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By Bennett Liebman

Reviews of Romeo + Juliet

Did Critics Fall For Broadway's Romeo + Juliet Revival? | Playbill

Reviewing Left on Tenth

Review Roundup: LEFT ON TENTH Starring Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher Opens On Broadway

Reviewing Both Romo and Left on Tenth

‘Romeo + Juliet,’ starring Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor, and ‘Left on Tenth,’ reviewed - The Washington Post

Archdiocese Limits Adventurous Art at Theater

This N.Y.C. Theater Was a Haven for Adventurous Art. Then the Archdiocese Intervened. - The New York Times

Reviews of Sunset Boulevard

Review Roundup: SUNSET BOULEVARD Opens On Broadway

Nicole Scherzinger Reels in Role

Nicole Scherzinger Revels in the Role She Was 'Meant to Play' at Sunset Boulevard's Opening Night | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com

Big Broadway Box Office Numbers

Broadway’s aggregate box office remains far ahead of last season

Box Office Continues to Climb

Broadway Grosses Analysis: Box Office Continues to Climb With 3 New Shows | Playbill

Back to the Future to Close

'Back to the Future' to close in January - Newsday

Cast Announced for Smash

Robyn Hurder, Brooks Ashmanskas, Krysta Rodriguez, John Behlmann & More Will Star in SMASH on Broadway

Louis McCartney Set for Stranger Things, Louis McCartney sets Broadway debut in ‘Stranger Things’

Pasek and Paul in Pasadena

Pasadena Playhouse to Present World Premiere of Pasek and Paul’s Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile: The Musical - TheaterMania.com

Bianca Marroquin Returns to Chicago

Bianca Marroquín Is Chicago's Next Broadway Roxie | Playbill

Stephen Kaus to Lead Theatrical Design Firm

Stephen Kaus moves into leadership role with theatrical design firm Hudson

Joey Fatone to Join & Juliet

NSYNC’s Joey Fatone will join the cast of ‘& Juliet’

Newer Shorter Harry Potter

Broadway's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Is Getting Another New, Shorter Iteration | Playbill

Liza Minelli Producing Drag

Liza Minnelli Goes From Cabaret, Old Chum, to ‘Drag: The Musical’

Ayad Akhtar on McNeal

Playwright Ayad Akhtar on Blending Literature, Technology and the Star Power of Robert Downey Jr. in McNEAL | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com

Donna McKechnie Happy to Be in Wicked

Donna McKechnie Is Wicked's Resident Broadway Legend,

But She's Just Happy to Be There | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com

Zachary Levi on the Death of Gain Creel

Zachary Levi's Appalling Comments on Gavin Creel’s Death — OnStage Blog

Brooklyn Law Alum Has Musical

Brooklyn Law School - If You Can Make It Here… Musical by Colorado alum Graham Fuller ’08 and His Wife Debuts Off Broadway

Obit for Mimi Hines

Mimi Hines Dead: Singer Who Replaced Streisand In 'Funny Girl' Was 91

Parody Saves Vegas Theater Group

‘Scream’ musical parody went viral, saved Las Vegas theater group | Arts & Culture | Entertainment

Return of Sacramento Theater

EDITORIAL: Editorial: Rooting for Mountain Play’s magic to return after hiatus | Sacramento Bee

David Hyde Pierce on the Importance of Theater

Denver-bound David Hyde Pierce on importance of live theater | Arts & Entertainment | denvergazette.com

Ogunquit Playhouse Gambling on New Shows

Why Ogunquit Playhouse is taking a chance on new works (because the next ‘Hamilton’ is out there)

Funding the Arts in Austin

City Arts Funding Skipped Established Arts Organizations. Will They Survive? Reforms to Austin’s arts grants threaten to disrupt the city’s cultural ecosystem - News - The Austin Chronicle

Taking on Dr. Strangelove

Armando Iannucci, ‘Veep’ Mastermind, Takes On ‘Dr. Strangelove’ - The New York Times