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'The Lion King' On Broadway Celebrates 15th Anniversary (Slideshow)

It's been 15 years since Simba first mounted Broadway's pride rock, and the cast and creative team took the occasion to celebration the anniversary on Sunday.

‘One November Yankee’ Stars Harry Hamlin and Loretta Swit as Three Sets of Siblings

Versatile leads Harry Hamlin and Loretta Swit carry the NoHo Arts Center world premiere of Joshua Ravetch’s intricate two-hander “One November Yankee” past certain textual overcalculations.

‘Elf’ Is Full of Holiday Fluff

This returning holiday musical retains some of the charms of the 2003 film, but lead actor Jordan Gelber is no match for Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf.

‘The Twenty-Seventh Man’ Examines Soviet Jewish Struggles and Politics

Author Nathan Englander makes an auspicious playwriting debut with “The Twenty-Seventh Man,” at the Public Theater with Chip Zien, Ron Rifkin, Daniel Oreskes, and Byron Jennings.

August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ Remains a Masterpiece in Revival

Signature Theatre’s revival of August Wilson’s masterpiece succeeds as a probing play about a family, a ghost story, and an exorcism of the American soul.

‘Forever Dusty’ Brings Dusty Springfield Back to Life

Kirsten Holly Smith is Dusty Springfield incarnate in this musical bio, which is ramshackle in dramatic terms but makes for a dandy evening of the singer’s greatest hits.

Semi-Autobiographical ‘Mrs. Mannerly’ Amuses Despite Inconsistencies

Richard Horvitz gives an amusing performance as misfit little boy Jeffrey in Theatre 40’s two-hander about etiquette school in the ‘60s, but the show misses several opportunities for laughs.

'We Are Proud to Present a Presentation...' Rocks Soho Rep

At Soho Rep, Jackie Sibblies Drury’s “We Are Proud to Present a Presentation…,” about Germany’s virtual extermination of the Herero people of Namibia, is pulse-pounding theater.

Carolee Carmello Is the Reason to See 'Scandalous'

In “Scandalous,” Kathie Lee Gifford’s flimsy, expository musical about the life of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, Carolee Carmello works miracles in a must-see performance.