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  1. Sarah Paulson Dares to Play the People You Love to Hate

    The actress has received a Tony nomination for “Appropriate,” in which she portrays a woman who makes a sport out of verbally eviscerating her family members.

     By Julia Jacobs

    CreditMatthew Leifheit for The New York Times

  1. ‘Sally & Tom’ Frees Sally Hemings From Being a Mere Footnote

    Suzan-Lori Parks’s play is the latest work by a Black writer seeking to prioritize Hemings’s life and perspective to make her fully dimensional.

     By Salamishah Tillet

    In “Sally & Tom,” Suzan-Lori Parks’s new play at the Public Theater, Sheria Irving and Gabriel Ebert play a version of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson.
    CreditJeenah Moon for The New York Times
    Critic’s Notebook

  2. Review: Impressed, but Not Transported, by ‘Spirited Away’

    A stage production of the beloved Studio Ghibli movie is big on spectacle, but rarely grabs the heart.

     By Matt Wolf

    Mone Kamishiraishi as Chihiro and Romi Park as Yubaba in “Spirited Away,” directed by John Caird at the London Coliseum.
    CreditJohan Persson

  3. In This ‘Lord of the Rings’ Adaptation, the Hobbits Yodel

    A quirky and joyful play based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s books joined weightier works at this year’s Theatertreffen drama festival.

     By A.J. Goldmann

    “Gigantic in Middle-earth” (“Riesenhaft in Mittelerde”) is a humorous and energetic look at the world created by J.R.R. Tolkien in the “Lord of the Rings” series.
    CreditFabian Schellhorn
    Critic’s Notebook

  4. Judi Dench’s Eyesight Keeps Her From Reading, but Not From Books

    “They’re snapshots of the past: first-night gifts, holidays abroad, memories of lost friends and loved ones,” the award-winning actress says. Her latest, written with Brendan O’Hea, is “Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent.”

     

    CreditRebecca Clarke
    By the Book

  5. A Broadway Star Gets Married on Her Day Off

    Lindsay Mendez, nominated for a Tony in “Merrily We Roll Along,” married actor J. Alex Brinson in a Monday ceremony officiated by castmate Jonathan Groff. Daniel Radcliffe was their ring bearer.

     By Madison Malone Kircher

    Lindsay Mendez and J. Alex Brinson were married on April 22 at Bethesda Terrace in Central Park. Ms. Mendez’s 3-year-old daughter, Lucy, was the flower girl.
    CreditHeather Gershonowitz
    Vows

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