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Around Broadway — 218 episodes

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1

'Shuffle Along,' an Unusual Revival Finds Its Way Back to Broadway

2

'Hamilton' Receives Record 16 Tony Nominations

3

'Waitress' Serves Up a New Recipe for Movie-to-Musical Adaptations

4

In 'Mary Page Marlowe' a Role so Big It Requires 6 Actresses

5

'Exit Strategy': The Final Days of a Failing School

6

3 Kings, 4 Plays, 12 Hours, a Shakespeare Cycle at BAM

7

'Bright Star' by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Shines on Broadway

8

'Dry Powder': a Comedy to Ignite Economic Debate

9

Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick Bring 'Disaster!' to Broadway

10

Danai Gurira Delivers On and Off Broadway

11

'Smart People' Presents Thesis on Race at Second Stage Theatre

12

Len Cariou Mixes Showstoppers with Shakespeare

13

Linda Lavin Stars in 'Our Mother's Brief Affair'

14

An Unusal Birthday Party for Thomas Merton

15

'Noises Off' Is Back On Broadway With Starry, Funny Cast

16

Red Bull Theater Brings Jacobean Drama to Off-Broadway

17

'Fiddler on the Roof' Back on Broadway

18

A New 'View From the Bridge' on Broadway

19

Shakespeare Takes a Jolly Romp Through 1960s London

20

The Rock and Roll Return of Andrew Lloyd Webber

21

Taylor Mac's Bold Comedy 'Hir' Brings Many Issues To Broadway

22

George Takai Takes to Broadway in 'Allegiance'

23

Rhythm Is Gonna Get You To Broadway

24

A.R. Gurney's 'Sylvia' Comes to Broadway

25

'Dames at Sea' Sails On To Broadway

26

Hardships and Humanity at the Holidays

27

Ugly Lies the Bone

28

Returning the 'Razzle Dazzle' to Broadway

29

'Spring Awakening' Returns to Broadway With Deaf and Hearing Cast

30

Keeping Faith in America

31

Funny Off Broadway Show Shakes Off the Summer

32

A Fall Theater Preview

33

A Bond Formed Behind Bars

34

It’s Not That Easy to Give It All Away

35

The Haunting Intimacy of 'John'

36

Shakespeare's 'Cymbeline' Comes to Central Park

37

The Historical Irony of 'Amazing Grace'

