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posted onFebruary 21, 2017

Article snippet: For Broadway audiences, she’s become a familiar sight — and another reason to applaud. By MICHAEL PAULSON The letter, written by PEN America, reads in part: “Vibrant, open intercultural dialogue is indispensable in the fight against terror and oppression.” By RACHEL DONADIO Mo Willems and Oliver Jeffers talk about turning their children’s books into plays. By MARIA RUSSO Martín Zimmerman’s play, starring Marin Ireland, approaches the subject of American gun violence from a startlingly original perspective. By BEN BRANTLEY Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth” made its Broadway premiere in 1942. It’s back, again, with fresh resonance. By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES The director recalls putting together a version of “Grease” when he was a teenager in Kenya. By SAHEEM ALI Fear festers, burrows and blooms in Caryl Churchill’s short and wondrous play that plumbs the depths of 21st-century terrors. By BEN BRANTLEY Wallace Shawn excavates moral cowardice in an authoritarian age, with Matthew Broderick as our guide. By BEN BRANTLEY Previews, openings and some last-chance picks. By ALEXIS SOLOSKI Link to the full article to read more

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