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FUTURE SHOCK
Thornton Wilder’s parable of small-town America gets a starry but unfocused Broadway revival, featuring Jim Parsons, Katie Holmes, Billy Eugene Jones, and Richard Thomas.
GETTING REAL
From trashing Taylor Swift and Netflix to musing over identity and grief, Gadsby’s excellent new show “Woof!” is where confession meets reticence, and comedy meets seriousness.
GOODBYE SEEDS
Plus, Meghan and Harry’s PR quits—but stays close, Harry extends his trip abroad, increasing his time away from home, and why Diana praised Camilla.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
In “Good Bones” a wealthy Black couple find themselves in a debate over gentrification and community, while “Yellow Face” on Broadway interrogates anti-Asian racism.
THE WRITE STUFF
In “McNeal” Robert Downey Jr. makes his Broadway debut as a writer stealing others’ text via AI for his own works. The tech is impressive, but the play lacks conviction of its own.
R.I.P.
Gavin Creel, Tony Award-winning star of musicals including “Hello, Dolly!,” “Hair,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” “Waitress,” and “Into the Woods,” has died of cancer at 48.
FEEL THE HEAT
Despite Laura Donnelly’s standout performance, Jez Butterworth’s Broadway play takes too long to not say enough about sisterly bonds, fame, and terrible maternal betrayal.
MORNING HAS BROKEN
“Next year’s going to be a bloodbath,” a news executive told the Daily Beast, referencing TV news anchors’ top-dollar salaries. “All these big moneymakers—they’re all gone.”
REALITY BITES
Even at its wildest moments, the musical “Ghost of John McCain” finds its humor neutralized by the specter of Donald Trump, and the divisive politics that swirl around him.