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  1. Review: Blowing Louis Armstrong’s Horn Isn’t Enough in ‘A Wonderful World’

The great jazz trumpeter and sandpaper vocalist gets the old jukebox treatment in a new Broadway musical starring James Monroe Iglehart.
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As Louis Armstrong, James Monroe Iglehart has every Satchmo detail perfectly tuned in the new musical “A Wonderful World” at Studio 54 in Manhattan.
As Louis Armstrong, James Monroe Iglehart has every Satchmo detail perfectly tuned in the new musical “A Wonderful World” at Studio 54 in Manhattan.
CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times 2. ### How the Tale of a Brutal Shipwreck Became a Broadway Musical
The Avett Brothers were all ears a decade ago when a determined crew of theater upstarts and veterans came aboard to adapt their maritime album for “Swept Away.”
By Alan Light
The Avett Brothers, from left, Bob Crawford, Scott Avett and Seth Avett. “Swept Away,” opening this month at the Longacre Theater, began with a call to the band from a young producer named Matthew Masten.
The Avett Brothers, from left, Bob Crawford, Scott Avett and Seth Avett. “Swept Away,” opening this month at the Longacre Theater, began with a call to the band from a young producer named Matthew Masten.
CreditRita Harper for The New York Times 3. 1. Ask A&L

Everyone Else Is Giving a Standing Ovation. Do I Have To?

Theatergoers and other performing-arts lovers are noticing the practice seems to have become the rule, not the exception.
By Michael Paulson


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2. ### Paul Mescal Rides ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ to Brooklyn
The award-winning production will begin performances in February as part of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s next season.
By Michael Paulson
Paul Mescal and Anjana Vasan both won Olivier Awards for “A Streetcar Named Desire” in London; they will reprise their performances in Brooklyn.
Paul Mescal and Anjana Vasan both won Olivier Awards for “A Streetcar Named Desire” in London; they will reprise their performances in Brooklyn.
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  2. Emmy Rossum, left, and Zoë Winters in Amy Berryman’s “Walden” at the Tony Kiser Theater in Manhattan.
    CreditJoan Marcus
  3. Darren Criss and Helen J Shen star as outmoded robots who meet in a retirement home in “Maybe Happy Ending.”
    CreditLanna Apisukh for The New York Times
  4. Jonathan Haze memorably played an awkward flower shop assistant in Roger Corman’s “The Little Shop of Horrors” (1960). His co-star was a plant with an appetite for human flesh.
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  5. Ariana Grande, right, “taught me to handle this crazy beast that is emerging success,” Cynthia Erivo said.
    CreditDana Scruggs for The New York Times
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  1. Theater Reviews
    Two Climate Change Plays Keep the Flames of Hope Alive
    “Hothouse,” at Irish Arts Center, fends off despair with loopiness; “In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot,” at Playwrights Horizons, is a fuzzy world lacking depth.
    By Laura Collins-Hughes and Elisabeth Vincentelli