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Critic’s Notebook: The Broadway Musical Has a Man Problem

Critic’s Notebook: The Broadway Musical Has a Man Problem

From “Kiss Me, Kate” to “Tootsie,” shows old and new are working to reflect today’s gender politics. Women fare better,...

Critic’s Notebook: A Radical Moment in American Theater and Beyond

Critic’s Notebook: A Radical Moment in American Theater and Beyond

A cadre of writers making fierce, fearless theater that plays by its own rules.

Critic’s Notebook: Broadway on Race: Still More Likely to Comfort Than Confront

Critic’s Notebook: Broadway on Race: Still More Likely to Comfort Than Confront

While electrifying new plays challenged their audiences, “To Kill a Mockingbird” and colorblind musicals catered to the...

Critic’s Notebook: Toxic Men Get All the Attention. But Not in These Plays.

Critic’s Notebook: Toxic Men Get All the Attention. But Not in These Plays.

Theater encourages empathy, yet it sometimes seems women on stage get very little of it. That’s changing.

Critic’s Notebook: Suspended in Air, Searching for Connection in Two High-Flying Shows

Critic’s Notebook: Suspended in Air, Searching for Connection in Two High-Flying Shows

“When Angels Fall,” at Peak Performances, and “Non Solus,” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, blend circus with dance in...