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Theater & Broadway in New York: Critics' picks

City Council Meeting

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Critics choice
  • Free

A new interactive show blends theatrics and civic procedure.

  1. El Museo del Barrio 1230 Fifth Ave, between 104th and 105th Sts
  2. Wed May 22
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The Assembled Parties

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice

Richard Greenberg tracks changes in an extended New York family.

  1. Samuel J. Friedman Theatre 261 W 47th St, between Broadway and Eighth Ave
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun Jul 7
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Old-Fashioned Prostitutes (A True Romance)

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice

Richard Foreman is back at the Public and he's weirder than ever.

  1. Public Theater 425 Lafayette St, between Astor Pl and E 4th St
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun Jun 2
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Bull

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice

In Mike Bartlett's abstract office drama, the workplace is bloodsport.

  1. 59E59 Theaters 59 E 59th St, between Madison and Park Aves, 10022
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun Jun 2
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Theater and Broadway reviews

City Council Meeting

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Critics choice
  • Free
  1. El Museo del Barrio 1230 Fifth Ave, between 104th and 105th Sts
  2. Wed May 22
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The Hotel Colors

  • Rated as: 3/5
  • Price band: 2/4
  1. The Bushwick Starr 207 Starr St, between Irving and Wyckoff Aves
  2. Wed May 22 - Sat Jun 1
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Bunty Berman Presents...

  • Rated as: 1/5
  • Price band: 3/4
  1. New Group @ Theatre Row 410 W 42nd St, between Ninth and Tenth Aves, third floor
  2. Tue May 21 - Sat Jun 1
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Old-Fashioned Prostitutes (A True Romance)

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice
  1. Public Theater 425 Lafayette St, between Astor Pl and E 4th St
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun Jun 2
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Nikolai and the Others

  • Rated as: 3/5
  • Price band: 3/4
  1. Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (at Lincoln Center) 150 W 65th St, at Broadway
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun Jun 16
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Bull

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice
  1. 59E59 Theaters 59 E 59th St, between Madison and Park Aves, 10022
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun Jun 2
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Pippin

  • Rated as: 5/5
  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice
  1. Music Box Theatre 239 W 45th St, between Broadway and Eighth Ave
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun Dec 22
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Here Lies Love

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice
  1. Public Theater 425 Lafayette St, between Astor Pl and E 4th St
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun Jun 30
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Best Broadway shows

Annie

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4

The Book of Mormon

  • Rated as: 5/5
  • Price band: 3/4

Chicago

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4

Jersey Boys

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4

The Lion King

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4

Newsies

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4

The Phantom of the Opera

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4

Wicked

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4
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Off Broadway shows

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

  • Rated as: 5/5
  • Price band: 2/4
  • Critics choice
  1. W 13th St, at Washington St, 10011
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun Sep 1
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Sleep No More

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 2/4
  • Critics choice
  1. 530 W 27th St, between Tenth and Eleventh Aves
  2. Tue May 21 - Tue Dec 31
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Here Lies Love

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice
  1. 425 Lafayette St, between Astor Pl and E 4th St
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun Jun 30
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Bull

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice
  1. 59 E 59th St, between Madison and Park Aves, 10022
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun Jun 2
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Broadway shows and theater: Top stories

New York Drama Critics' Circle (video)

Check out all of the winners, performances and witty speeches from Monday’s show at 54 Below.

Pippin sing-along (video)

Watch a few hundred fans—plus Andrea Martin—lay down vocals for the Broadway cast recording of “No Time at All.”

Richard Foreman is back at the Public

The avant-garde wizard returns with Old-Fashioned Prostitutes.

Alan Cumming was born to play Macbeth

The puckish Broadway star returns to New York theater in a (nearly) one-man version of the Scottish Play.

Off-Off Broadway shows

White Hot

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 2/4
  1. 41 White St, between Broadway and Church St
  2. Thu May 23 - Sun May 26
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The Hotel Colors

  • Rated as: 3/5
  • Price band: 2/4
  1. 207 Starr St, between Irving and Wyckoff Aves
  2. Wed May 22 - Sat Jun 1
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I Wanna Destroy You

  • Price band: 2/4
  1. 410 W 42nd St, between Ninth and Tenth Aves, downstairs
  2. Tue May 21 - Sat Jun 1
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City Council Meeting

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Critics choice
  • Free
  1. 1230 Fifth Ave, between 104th and 105th Sts
  2. Wed May 22
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Theater in pictures

The 25 best film-to-musical adaptations

We choose and ranks the top transfers from the silver screen to the Great White Way.

Broadway's 25 all-time greatest divas

We name the top leading ladies of musical theater.

The 10 hottest chorus boys and girls on Broadway this spring

The 10 hottest chorus boys opening in Broadway musicals this spring (2012). They may be in the background, but these sexy stars are heating up the stage.

The 25 best Tony Awards performances

We choose the top musical numbers from 44 years of Tony telecasts.

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Theater events calendar

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    Theater review by Adam Feldman. Kazino (Off Broadw...

  2. Sleep No More

    To untimely rip and paraphrase a line from Macbeth...

  3. Pippin

    Theater review by Adam Feldman. Music Box Theatre ...

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