Refugees in France steal your breath, break your heart in ‘The Jungle’
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Here, in this intimate and vibrant space, one can leave behind the city and enter the great “Jungle.”
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‘Dear Evan Hansen’ at the Curran in San Francisco ushers Broadway into the digital age
Teenage angst has been well-documented in movies, television and theater, but nothing captures its nuances in the era of social media quite like the hit Broadway show “Dear Evan Hansen.”
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Go-Go’s Elizabethan mashup ‘Head Over Heels’ provides upbeat entertainment, lacks necessary diversity
“Head Over Heels,” an Elizabethan-era musical set to the tune of the Go-Go’s’ greatest hits, showed for its pre-Broadway premiere Wednesday evening.
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An interview with director, producers of ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’
Producer Mike Bosner recently found a paper copy of the first draft of “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” buried in a box in his New York City apartment. “It was the first draft of this show with all my Post-it notes and little stars like, ‘Oh my god this is
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‘Jersey Boys’ remains a classic
“You ask four guys how it happened, you get four different versions.” This is how Tommy DeVito, the brusque patriarch, introduces the story of how a ramshackle group of guys from New Jersey became one of the top-selling pop groups of all time — The Four Seasons. It’s a sordid
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This Week in Arts
MUSIC It’s the last week of classes, so you’re going to want some music for those study sessions and some concerts for distractions. The Wu-Tang Clan and D-block, who together to form Wu-Block, are releasing their debut self-titled record this week. The soulful Alicia Keys will be releasing her album
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This Week in Arts
Film Peter Greenaway’s “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover” (1989) is not a movie that calls for popcorn, not only because of its twisted antics — running the gamut of blood, shit and piss — but because it is a bold, serious film. Michael Gambon plays Albert
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