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‘Pre-Existing Condition’ Review: Recovering From a Traumatic Relationship
Marin Ireland’s play opens with Tatiana Maslany in a rotating cast of stars, and “What Became of Us” continues its own experiment with changing casts.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
Recent and archived work by Laura Collins-Hughes for The New York Times
Marin Ireland’s play opens with Tatiana Maslany in a rotating cast of stars, and “What Became of Us” continues its own experiment with changing casts.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
In the Tony-nominated “Mother Play,” the writer conjures warm memories and thorny ones, not to judge her mother, but to understand — and to forgive.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
Shayan Lotfi’s topical play about a family building a new life in a new country leaves the details vague, deliberately.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
Madison Ferris and Danny J. Gomez star in the meet-cute “All of Me” — proof that depictions of disability onstage don’t have to be “a buzz kill,” as Ferris puts it.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
In “The Playbook,” James Shapiro offers a resonant history of the Federal Theater Project, a Depression-era program that gave work to writers and actors until politics took center stage.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
Lauren Patten and Taylor Iman Jones star in an achingly romantic, softly sexy new musical by Rachel Bonds and Zoe Sarnak.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
Maia Novi stars in her play about a Hollywood-struck actress from Argentina who stops at Yale’s drama school and an inpatient psych ward on her way.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
The actress is back in concert mode at 76, and doing new material. She’s also looking forward to a bold new take on “Sunset Boulevard.”
By Laura Collins-Hughes
Abigail and Shaun Bengson muse on death in their latest work, but its looseness makes it hard to get a handle on.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
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By Laura Collins-Hughes