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The On-and-Off Sparks of The Keep Going Songs

 Abigail and Shaun Bengson’s music-theater piece soars when it’s not trapped in twee. By Sara Holdren
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Tony Noms Debrief: Niche Rules and the Fall of Boomersicals

 But it’s good news for ‘Hell’s Kitchen,’ ‘Stereophonic,’ and three Elphaba alumna. By Vulture Staff
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What to See on (and Off)(and Off–Off) Broadway

 Let Vulture’s theater desk be your guide. By Vulture Editors
  1. the critics
    Welcome to the PhonysOur theater critics dreamt up their own theater award categories for the year, including a prize for the worst mom on Broadway.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
  2. theater review
    The On-and-Off Sparks of The Keep Going SongsAbigail and Shaun Bengson’s music-theater piece soars when it’s not trapped in twee.
    By Sara Holdren
  3. tonys 2024
    Tony Noms Debrief: Niche Rules and the Fall of BoomersicalsBut it’s good news for ‘Hell’s Kitchen,’ ‘Stereophonic,’ and three Elphaba alumna.
    By Vulture Staff
  4. equity news
    Patti LuPone Stages a Stage ComebackShe’s starring on Broadway again, alongside Mia Farrow in The Roommate.
    By Jason P. Frank
  5. ballot breakdown
    ‘I Didn’t Love-Love Any of the Musicals’: Tony Voters Dissect This Year’s BallotWith a few “disappointing” snubs and “glaring omissions,” our voters reflect on an uneven season.
    By Devon Ivie
  7. how’d they do it
    How Stereophonic Beat the Tony-Nominations RecordThirteen nominations? That doesn’t just happen.
    By Jason P. Frank
  8. award szn
    The 2024 Tony Award NominationsHell’s Kitchen and Stereophonic lead with 13 nods apiece.
    By Jason P. Frank
  9. theater review
    Staff Meal Deserves Five Stars on YelpA play about restaurant-making that’s likely to resonate with any underpaid, overwhelmed, hyperpassionate, exhausted creator.
    By Sara Holdren
  10. theater review
    Feeling the Illinoise, This Time Through MovementSufjan Stevens’s album becomes a transcendent theater-dance-music piece.
    By Sara Holdren
  11. theater review
    Can You Teach an Old Sport New Tricks? The Great Gatsby on Broadway.Singing through the ash dump.
    By Sara Holdren
  12. theater review
    An Evictable Menagerie: Paula Vogel’s Mother PlayRevisiting her chaotic upbringing with intermittent insight.
    By Jackson McHenry
  13. theater review
    Stomping As They Climb in JordansIfe Olujobi’s claws-out satire doesn’t quite reach the tragic potential of its DEI-in-the-workplace premise.
    By Sara Holdren
  14. theater review
    The New Uncle Vanya’s Aims Are OffSteve Carell & Co. are individually appealing in Heidi Schreck’s translation, but the show itself never comes to life.
    By Sara Holdren
  15. encounter
    An Old Wives’ TaleIn comedian Cole Escola’s debut play, Oh, Mary!, Mary Todd Lincoln gets to be an unstoppable diva, and so do they.
    By Jason P. Frank
  16. the south of what?
    Oh, Mary! Cole Escola’s Madcap Medley Goes to BroadwayIt’s no Booth Theatre, but the Lyceum will do.
    By Jason P. Frank
  17. theater
    Staging SufjanHow playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury turned a classic indie-rock album into a Justin Peck–choreographed dance piece that’s now Broadway bound.
    By Juan A. Ramírez
  18. theater review
    Rachel McAdams Fights — and Finds — Reality in Mary JaneMaking an impressive Broadway debut, the actress offers a layered depiction of navigating a parenting nightmare.
    By Jackson McHenry
  19. theater review
    Don’t Think Too Hard About The Heart of Rock and RollThe Huey Lewis musical is fine, fun, and as lightweight as a cardboard box.
    By Jackson McHenry
  20. theater review
    Putin Has a Lean and Hungry Look in PatriotsThe Crown creator Peter Morgan’s new play redirects his eye for palace intrigue to the power dynamics of post-Perestroika Moscow.
    By Sara Holdren
  21. theater review
    Dancing on the Surface in Cabaret and OrlandoAtmosphere is all in the loose hustle and bustle of a pre-show, but in a play proper, it can only carry you so far.
    By Sara Holdren
  22. theater review
    Hell’s Kitchen Is the WE❤NYC of MusicalsAnthemic songs with generalities in between.
    By Jackson McHenry
  23. theater review
    Stereophonic Moves to Broadway, and Thunder HappensIt’s a love song, bittersweet and wounded and ferociously loyal, to the act of making art.
    By Sara Holdren
  24. theater review
    Living Is Harder: Suffs and GrenfellSuffrage and outrage make for rich stage experiences.
    By Sara Holdren
  25. theater review
