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  1. The Five Women Who Started a Secret Theater Society

    Years before they ascended to influential leadership roles, they worked at the Public Theater and became cheerleaders for each other’s professional dreams.

     By Peter Marks

    In the 2010s, when these friends formed a professional alliance, ambition was a loaded word. Standing, from left, Shanta Thake, Meiyin Wang and Stephanie Ybarra. Front row, seated, Maria Goyanes and Lear deBessonet.
    In the 2010s, when these friends formed a professional alliance, ambition was a loaded word. Standing, from left, Shanta Thake, Meiyin Wang and Stephanie Ybarra. Front row, seated, Maria Goyanes and Lear deBessonet.
    CreditYe Fan for The New York Times
  2. Critic’s Notebook

    At Avignon Festival, Theater’s World Gets Wider

    Under its new director, the event is shining a spotlight on countries and performers rarely represented on the biggest European stages.

     By Laura Cappelle

    Estefania Hardcastle, center, in “The Days Outside,” a production by the Argentine theater-maker Lola Arias at the Avignon Festival.
    Estefania Hardcastle, center, in “The Days Outside,” a production by the Argentine theater-maker Lola Arias at the Avignon Festival.
    CreditChristophe Raynaud de Lage/Festival d'Avignon
    1. Critic’s Notebook

      Resisting the Far Right at a Festival of French Theater

      Tiago Rodrigues said the Avignon Festival, which he leads, would become “a festival of resistance,” juggling activism with the premiere of a new play.

       By Laura Cappelle

      Dancers performed at a late night event, organized by the director Tiago Rodrigues, at the Avignon Festival in France on Thursday.
      Dancers performed at a late night event, organized by the director Tiago Rodrigues, at the Avignon Festival in France on Thursday.
      CreditArnold Jerocki/Getty Images

  1. Brooke Shields Has Worn Many Hats. Now She’s a Labor Boss.

    The model-turned-actress-turned-businesswoman is the new president of Actors’ Equity. In an interview, she explained what she’s doing there.

     By Michael Paulson

    Brooke Shields, the recently elected president of Actors’ Equity Association.
    CreditOK McCausland for The New York Times

  2. Shay Youngblood, Influential Author and Playwright, Dies at 64

    She wrote memorably about her upbringing by a circle of maternal elders and the life lessons they imparted, and of her yearning for the mother she lost.

     By Penelope Green

    Shay Youngblood in 2021. Her first book, “The Big Mama Stories” (1989), was adapted into her first play, “Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery,” and she won a Pushcart Prize for fiction for “Born With Religion,” one of the short stories in that book.
    CreditCarolyn Miller

  3. ‘Starlight Express’ Review: The Gravy Train Rolls On

    Nostalgia will undoubtedly lure many to a London revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. It has more in common with a theme park than with theater, our critic writes.

     By Houman Barekat

    Rusty, right, played by Jeevan Braich, and the rest of his train companions in “Starlight Express.”
    CreditPamela Raith

  4. Review: ‘Dämon: El Funeral de Bergman’ Brings Electricity to Avignon

    The Spanish director and performer Angélica Liddell elicited a standing ovation at the Avignon Festival in spite of her attacks on critics.

     By Laura Cappelle

    The performer Angélica Liddell opened the Avignon Festival in France with “Dämon: El Funeral de Bergman” at the most prized venue, the open-air Cour d’Honneur at the Palais des Papes.
    CreditChristophe Raynaud de Lage/Festival d'Avignon

  5. Where Can Sondheim’s Operatic Musicals Find a Home?

    Jonathan Tunick, Stephen Sondheim’s longtime collaborator, unveiled a grand orchestration of “A Little Night Music” that deserves more than a concert.

     By Joshua Barone

    Ron Raines, left, and Susan Graham in “A Little Night Music” at David Geffen Hall, where Jonathan Tunick is conducting his new orchestration of the musical.
    CreditJoan Marcus
    Critic’s Notebook

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