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Jackson McHenry is a Vulture critic who has been covering theater, film, and television since 2015.

  1. best of 2024
    The Best TV Shows of 2024 (So Far)Couples (and a throuple) working through their issues, vampires with a blood-soaked panache, and a comedian we’d follow anywhere.
  2. theater review
    The Speaker and the Upstart Talk It Out: N/AIt’s Pelosi vs. AOC onstage, and Holland Taylor, as Nancy, gets all the zingers.
  3. scene report
    The 77th Annual Tony Awards - Show
    A Tonys Diary: Seeing Outsiders Coming, the Co-Pro Conundrum, and Party-HoppingOur critic reports on making the rounds inside and after Broadway’s biggest night.
  4. profile
    Annie Baker Goes to HollywoodThe renowned playwright switches mediums with her sneakily expansive debut film, Janet Planet, about a possessive mother-daughter relationship.
  5. theater review
    Hell’s Kitchen Is the WE❤NYC of MusicalsAnthemic songs with generalities in between.
  6. tonys 2024
    Our 100 Percent Accurate Tonys PredictionsA very unsettled season means there could be plenty of surprises. We’ve correctly anticipated them all.
  7. theater review
    The Encores! Titanic Gives Its Level BestNo hydraulic tilt lifts on this return voyage.
  8. lesbian space witches!
    The Acolyte Is Not the Star Wars You Were Looking ForAnd that’s a very good thing.
  9. theater review
    There and Back Again, in Home, Breaking the Story, and What Became of UsThree onstage journeys between realms.
  10. trade secrets
    Can Industry Succeed Succession?With a new Sunday-night time slot and Kit Harington co-starring, can this buzzy Gen-Z finance drama finally break out?
  11. summer preview 2024
    11 Plays and Musicals We Can’t Wait to See This SummerFrom Titanic (not the movie) to Cats (very much not the movie).
  12. theater review
    Isolation, Set to Harmony: Three Houses and The Lonely FewBlue notes from lockdown and from musicians on the road.
  13. theater review
    Yale Drama Meets the Psych Ward: Invasive SpeciesMaia Novi applies humor, and Goop, and also Andrew Lloyd Webber, to her fraught experience as a drama student.
  14. theater review
    An Evictable Menagerie: Paula Vogel’s Mother PlayRevisiting her chaotic upbringing with intermittent insight.
  15. theater review
    Rachel McAdams Fights — and Finds — Reality in Mary JaneMaking an impressive Broadway debut, the actress offers a layered depiction of navigating a parenting nightmare.
  16. theater review
    Don’t Think Too Hard About The Heart of Rock and RollThe Huey Lewis musical is fine, fun, and as lightweight as a cardboard box.
  17. theater review
    The Wiz Rolls Back Into TownBig high-energy performances, undercut by the folks behind the curtain.
  18. what are you waiting 5
    No One’s Watching the Best Comedy on NetflixThere’s an easy way to fix this.
  19. great moments in journalism
    I Simply Must Know What Dale Does to The Girls on the Bus NextCole Escola as the moral compass of presidential-campaign reporting? Sure, why not!
  20. exit interview
    The 3 Body Problem Creators Just Want to Give You More Spectacle“By the last season or two, we would be giving people an experience they’ve never had before.”
  21. bpe
    Girls5Eva - Season 2
    The Songs of Girls5eva, RankedThey’re gonna be famous 5eva, but which song is No. 1?
  22. stage whisperer
    An Enemy of the People’s Stars Didn’t Mind the InterruptionAt the show’s opening-night party, Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli reflected on their interactions with last week’s climate activists.
  23. highs and lows
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2024 OscarsIs this a show for everyone or just the diehards? Is Hollywood back and better than ever, or has it lost its sense of identity?
  24. performance review
    The Evolutions of Emma StoneThe Oscar-winning star of Poor Things is a master at playing characters who are only halfway out of the cocoon.
  25. the truth is out there
    All Your Burning Questions About 3 Body Problem, AnsweredWho are these aliens and what do they want?
  26. baby gesserit
    Decoding Anya Taylor Joy’s Role in Dune: Part Two’s Ominous VisionsA talking fetus, the ocean, and Anya Taylor-Joy — here’s what it all means.
  27. theater review
    Brooklyn Laundry’s Drama Has Been Worn to DeathJohn Patrick Shanley’s play needs a little starch.
  28. tv review
    Elsbeth Knows What to DoThe Kings’ Good Wife and Good Fight spinoff sets Carrie Preston’s character loose on NYC to remind us that procedural drama can still be fizzy fun.
  29. theater review
    Cynthia Nixon Does Anything But Vanish in The Seven Year DisappearShe and Taylor Trensch lead an ambitious, if rangy, survey of mother-son dynamics.
  30. it’s theater season
    Amy Herzog and Sam Gold Are Just a Couple of Ibsen LoversEarly in their relationship, they decided never to work together. But neither could resist adapting Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People for Broadway.
  31. adaptation nation
    Isn’t This Supposed to Be Fun?Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender makes the mistake of treating the original like a sacred text.
  32. theater review
    Encores! Jelly’s Last Jam
    The Jazz Age Re-reborn: At Encores!, Jelly’s Last JamFrom tap to vocals, an astonishing achievement for such a short run.
  33. theater review
    Reviews: Onstage, Trauma Times 3Reviews of Munich Medea, Self Portraits (DELUXE), and you don’t have to do anything.
  34. theater review
    Oh, Mary! The Play Was Hilarious, Mrs. LincolnCole Escola goes berserk as the First Lady.
  35. stage whisperer
    Listen to ‘Teeth’ From the Musical TeethIt’s about … teeth.
  36. profile
    Put Maya Erskine in EverythingPEN15 introduced her as a gonzo comedic talent. Mr. & Mrs. Smith makes a convincing case for her as a rom-com lead.
  37. theater review
    Editorial Notes on The Connector“Can we get more specific in this section right here?”
  38. theater reviews
    Dramatizing Desire and Addiction in Jonah and The White ChipA twisty, emotional drama and a straight-down-the-line recovery comedy.
  39. tv review
    Feud Sees Capote in Black and WhiteDespite a great cast and compelling premise, this ham-fisted bit of cable excess can’t deliver.
  40. theater review
    The Encores! Once Upon a Mattress Is the Biggest Summer-Camp Show EverSutton Foster and friends play it really big and really broad for this lively short run.
  41. broadway
    Alan Is Cumming to Broadway for a NightThe Emcee returns to Studio 54 to sing about aging.
  42. 2023 emmys in 2024
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2023 Emmys Held in 2024The ceremony kept things tight: FX, speech times, Anthony Anderson’s latex.
  43. movie review
    The Ruthless New Mean Girls Knows Better Than to Try and Make Fetch HappenA pretty good remake proves the Plastics will never die.
  44. highs and lows
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2024 Golden GlobesAre we having fun yet? Honestly, not really!
  45. theater review
    A Cold-Blooded Night of the IguanaA Tennessee Williams curio whose temperature never rises above a simmer.
  46. casting call
    The Search for the Next Will and KateThe Crown’s casting director on how the show found the right pair to bring an interior life to these tabloided young royals.
  47. theater review
    The Too-Steady Charm of How to Dance in OhioA winning cast of autistic actors elevates a rote concept.
  48. chat room
    May December’s Georgie Would ‘Absolutely Not’ Be a Good Music SupervisorCory Michael Smith is pretty sure that his manic, scene-stealing character “has no idea what that job would be like.”
  49. best of 2023
    The Best Theater of 2023A play that’s not not about Fleetwood Mac, the return of Merrily and Purlie, and the agony of high-school test prep.
  50. best of 2023
    Exhilarating Reactions to a Troubled WorldPlus Sondheim old and (for the final time) new.
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