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View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Wednesday, February 17, 2016 NYTimes.com/Theater » Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Get all digital access to The Times for just 99¢. Ben Brantley in London Helen Maybanks Setting Nerves on Edge in 'Hangmen' and 'Escaped Alone' By BEN BRANTLEY Martin McDonagh and Caryl Churchill's two plays, so different, are united by extreme narrative tension. Marc Brenner In 'Funny Girl,' Sheridan Smith Does the Heavy Lifting By BEN BRANTLEY In this revival, Ms. Smith plays Fanny Brice, the role that sent Barbra Streisand soaring into the stratosphere in the 1960s. ADVERTISEMENT Reviews 'Prodigal Son,' John Patrick Shanley's Exploration of the Student He Once Was By BEN BRANTLEY This Manhattan Theater Club play depicts a self-worshiping, caustic pupil who intrigues and frustrates his boarding-school teachers. A Campus Caldron Too Hot to Touch in 'Smart People' By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Characters in Lydia R. Diamond's drama grapple with race, class, prejudice, identity and sexuality. Bolaño's Mysterious '2666,' Distilled to 5½ Hours by the Goodman Theater By CHARLES ISHERWOOD In this ambitious staging, a tale that runs about 900 pages is rendered through informative sketches of events, losing some of its shimmering layers. In 'Thank God for Jokes,' Mike Birbiglia Tells His Side of the Story By NEIL GENZLINGER Mr. Birbiglia's one-man show is an indescribably ridiculous collection of anecdotes and asides that miraculously blend into a whole. In 'Please Continue,' Human Nature Gets a Lab Test By ANITA GATES This play at the Ensemble Studio Theater recalls a 1960s experiment involving perceived shocks and suffering. ADVERTISEMENT News and Features Joel Grey, a Broadway Eminence, Comes of Age at 83 By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Mr. Grey won an Oscar and a Tony for his role in "Cabaret." Now, in a new memoir, he talks about his years in showbiz — and in the closet. It's O.K. With Ralph Macchio if You Call Him the Karate Kid By ERIK PIEPENBURG Now 54, the '80s teen heartthrob returns to the New York stage in a play about growing up Italian-American. Martyna Majok, Putting Immigrant Lives on Center Stage By LAURA COLLINS- HUGHES Ms. Majok grew up in a gritty stretch of North Jersey, the daughter of a house cleaner. She now writes plays infused with economic insecurity. Warren Manzi, Author of New York's Longest-Running Play, Dies at 60 By MARGALIT FOX "Perfect Crime" logged its 11,824th performance, despite the fact that critics often did not like it and theatergoers often did not understand it. Critics' Picks A Whirlwind of Delicious Gossip in 'Sense & Sensibility' By BEN BRANTLEY Review: 'Utility,' a Woman's Dance With Despair By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES 'The Grand Paradise' Summons a '70s Pleasure Palace By BEN BRANTLEY 'Drunk Shakespeare,' Where the Tipsy and the Sober Take Liberties By NEIL GENZLINGER FOLLOW THEATER FACEBOOK @nytimestheater Get more NYTimes.com newsletters » | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps for just $0.99. Subscribe » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Theater Update newsletter. (....) | Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise Copyright 2016 The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018