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an unfurnished “Doll’s House” starring Oscar winner Jessica Chastain (top ticket $299), which features only a few chairs positioned on a turntable that’s lit like a hospital broom closet. The no-frills revival of the musical “Parade” (top ticket $297), which began as a City Center Encores concert, has just a raised platform surrounded by lamps and more chairs. The return of the Bob Fosse revue “Dancin’” (top ticket $297) has a projection screen and a few metal towers — appropriate for jazz hands, but flimsy all the same.“Into the Woods,” another City Center concert that has since closed at the St. James Theater and gone on tour, had some wooden steps and simple birch tree trunks, because the main event was its sizable 15-person orchestra and stars such as Sara Bareilles and Patina Miller.Meanwhile, “& Juliet” (top ticket $323), a jukebox musical comedy from London featuring Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys songs, is glitzier than the above, goes to multiple locales and features garish lighting, but is still designed to look like a bricky rehearsal space.Everywhere you look, there’s nothing.That’s not to say these shows are all bad.

intimacy coordinator who has been involved with TV series such as “Sex Education,” “Normal People” and “I May Destroy You,” is working to create a two-year program being dubbed the “world’s first degree in intimacy practice.”O’Brien, 56, is the founder of the UK-based Intimacy on Set, a consultancy specializing in helping actors in film, TV and theater move through sexual content and scenes with nudity.She’s teaming up with the Mountview Academy of Theatre in East Anglia, England, to create the program, which will launch in September. “To ensure we develop a profession which can proudly grow with excellence we need to be able to train talented individuals who can navigate the both physical and emotional journey that each actor will go on, and can responsibly and safely deliver the intimate content as envisioned by the director, the storytelling, and each character,” O’Brien said in a statement.

revival of “A Doll’s House,” starring Oscar winner Jessica Chastain, that opened Thursday night on Broadway. Running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes. At the Hudson Theatre, 141 W.

she interrupted a performance of “Death of A Salesman” at the Hudson Theatre — completely stopping the show. Unhinged and angry, she stormed the stage during Act 2 and demanded her money back from star Wendell Pierce.

opened Thursday night on Broadway, is mostly in tune.  The August Wilson play’s greatest asset is its young leads John David Washington and Danielle Brooks, both of whom are already widely admired, but display an altogether new and enticing range of skills. 2 hours and 45 minutes, with one intermission. At the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 243 W.

appeared on a recent episode of “The Graham Norton Show,” said that the NSFW incident took place when her character was alone on stage.“There’s a moment in ‘The Cherry Orchard’ where my character was on their own onstage for a short time,” recounted Manville. “Judi Dench is in the wings trying to make me laugh and she’s … how can I put this? She’s pretending that she’s being pleasured by somebody from behind.”The 66-year-old actress said that she remembers “desperately trying not to laugh,” but eventually gave in but not before wetting herself in front of the audience.

Caroline, Or Change.” Whereas Caroline was stalwartly cold, Clarke’s Linda is an amiable “Stand By Your Man” type. She never recoils when Willy shouts at her, and in her dewy eyes he can do no wrong. At times, her constant devotion bowls you over; at others, it is one-note.And Khris Davis is Biff, the favorite son who moved out West against Willy’s wishes and can’t live up to his father’s lofty dreams.

Three Minutes: A Lengthening,” similarly, is about a recently discovered reel of film that is the only evidence that thousands of murdered Jewish residents of a small Polish town ever lived. Many of their names, even so, are lost to time.The pages of Stoppard’s drama, loosely inspired by the British playwright’s own family, slowly flip like a hefty fading photo album, too, and while that strikes an appropriate tone it also creates a theatrical problem.

the red carpet and glittery statuettes are back on Sunday, June 12, at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”) is hosting the 75th main ceremony, kicking off at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.

leaked “Take Me Out” nudes.The ladies of the show discussed the rule-breaking recording and distribution of the Broadway footage on social media, all with their own takes.“I say it’s a matter of time,” Goldberg started. “If you take a gig and you know you got to take your clothes off, you live in the world where cell phone video is going to happen at some time.”All of the women agreed that nudity has always been prevalent in the arts.“I’ve seen more naked men on stage than in my bedroom,” co-host Joy Behar said. “It all looks the same,” Goldberg added.“Well … ” Hostin rebutted, obviously impressed by what was revealed about the actor.

After a slight delay—they were initially supposed to be announced on May 3, but they were pushed back to accommodate some issues caused by COVID-19—the nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards have finally been unveiled. Beloved theater actors Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry listed the potential winners of the biggest honor for Broadway shows during a livestream hosted on YouTube for all to see.The most-nominated show this year is A Strange Loop, which racked up an impressive 11 nominations.

Mart Crowley, the author who wrote the landmark play “The Boys in the Band,” has died. He was 84.