    The Wiz Rolls Back Into TownBig high-energy performances, undercut by the folks behind the curtain.
    By Jackson McHenry
  26. theater review
    Writing Down the Bones: Sally & TomA curiously muted Hemings-and-Jefferson meta-story by Suzan-Lori Parks.
    By Sara Holdren
  27. starcrossed
    Rachel Zegler to Play Juliet for Real This TimeMaking her Broadway debut alongside Kit Connor.
    By Jason P. Frank
  28. theater review
    Look, I Made a Woman: LempickaThe musical somehow turns a radical bisexual painter, living and loving in Paris between the wars, a little bit boring.
    By Sara Holdren
  29. theater review
    St. Ronnie the Oblivious: Richard Foreman’s Symphony of RatsThe Wooster Group brings back a Reagan-era yawp of discontinuity.
    By Sara Holdren
  30. theater review
    Not Without Ambition, But … Macbeth (an undoing)A reimagining of Shakespeare, centering Lady Macbeth, asks the wrong questions about her.
    By Sara Holdren
  31. theater review
    Return of the Musical Rumble: The OutsidersDoes the stage adaptation stay gold?
    By Sara Holdren
  32. drama
    800 Black Performers Sign Letter in Support of Francesca Amewudah-RiversAfter she faced racism online for being cast opposite Tom Holland in Romeo & Juliet.
    By Jason P. Frank
  33. theater
    What to See on (and Off)(and Off–Off) BroadwayLet Vulture’s theater desk be your guide.
    By Vulture Editors
  34. career change
    Willy Wonka Experience’s The Unknown Has a New GigTheater lives! At the London Dungeon.
    By Bethy Squires
  35. allie ally
    Will Rachel McAdams See The Notebook on Broadway?The star is making her Broadway debut at the same time as one of her most iconic films.
    By Tom Smyth
  36. q&a
    Who Is Rooting for Corey Stoll in Appropriate?“A real strength of the play is how people’s allegiances are constantly shifting.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  37. grover’s corners
    Take a Trip Back to Our TownKatie Holmes, Zoey Deutch, and Jim Parsons will star (yes, in this).
    By Jason P. Frank
  38. in conversation
    The One and Only Benedict WongSpy. Scientist. Sorcerer Supreme. Finally, with 3 Body Problem, the actor plays someone like himself.
    By Nicholas Quah
  39. theater review
    Always Gets a Replay: The Who’s TommyYes, it’s a show from another time and culture. But the tension that disconnect brings is fascinating.
    By Sara Holdren
  40. stage whisperer
    Stage Whisperer: Ariana DeBose’s Tonys Hat TrickThis week in theater news: Ariana will host the Tonys, Lempicka is giving Repo! The Generic Opera, and Bronies are an untapped Broadway audience.
    By Vulture Staff
  41. theater review
    Grief Hotel, Where You Check In to YourselfLiza Birkenmeier’s discontinuous, fragmented play imagines a quasi-spa marketed to anyone experiencing loss.
    By Sara Holdren
  42. hosting duties
    Ariana DeBose to Host the Tonys — With a Script This TimeShe’s gonna do it. (The thing.)
    By Jason P. Frank
  43. mom?
    A Motherquake Is Hitting Broadway!Paula Vogel’s Mother Play, starring Jessica Lange and directed by Tina Landau, starts previews on April 3.
    By Jason P. Frank
  44. drama class
    Does Victoria Pedretti Even Have a Max Subscription?She hasn’t seen Succession or The Sopranos despite acting alongside Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli.
    By Jason P. Frank
  45. the greatest star of all
    Nicole Scherzinger Is Ready for Her Close-upShe’s making her way to the St. James in Sunset Boulevard this September — a musical by her former nemesis Andrew Lloyd Webber.
    By Jason P. Frank
  46. theater review
    Becoming Brian Friel: Philadelphia, Here I Come!At the Irish Rep, early work by a future master.
    By Sara Holdren
  47. coming soon
    The Odes of Tammy Faye Will Play the PalaceWith Andrew Rannells and Katie Brayben making their way across the pond.
    By Jason P. Frank
  48. theater review
    Water for Elephants Is Best When It’s Behind the TimesDazzling circus arts and great puppetry are almost enough.
    By Sara Holdren
  49. stage whisperer
    An Enemy of the People’s Stars Didn’t Mind the InterruptionAt the show’s opening-night party, Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli reflected on their interactions with last week’s climate activists.
    By Jackson McHenry
  50. theater review
    In Teeth, Purity Culture Leaves Bite MarksMichael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs are out for blood.
    By Sara Holdren
  51. coming soon
    Broadway Is Celebrating Casimir Pulaski DaySufjan Stevens’s Illinoise is headed for the Great White Way, just in time for Tony season.
    By Jason P. Frank
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