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  1. A ‘Wicked’ Tearful Talk With Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande

    The stars of the new movie reflect on their long ride together, getting through Covid and the actors’ strike, and avoiding “playing to the green.”

     By Kyle Buchanan

    Ariana Grande, right, “taught me to handle this crazy beast that is emerging success,” Cynthia Erivo said.
    CreditDana Scruggs for The New York Times
    The Projectionist

  2. He’s Getting Raves for a Role He Wasn’t Supposed to Play

    Seventeen years after he first appeared in “Yellow Face,” the veteran actor Francis Jue has returned with a nuanced performance as a blustery patriarch.

     By Rob Weinert-Kendt

    Francis Jue said he views his stage work “as a spiritual exercise, this relationship to a script and the relationship to an audience.”
    CreditBen Sklar for The New York Times

  3. All Hail the Theater Kid! (We Mean That Sincerely.)

    For stars like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga, showmanship is a virtue. That’s a big change from the days when Anne Hathaway was vilified for her effortful work.

     By Esther Zuckerman

    Ariana Grande in “Wicked.” She has embraced her Broadway beginnings.
    CreditGiles Keyte/Universal Pictures
    Critic’s Notebook

  4. ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ Gets a Folk-Musical Makeover

    The decade-spanning story of a man aging in reverse comes to the West End, transformed into a thoughtful fable opening on the English coast.

     By Isabella Kwai

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” opening Wednesday at the Ambassadors Theater in London, is “a search for belonging, and a search for home,” one of its creators says.
    CreditMarc Brenner

  5. John Leguizamo Talked Diversity at the Emmys. He Has Ideas for Theater Too.

    The actor discusses his new play, “The Other Americans,” feeling underappreciated as a dramatist, and Latino representation.

     By Annie Aguiar

    CreditJared Soares for The New York Times

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  6. Theater Reviews

    Two Climate Change Plays Keep the Flames of Hope Alive

    “Hothouse,” at Irish Arts Center, fends off despair with loopiness; “In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot,” at Playwrights Horizons, is a fuzzy world lacking depth.

    By Laura Collins-Hughes and Elisabeth Vincentelli

     
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