2,359 stories by "Matthew Wexler"
Women are all over the boards this season, but are their portrayals breaking new ground or falling into age-old stereotypes?
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An incident of bullying leads to a horrifying consequence in Michael McKeever's new play that follows the journey of two families and subsequent fall-out.
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Growing up and growing old collide in Keen Company's Off-Broadway production of Chisa Hutchinson's "Surely Goodness and Mercy."
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Kelli O'Hara and Will Chase star in the latest revival of "Kiss Me, Kate!" but the musical's romance and revelry only come alive from its leading lady.
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Stage and screen star Jeremy Jordan ("Supergirl," "Newsies") joined Seth Rudetsky for an evening of stories and song at New York City's legendary Town Hall.
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Star of film and stage Hugh Jackman returns to Broadway next year in a revival of "The Music Man," directed by Jerry Zaks.
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The latest incarnation of the Howard Ashman and Alan Menkin musical proves that this plant with an appetite is still devilishly delicious.
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Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz's virally popular Gen Z musical finally arrives on Broadway. Does this latest teen musical make a lasting impression?
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Tori Sampson's contemporary riff on a Nigerian fable brims with music and dance as frenemies jockey for their rank in a culture built on ideals forever out of reach.
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Matt Williams' new play follows four millennials as they debate controversial topics until one of them drops a bomb that will challenge their belief systems.
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Playwright and composer Suzy Conn pays tribute to chick flicks as four best friends gather to drink, divulge and dive into some of their favorite rom-coms.
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Fantasy and reality collide around a Bel Air swimming pool in playwright Jeremy O. Harris's surreal exploration of intimacy and identity.
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Two new Off-Broadway plays position lesbian and female characters front and center, nudging queer storytelling's white cisgender male dominance out of the spotlight.
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Urban Stages presents Will Snider's new play about the decades-long friendship between an American engineer and a Kenyan taxi driver.
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Chilling out with the "Michael in the Bathroom" standout.
The Curran presents the highly-anticipated west coast premiere of "The Jungle," co-directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin.
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Transgender actor Becca Blackwell discuss gender and sexual identity, and how worlds collide in their starring role in New York Theatre Workshop's "Hurricane Diane."
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 84th season kicks off with Shakespearan classics, Broadway musicals and new works.
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Justin Sayre's camp-horror-soap-opera 'Ravenswood Manor' returns to Joe's Pub for the latest installments in this spooky and sassy series.
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Chicago's Haven Theatre and About Face Theatre combine forces to present the Midwest premiere of the electric musical, "The Total Bent."
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Tony Award winner Kelli O'Hara chats about her latest role in the highly anticipated Broadway revival of "Kiss Me, Kate."
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Chicago's Raven Theatre presents a revival of Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning memory play about the complexities of sexual assault and the family ties that bind.
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The Broadway legend shares what drew her to Cole Porter's classic.
Sandra Marquez and Yasen Peyankov star in the Chicago premiere of Lucas Hnath's play about what happens when one of Ibsen's most famous characters returns to the life she left behind.
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Jerry Mitchell directs and choreographs a jukebox musical about the life of British pop star Peter Noone at Paper Mill Play House.
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