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Time Out New York theater editor and critic, Drama Critics' Circle president, recalcitrant humanist, wiseacre. Be gentle.
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You know who I think could have been a big Broadway musical-theater star? Jon Lovitz. He could really sing! But somehow he’s never done a musical. youtu.be/fiH5Bzc0SzA?...

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Today would be John Simon’s 100th birthday. His approach to criticism was different from mine, and much of what he wrote was needlessly cruel, but his sentences were immaculate. If his daggers cut deep, it was less about the force of the thrust than the sharpness of the blade.

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Just masked and combat-armed government thugs marching into small-town homes, totally in keeping with the GOP’s vision of America as a police state

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Actors' Equity Foundation Awards! Clarence Derwent Award for rising talents: Nicholas Barasch (Pirates!) and Julia Lester (All Nighter) Richard Seff Award for stage vets: Francis Jue (Yellow Face) and Jessica Hecht (Eureka Day)… (1/2)

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🚨 Disturbing footage shows the brutal arrest of a terrified 16-year-old girl—sobbing, screaming as “ICE agents” abducted her mom without a warrant or ID. At least 4 grown men slammed her face into the pavement. This is child abuse. This is state terror. Worcester police are complicit.

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Congratulations to the winners of this year’s New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards! Best Play: Purpose (Branden Jacobs-Jenkins) Best Musical: Maybe Happy Ending (Will Aronson and Hue Park) Best Individual Performance: Andrew Scott, Vanya Best Ensemble Performance: the cast of Liberation …

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Tomorrow evening, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle will meet to determine our 89th annual slate of awards. Teaser: There will be several exciting changes this year. Stay tuned!

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That thing where Bowen Yang, joking in character about the name Fuddruckers, implies but avoids saying a gay slur (“Is he gay? Is he a Fudd Raggot?”) but the closed captioning bizarrely renders it as an actual different gay slur

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I miss the old New York, when the weird crane machine in the window of Yotel was always on for no apparent reason

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And the correct answer is…American Psycho! (Which was in 2016. Joe Allen needs newer posters! Diana at the very least.)

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Having dinner at Joe Allen, which is famously decorated with posters of Broadway flops, so here’s a trivia question: What is the most recent Broadway production featured on the Joe Allen walls?

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BREAKING: Trump Proposes Elimination of NEA and NEH. This administration wants a country without art and without humanity. Call your local Senators and Reps and tell them not to allow it. www.americantheatre.org/2025/05/02/t...

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Real Women Have Curves should have been nominated for Best Musical this year and it is very much worth seeing. Funny, tuneful, heart-tugging, uplifting. Trust me on this one. You won’t regret it. www.timeout.com/newyork/thea...

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I’ll have some responses to the Tony noms for y’all tomorrow. Today I’m gathering my thoughts.

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NEW: The official nominations for the 2025 Tony Awards (full list) www.timeout.com/newyork/news...

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ICYMI: Here’s the full list of this year’s TONY* nominees. A lot of very tight races. www.timeout.com/newyork/thea...

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BREAKING: The 2025 TONY* nominations (complete). Congrats to all the nominees in this very busy season! www.timeout.com/newyork/thea...

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ICYMI: My review of Real Women Have Curves, a new musical comedy that hugs you close and lifts you up www.timeout.com/newyork/thea...

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The final Tony eligibility rulings are in! The most potentially consequential ones: Brooks Ashmanskas, Jinkx Monsoon, Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga are Featured; Louis McCartney, Andrew Durand, David Hyde Pierce and Robyn Hurder are Lead; the score for Smash is not eligible.

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NEW: The lovable musical Real Women Have Curves (★★★★) ends the Broadway season with a happy surprise www.timeout.com/newyork/thea...

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Tonight at 9:30pm: My review of the musical Real Women Have Curves, the final show of the Broadway season. Stay tuned!

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NEW: Five stars for the wildly enjoyable original musical Dead Outlaw (★★★★★) on Broadway. www.timeout.com/newyork/thea...

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Today at 5pm: My review of the highly original new musical Dead Outlaw on Broadway. Stay tuned!

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NEW: Jonathan Groff as Jonathan Groff as Bobby Darin as Bobby Darin in the dazzling new Broadway biomusical Just in Time (★★★★) www.timeout.com/newyork/thea...

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Tonight at 10pm: My review of Jonathan Groff as Bobby Darin in Broadway's Just in Time. Stay tuned!

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