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This must-see production lets Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s gothic revenge story do its thing, without reinvention.

This must-see production is content to peel back any cobwebs or artifice and let Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s gothic revenge tragedy of a musical howl anew with the agony of human injustice and the ameliorating constancy of love.

Josh Groban, you know, has always wanted to be a rock star. With his gorgeous deep baritone, he's released several hit albums trying to make modern pop music sway in his direction. A few seasons ago he went at last into a Broadway show, "Natasha, Pierre, and the Comet of 1812," and found his callin

And he sings very sweetly while slitting all those throats

Attend the tale of “Sweeney Todd” — on the scale at which it deserves to be seen and heard.

This month, the reader question was: Have any Broadway plays ever closed before they opened? Check out the second part of this historical deep dive!

You don’t have to be mad to work in a charity shop but it does help.

For a musical that had the drunken confidence to slap the word “Bad” in front of a classic title, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Bad Cinderella” that opened Thursday night at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway has far less 'tude and swagger onstage. 

Read our complete guide to the first Broadway revival of this classic Stephen Sondheim musical starring Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lindsay Mendez..... Read more at New York Theatre Guide

Plus, other things that almost made it into Broadway's longest-running show (like real doves).