38

Looking For Love In All the Wrong Places

39

A Midsummer Night’s No-Sex Comedy

40

The Tonys Report 2015

41

The Almighty Jim Parsons

42

'The Flick' Shines Again

43

Competition for The Bard and The Tony

44

A Beautiful Gershwin Broadway Ballet

45

'Gigi' Takes Broadway, Again

46

'Buzzer' Confronts Neighborhood Dynamics in Brooklyn

47

The Not-For-Tourists Dark Comedy 'Hand to God' Opens on Broadway

48

Off Broadway, Silence Is Golden

49

Still <em>Heidi</em> After All These Years

50

Larry David on Broadway

51

Queen Elizabeth Comes to Broadway

52

A Radiant Darkness in Brooklyn

53

A Musical About the Other Hollywood

54

A Real Housewife of Russia, Ivan Turgenev Edition

55

Bloody Terrific

56

Boy Meets Girl, to Infinity and Beyond

57

Songs Trace a Path Through the Past

58

A Very Important List

59

A Look at the London Theater Scene

60

<em>The Illusionists</em> Make Broadway Magic

61

Life on an Alien World That's Ours

62

A Rodgers and Hammerstein Experiment is Revived

63

Albee's <em>A Delicate Balance</em> Returns to Broadway

64

<em>Side Show</em> Out in Front, Again

65

<em>The Last Ship</em> Sails Onto Broadway

66

Broadway Graced by <em>Disgraced</em>

67

All-Star Cast Makes <em>It's Only a Play</em> a Hot Ticket

68

Real Life Political Theater Put on Stage

69

An Over-Stuffed Steve Martin Musical

70

<em>Love Letters</em>, It’s All in the Words

71

New Surreal Comedy Explores Being Black and Gay in America

72

If These Walls Could Talk

73

Fall Theater Previews and Picks

74

<em>The Great Society</em> Continues the Examination of LBJ's Presidency

75

Midsummer Theater Doesn't Slow Down at Canada's Stratford Festival

76

Sex With Strangers In the Digital Age

77

This Beauty Contest is a Drag

78

Trophy Wife Trouble in Texas

79

A Mother's Life Told by Her Daughter in Music

80

<em>Brigadoon</em>, Awakened Once Again

81

A Look Back at Burgeoning Feminism

82

A Singer-Songwriter's Coming-of-Age Story in Song

83

The '90s Jukebox Sounds Different

84

<em>The Who & the What</em> Examines Family and Faith

85

Kenneth Branagh Makes New York Stage Debut in <em>Macbeth</em>

86

Jim Dale's Showbiz Story

87

<em>The Cripple of Inishmaan</em> Comes to Broadway

88

Woody Allen's <em>Bullets</em> Comes to Broadway

89

Talking Tony Nominations

90

<em>Violet</em> Blooms on Broadway

91

Audra McDonald is Broadway’s <em>Lady Day</em>

92

Playwright Will Eno Debuts on Broadway

93

<em>Les Miserables</em> Returns to Broadway

94

Disney's <em>Aladdin</em> Comes to Broadway

95

Broadway Takes on Stallone's <em>Rocky</em>

96

Bryan Cranston debuts on Broadway in <em>All the Way</em>

97

A Romance Rekindled in <em>Stage Kiss</em>

98

Bombers on Broadway

99

<em>Sleep No More</em> Meets Mozart in New Immersive Production

100

The Irish Romance of 'Outside Mullingar'

101

Carole King Comes to Broadway

102

The Month of Theatrical Experimentation

103

Art Imitates Scandal in <em>The Commons of Pensacola</em>

104

Curtain Up on Broadway 2014

105

The Life and Death of Marina Abramović

106

A Distinctive Pop Voice, Refreshed Off-Broadway

107

Two Knights on Broadway

108

Eight Roles is Enough for Jefferson Mays

109

The Jazz Age is Revived in <em>After Midnight</em>

110

John Grisham Novel Comes to Broadway for the First Time

111

Rattigan Revived: <em>The Winslow Boy</em> Back on Broadway

112

Spending a Night with Janis Joplin

113

Billie Holiday's Story and Music Hits Broadway in <em>Lady Day</em>

114

Bryan Cranston in 'All the Way'

115

Small Town Plays Featured in NYC's West Village

116

Adulterers Flirting with the World Beyond

117

Fall Preview: An Eclectic NY Theater Season

118

Opposites Attract in New Broadway Musical 'First Date'

119

Less Shakespeare and More Musical in the Park

120

'The Jungle Book' Comes to the Stage

121

A Two-Man Whodunit Heads Uptown

122

Reality TV: The Musical

123

In the Basement with Babs

124

Lincoln Center Festival Journeys to the West

125

London Calling

126

Private School Lessons Offered in <em>A Kid Like Jake</em>

127

Shakespeare in the Park Kicks Off with Kid-Friendly <em>Comedy</em>

128

A Broadway Story: Tony Loves <em>Kinky</em>

129

'War and Peace' – with Music and Tableside Service, Too

130

Bette Midler Returns to Broadway as Legendary '70s Talent Agent

131

Tony Awards Forecast: Kinky and Matty (and Masha and Spike)

132

Telekinetic <em>Matilda</em> Moves Broadway

133

The Sounds of the Motor City Roll onto Broadway

134

Tom Hanks is Broadway’s <em>Lucky Guy</em>

135

Singing and Dancing on Broadway (But Don’t Let Go of the Truck)

136

From the Political Stage to the Broadway Stage: Ann Richards is Resurrected in 'Ann'

137

Familiar Territory for Two Observers of the Disaffected

138

Beautiful on the Surface, Darkness Just Beneath

139

Does 'Moose Murders' Still Hold Up (as One of the Worst Plays Ever)?

