predicting the Likely Winners, from 'Maybe Happy Ending' to 'Purpose' appeared first on…
The First Shadow feels like a dim approximation of what makes the Netflix series so special.
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Boop! earns the confetti cannon that goes off in the show's final moments.
The post 'Boop! The Musical' Review: A Maximalist Goof-Fest with a Century-Long Backstory appeared first on Slant M…
The only variety here is in the velocity and volume of the men's anger.
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The silliness sticks more than the pathos in The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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Is this the underwhelming Kit Kat Club all over again? Well, yes and no.
The post 'A Streetcar Named Desire' Review: Rebecca Frecknall's Self-Consciously Thundering Revival appeared first on…
Menzel has range, but her character doesn't, and that's Redwood's chief failure.
The post 'Redwood' Review: Idina Menzel Soars in Musical That Can't Find the Forest for the Trees appeared fi…
In the last two years, the festival's programming has grown riskier and more boundary-crossing.
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The theater pieces that resonated most this year were stories of communal, collective healing.
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Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen turn the slightest of touches into electric connection.
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Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor's casting will persuade their fans that this story is dope AF.
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Sunset Boulevard's heavy bones drag behind Jamie Lloyd's austere vision like a body bag.
The post 'Sunset Boulevard' Review: Nicole Scherzinger Is Ready for Her Close-up in Bloated Revival a…
The unendurable passage of time haunts both plays.
The post The Past Is Always Present: 'The Hills of California' and 'Our Town' on Broadway appeared first on Slant Magazine.
Not knowing what's real and what's not is less compelling than McNeal contends.
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At its funniest, The Roommate is a comedy of manners, an unapologetic throwback.
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