Spring Theater Preview: History Sings, Classics Get Twisted and Experiments Explode

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Spring Theater Preview: History Sings, Classics Get Twisted and Experiments Explode

Let’s unpack that headline. This season on Broadway you can see musicals based on actual events from circa 1911, 1925 and 1943 (Smash only feels like a throwback to pre-pandemic camp). As for canonical plays, writers and directors tinker with great dramas by Arthur Miller, Anton Chekhov and T.S. Eliot. Finally, there’s a healthy sampling of the Weird: absurd or surreal takes on space travel, academia, women’s fertility—plus whatever experimental…