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[IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 16, 2017 ### [A 9/11 Musical With Heart and Nostalgia](https://time.com/4703321/come-from-away-musical-review/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Sep 15, 2016 ### [Trump Loses Late-Night TV](https://time.com/4494764/the-new-politics-of-late-night/) In a wild election with a ripe orange target, comics are ditching balance and taking sides [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Sep 12, 2016 ### [Theater Calendar](https://time.com/4475608/theater-calendar/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jun 30, 2016 ### [The Rebirth of Tap](https://time.com/4389084/rebirth-of-tap/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jun 13, 2016 ### [_Hamilton_ Falls One Award Short of Equalling Tony's Record](https://time.com/4365931/tonys-2016-recap-wrap-hamilton/) The fact that it didn't win everything was the evening's most notable news [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  May 12, 2016 ### [Broadway Shuffle](https://time.com/4327443/broadway-shuffle/) George C. Wolfe and Savion Glover Bring in 'da Noise (and 'da Funk) to a 95 - year - old musical [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Apr 14, 2016 ### [The Biggest New Sounds on Broadway](https://time.com/4293582/the-biggest-new-sounds-on-broadway/) From Shuffle Along to She Loves Me [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Mar 24, 2016 ### [Broadway Goes Bluegrass With Steve Martin’s _Bright Star_](https://time.com/4270369/broadway-goes-bluegrass/) The comedian and musician unites with Edie Brickell for a folksy new musical [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jan 7, 2016 ### [Rock Musicals Heat Up Broadway’s Winter](https://time.com/4170763/from-hair-to-bowie-the-rock-invasion-heats-up/) From School of Rock to a new Billie Joe Armstrong musical [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Dec 10, 2015 ### [Theater (10 Dec 2015)](https://time.com/4144127/theater/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 3, 2015 ### [Review: _Misery_ Breaks Both Legs on Broadway](https://time.com/4134363/the-thrill-is-back-misery-breaks-both-legs-on-broadway/) Laurie Metcalf and Bruce Willis star in the adaptation [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Nov 12, 2015 ### [Review: _On Your Feet!_ Dances to a Familiar Beat](https://time.com/4109845/on-your-feet-dances-to-a-familiar-beat/) Inside the new Gloria Estefan musical [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Aug 27, 2015 ### [A Founder of the Treasury Cashes in on Broadway](https://time.com/4012841/a-founder-of-the-treasury-cashes-in-on-broadway/) The new musical Hamilton has taken New York by storm [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Aug 13, 2015 ### [Review: _Hamilton_ on Broadway](https://time.com/3995802/in-hamilton-a-founding-father-raps-his-way-into-broadway-history/) A Founding Father raps his way into musical history [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/richard-zoglin/","name":"Richard Zoglin"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/richard-zoglin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/richard-zoglin/"},"name":"Richard Zoglin","jobTitle":null,"description":"Richard Zoglin is a TIME magazine contributor and the author of Hope: Entertainer of the Century and Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America.","url":"https://time.com/author/richard-zoglin/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```