140

Verdi in Vegas Brings a Touch of Broadway to the Metropolitan Opera

141

Conversation Becomes Theater in 'Life and Times'

142

Scarlett Johansson Headlines a New Broadway 'Cat'

143

Laurie Metcalf Keeps Her Character in 'Place'

144

A Pulitzer Prize-Winner Probes Connections and Re-Connections

145

New Shows in New Haven

146

A Civil War Christmas Story

147

Broadway’s Diamond Anniversary for <em>Golden Boy</em>

148

A New York Scandal Goes Home to the Heartland in <em>Dead Accounts</em>

149

What’s in a Name? Chekhov, Obviously

150

<em>The Piano Lesson</em> Plays Again on New York Stage

151

Serious Stage Turn for 'Daily Show's' Aasif Mandvi in <em>Disgraced</em>

152

<em>Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</em> Revival Arrives on Broadway

153

Finding <em>Grace</em> on Broadway with Paul Rudd, Ed Asner

154

After Four Decades, <em>An Enemy of the People</em> Returns to Broadway

155

<em>Detroit</em> as a Metaphor for Declining Middle Class

156

No Show, or Star, is Safe From <em>Forbidden Broadway</em>

157

Horton Foote's One-Act Plays Get Their Due

158

Stratford Shakespeare Festival at 60

159

Taking a Trip <em>Into the Woods</em>

160

Public Theater Takes <em>Richard III</em> on the Road

161

New Show Brings Cheerleading to Broadway

162

'The Cockfight Play,' An Emotional and Raw Love Battle

163

<em>Warrior Class</em> Hits Its Talking Points

164

A Madman's <em>Macbeth</em>

165

Tom Murphy Triple Bill Shares Common Themes

166

<em>Uncle Vanya</em> Arrives Off and On Broadway

167

Shakespeare and Sondheim in the Park

168

<em>Harvey</em> Returns to Broadway With Reinvigorated Charm

169

It's Complicated in <em>Rapture, Blister, Burn's</em> Post-Feminist Era

170

New Plays Based in Reality and Possibly Bound for Broadway

171

<em>Title and Deed</em> Explores Adventurous Side of Theater

172

<em>One Man, Two Guvnors</em> Crosses the Pond To Broadway Buzz

173

Should O'Neil's <em>Iceman</em> Cometh to Broadway?

174

This Year's Tony Award Nods and Snubs

175

Broadway Goes to the Movies But Will the Tony?

176

<em>Evita</em> Joins <em>Superstar</em> in Broadway Revival

177

<em>4000 Miles </em> Retains Intimacy With Move Uptown

178

<em>Superstar</em> Brings Buzz Back to Broadway

179

A Relevant 21st Century ‘Salesman’

180

The Return of <em>Carrie</em>

181

Expanded Home and Mission for Signature Theatre Company

182

A Wickedly Fun and Commanding Kevin Spacey in BAM's <em>Richard III</em>

183

The Roundabout's New 'Angry Young Man' for 2012

184

A South African Playwright's Intimate Look Spirituality

185

Andy Warhol-Influenced Production Earns Encore

186

Refashioning 'Porgy and Bess' as a Musical

187

Four Theater Festivals to Beat the Winter Blahs

188

Once is Not Enough

189

Off Broadway Plays Take a Dark Look at Suburbia

190

Family Dynamics, Explosions and Revealed Secrets

191

An Unhappy Hour for Ethan Coen

192

<em>Blood and Gifts</em> Excels at Cold War Spy Game Suspense

193

Jackman, LuPone and Patinkin in Concert

194

<em>Godspell</em> Returns to Broadway for 40th Anniversary

195

Nina Arianda Revives <em>Venus in Fur</em> Role on Broadway

196

Isherwood's Two Cents on <em>The Threepenny Opera</em> at BAM

197

Is Playwright Adam Rapp Working Too Hard?

198

'Imagining Madoff' As Monster and As Human

199

Stephen Sondheim's 'Follies'

200

Fall Preview: The Season in Theater

201

Stratford Festival Part Deux: Dennehy Times Two

202

A 'Superstar' at The Stratford Festival

203

Chekhov's Uncle Vanya

204

Olive and the Bitter Herbs

205

Actors Turned Writers

206

The Royal Shakespeare Company Bids Thee Farewell

207

More 'Hair' on Broadway

208

The Royal Shakespeare Company Transforms the Park Avenue Armory

209

Dissecting Shakespeare in the Park 2011

210

Tales of San Francisco

211

'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' Opens At Last

212

Charles Isherwood’s Tony Awards Forecast

213

An Unlikely Macbeth Adaptation

214

Classic Plays Revisited and Revised Off-Broadway

215

Tony Award Nominations

216

Nun Mania Hits New York Stages

217

The Extraordinary Broadway Season of Actor Mark Rylance

218

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo