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‘Cabaret,’ Starring Eddie Redmayne, Sweeps Olivier Awards
The musical won seven awards at Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys. A puppet-filled adaptation of “Life of Pi” and a “Back to the Future” musical also won big.
In Mariupol’s Drama Theater, a Cry for ‘Mama!’ That Offered Brief Relief
A family shares its story of surviving the Russian attack on a theater that officials in the besieged southern Ukrainian city believe killed about 300 people.
‘Macbeth’ performances on Broadway pause after Daniel Craig tests positive for the coronavirus.
The show, which just began previews on Tuesday, hopes to resume on April 8.
An Exiled Theater With a Warning for Europe
The Belarus Free Theater’s members fled repression at home. The company’s latest show imagines a nightmare future of authoritarian Russian rule.
‘Cabaret,’ Starring Eddie Redmayne, Leads Olivier Award Nominees
A revival of the 1966 musical, with Jessie Buckley as Sally Bowles, is up for 11 awards at Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys.
Hugh Jackman Announces He Has Covid-19
The show joins other productions that have been suspended, including the Temptations musical “Ain’t Too Proud,” which will close for good on Jan. 16.
Hugh Jackman Announces He Has Covid-19
The show joins other productions that have been suspended, including the Temptations musical “Ain’t Too Proud,” which will close for good on Jan. 16.
‘Selling Kabul’ Holds Up a New Mirror After the Taliban Takeover
Sylvia Khoury’s play, which takes place over one night in Afghanistan in 2013, has only deepened after a pandemic postponement.
‘Selling Kabul’ Review: Trapped in a War, and an Apartment
In Sylvia Khoury’s suspenseful new play, the characters sometimes feel too much like wheels in a machine, but it’s a tense thrill to watch it work.