THE RIGHT NOTES
Melissa Etheridge sings with immense power and feeling at her Broadway show, even if the staging—and telling of life stories—could both benefit from sharpening.
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HISTORY LESSON
Ossie Davis’ 1961 play “Purlie Victorious,” revived on Broadway starring Leslie Odom Jr. and Kara Young, is an indictment of white supremacy that uses humor to puncture prejudice.
PLAYING HOUSE
Plus, Harry can stay on royal grounds—if he gives enough notice, and academics worry important documents belonging to the late queen may be destroyed.
SECRETS AND LIES
In “Job,” a young tech worker needs a therapist’s signature to help her regain her job. Plus, the tragedy of “Swing State,” and the proudly silly “Dracula, a Comedy of Terrors.”
‘SHINING EXAMPLE’
Plus, Harry and Meghan’s farewell to the Invictus Games, William wants to be seen as a “global statesman” during his NY trip this week, and the royals go quiet on Harry’s birthday.
LOST AND FOUND
In “Death, Let Me Do My Show,” Rachel Bloom, the Golden Globe and Emmy-winning star of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” reflects on how the Grim Reaper has come to shadow all she does.
CURE ALL
Pulitzer-winning Annie Baker’s new play, “Infinite Life,” is set in a California clinic, whose characters fast as they confront, and try to make sense of, the pain they are in.
UNSPOKEN
Plus, what the commercial future for Harry and Meghan looks like, the time when Fergie was “the single greatest threat to the monarchy,” and—later in the week—happy birthday Harry!
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VELVET ROPE
As iconic “celebutante” Cornelia Guest returns to New York for her friend Dennis Basso’s Fashion Week show, she talks Studio 54, Capote, acting, animals—and where the party is now.
SHIPS IN THE NIGHT
Plus, government documents about Prince Andrew will be released when he turns 105, the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s death looms, and Meghan, Harry, and Doria see Beyoncé in LA.