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Here’s 18 Off and Off Off Broadway shows to see in July. https://t.co/V12wyKvxid

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Review: Jonathan Spector’s ambitious drama about six Jewish friends and their shifting relationship with Israel stretches over three hours and nearly two decades. It’s a Critic’s Pick. https://t.co/xeF0pC4edM

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“The Sound of Music,” among the best-known and most-loved of American musicals, will return to Broadway next spring, nearly seven decades after its first staging. https://t.co/D0KheUfeoC

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Across the country, audiences will find an abundance of Shakespeare, exciting new plays and musicals and regional repertories in bucolic settings. See what’s around the U.S. this summer. https://t.co/NEOTKGyXa0

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The Tony Awards were held last night at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. “Death of a Salesman” collected the most awards with six wins, including for best play revival. See the full list of winners. https://t.co/2qEhHgXFb9

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Many of the Tony-nominated shows are onstage right now. Our guide will help you navigate the field of contenders and find tickets. https://t.co/zmL5l3eV4b

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Nominations for the 79th Tony Awards were announced this morning. The new musicals “The Lost Boys” and “Schmigadoon!” led the pack with 12 nominations apiece, and a revival of the musical “Ragtime” was close behind with 11. Here’s who made the list. https://t.co/Ie2orVl0FW

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“The Book of Mormon,” one of Broadway’s biggest juggernauts, will be forced to close for an unknown period of time after an electrical fire on Monday caused significant damage to the building where the musical has been running for the last 15 years. https://t.co/geqO3y8HtQ

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The new Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman,” starring Nathan Lane, was inspired by a draft full of handwritten edits by Arthur Miller. Here are some of them. https://t.co/mIuncWTV2J

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“I’ve seen this David Lynch quote going ’round,” said Daniel Radcliffe, the star of the Broadway play “Every Brilliant Thing,” “that whenever he learned something in life, it came from doing something new, and I think this is what that’ll be for me.” https://t.co/JWbdKnDklU

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A new musical adaptation of “The Picnic at Hanging Rock” hovers between reverie and reality, our critic writes. https://t.co/GYEwLF0yK9

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Meet the West End’s new biggest star: A 4-foot-tall bear called Paddington https://t.co/4MiVvmz6Nj

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This month's theater streaming picks include a family production of “The Snow Queen” (the story that inspired Disney’s “Frozen”), the Broadway-bound “Every Brilliant Thing” and the acclaimed comedy “Sorry for Your Loss.” https://t.co/ToKFE6Spm2

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“Prince Faggot,” “Figaro/Faggots” and other productions use the word to shock, provoke, reclaim it for gay men or all of the above. Does that make it OK? https://t.co/uFn58TmKn2

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Over 45 years, and in shows as diverse as “Black Watch,” “The Jungle” and “Oklahoma!,” St. Ann’s Warehouse has affirmed the theater’s singular power to shock and illuminate our world. https://t.co/Uw3uKU0SoF

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A new play about Joan of Arc featuring a performer with anorexia has caused a media storm in Switzerland. But the actor said she finds performing empowering: “Onstage, I can be who I really am.” https://t.co/cnRZ4a5Ma5

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The director and writer Robert Icke dusts off the classics the way a restorer brightens an old master painting. His latest project, “Oedipus,” stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville. https://t.co/6jWoDd79J2

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Elizabeth Franz won a Tony Award for playing a loyal, powerful Linda Loman in a 1999 Broadway revival of “Death of A Salesman.” She has died at 84. https://t.co/UOgDNuMIwo

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The “Chess” revival, starring Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher and Aaron Tveit, has opened on Broadway. It’s a reminder why the erratic yet rewarding musical featuring Abba songs has endured all these years. https://t.co/j8GzgLIR6L

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Election night thriller: Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are superb as a doomed political power couple in Robert Icke’s adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy “Oedipus.” It’s a Critic’s Pick. https://t.co/u70B2r9ooy