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‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Will Open in San Francisco

The Tony-winning play will open at the Curran Theater in San Francisco in the fall of 2019.

 

Review: Joyously Rediscovering ‘Songs for a New World’

There are shows that find their true best form in concert. “Songs for a New World,” which was Jason Robert Brown’s first musical, is one of these.

 

Glenda Jackson to Return to Broadway in ‘King Lear’

The role follows Ms. Jackson’s Tony-winning performance in Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women.”

 

Paris Theater: Molière the Entertainer vs. Serious Molière

Contrasting approaches to France’s national playwright have been on view this month.

 

Review: Carey Mulligan Tells a Harrowing Tale of ‘Girls & Boys’

Dennis Kelly’s one-person drama examines the role of gender and violence through the eyes of a mother of young children.

 

Review: Bad Girl Makes Good in a Glorious ‘Carmen Jones’

John Doyle’s resurrection of a famously problematic show, starring Anika Noni Rose, finds the fatalism — and universality — in its music.

 

‘A Bronx Tale’ Is Closing on Broadway

The musical is only the latest incarnation of the story of “A Bronx Tale,” which began as a one-man play and was adapted for film.

 

Review: In ‘Scissoring,’ Visits From Ghosts of a Closeted Past

Lorena Hickok and Eleanor Roosevelt are just a few of the apparitions in Christina Quintana’s bittersweet new comedy about a lesbian wrestling with her Catholic upbringing.

 

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