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    A Pinter Marathon Saves the Best for Last

    A revelatory new production of “Betrayal” starring Tom Hiddleston comes after a season of the playwright’s one-act plays.

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    The Week in Arts: Martha Graham, ‘Ink’ and Let’s Eat Grandma

    A dance company celebrates the 19th amendment; a play about Rupert Murdoch hits Broadway; and an alt-pop duo returns to the U.S.

    By The New York Times

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    15 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend

    Previews, openings and some last-chance picks.

    By Alexis Soloski

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    At 82, Glenda Jackson Commands the Most Powerful Role in Theater

    “King Lear” has long been the crowning performance for actors who know how to dominate a stage. As a longstanding member of Parliament, Jackson has unique insight into authority.

    By Parul Sehgal

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    Plays by Tracy Letts and Bess Wohl Headed to Broadway

    A revival of Richard Greenberg’s baseball comedy “Take Me Out” will also be part of Second Stage Theater’s 2019-20 season.

    By Scott Heller

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    High School ‘Alien’ Production Wins Internet Raves

    For just $3,500, the drama club at North Bergen High School recreated Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror thriller on stage, reaching a global audience, too.

    By Dave Itzkoff

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    Review: Fixing a Dispassionate Stare on Slavery in ‘Southern Promises’

    Niegel Smith’s revival of Thomas Bradshaw’s 2008 play is presented at the Flea Theater by a cast made up of people of color, and with a new ending.

    By Elisabeth Vincentelli

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    Review: ‘Vilna’ Takes Jewish Prisoners on a Desperate Quest

    A work of historical fiction inspired by the real-life discovery of a tunnel dug during the Holocaust.

    By Laura Collins-Hughes

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    Review: A Séance (With Leaf Blowers) in ‘Variations on the Main’

    The final show at Jack’s current location is weird and difficult to parse. But it’s nice to know there’s a place for theater like this in New York.

    By Alexis Soloski

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    The Week in Arts: Dorrance Dance, Janet Jackson, Tintoretto

    Michelle Dorrance brings three distinct programs to City Center; Jackson and others are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; and an artist gets a retrospective in D.C.

    By The New York Times

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    Maya Turovskaya, Russian Critic and Documentarian, Dies at 94

    Called “the Susan Sontag of Soviet aesthetic thought,” she wrote about movies and theater and helped make a film that drew parallels between Nazism and Stalin.

    By Richard Sandomir

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