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Audra McDonald, center, in "Shuffle Along." Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
Crunch Time
Good afternoon. It's crunch time on Broadway – shows must open by tomorrow to qualify for this year's Tony Awards, and there's been an opening every night this week.  Sunday was "Waitress," Monday was "Fully Committed," and Tuesday was "Tuck Everlasting"; tonight is "Long Day's Journey into Night," and tomorrow is the final show of the season, "Shuffle Along."
For the theater industry, attention turns immediately to the prize derby. On Friday, the Tony administration committee meets for the fourth and final time this season to decide which shows are eligible for which awards. All eyes are on whether the committee deems "Shuffle Along," with its 1921 music and 2016 book, to be a revival (the producers' preference) or a new musical (a category dominated by "Hamilton").  
Then the fun really begins: first thing Tuesday morning, Patina Miller and Andrew Rannells will be announcing this year's Tony nominees, followed by weeks of events at which the nominees strut their stuff prior to the awards ceremony on June 12 (this year's host: James Corden). 
Meanwhile, those of us who have been spending a lot of nights on Broadway (I've just finished seeing all 36 of this season's Tony-eligible musicals and plays) can turn our attention to other stages. First up for me: "Dear Evan Hansen," a much-anticipated new musical, starring the gifted Ben Platt, which opens Off Broadway at Second Stage on Sunday. 
(For live coverage of the Tony nominations, join us Tuesday morning, starting at 8:30 a.m., at nytimes.com/theater. And you can always share your thoughts with me on Twitter at @MichaelPaulson.)
MICHAEL PAULSON
Theater Reporter
 
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News and Features
George C. Wolfe
Eyeing Tonys, 'Shuffle Along' Hopes to Be Classified a Revival
By MICHAEL PAULSON
This Broadway musical, vastly revamped since it was originally staged in 1921, is hoping to be categorized in a way that won't pit it against "Hamilton."
Stacy Donnelly,
Fresh-Baked Pie Has Aromatic Role in 'Waitress' Musical
By MICHAEL PAULSON
After several attempts, producers of this Broadway musical have hit upon a solution to perfume the theater with the scent of baking.
A scene from Cirque du Soliel's
Cirque du Soleil's 'Paramour' Has Strong Start in Broadway Grosses
By MICHAEL PAULSON
Still in previews, this hybrid of theater and acrobatic spectacle brought in more than $1 million in the last week.
 
What's New on Broadway
Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Sarah Charles Lewis in
'Tuck Everlasting,' a Lyrical Meditation on Life, Death and Immortality
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Casey Nicholaw's Broadway musical avoids flashy tricks and easy sentiment, showing a natural feel for this story about a secret fountain of youth.
Benjamin Walker, center, as the homicidal antihero in the musical
'American Psycho' Hits Broadway, So Smooth, So Rich, So Ruthless
By BEN BRANTLEY
A musical based on Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel has buckets of blood and robust hardbodies to spare.
From left, Keala Settle, Jessie Mueller and Kimiko Glenn in
Jessie Mueller Serves a Slice of Life (With Pie) in Sara Bareilles's 'Waitress'
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
This musical, set in a diner and scored by Sara Bareilles, centers on a woman stuck in an unhappy marriage.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson plays some 40 characters in
'Fully Committed,' on How the Elite Dine, Has a Different Flavor Now
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Becky Mode's one-man play has moved to Broadway, starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson as the poor guy who arranges five-star restaurant reservations for five-star people.
 
What Do You Know?

National Portrait Gallery/European Pressphoto Agency
By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
Shakespeare shuffled off his mortal coil 400 years ago this weekend. As the world prepares to celebrate the anniversary, test your knowledge of the Bard with this quiz.
Benjamin Walker in
Richard Perry/The New York Times
By ERIK PIEPENBURG
Hold on to your Cavariccis: we've got a quiz all about '80s references in the Broadway musical "American Psycho."
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Shakespeare 400
William Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet, Is Dead at 52
By LOUIS BAYARD
On this date — April 23, 1616 — the creator of "Hamlet," "Macbeth" and "Romeo and Juliet" left the beauty of this world. To us, he bequeathed his tragedies and comedies, his sonnets and verse, which would survive 400 years.
There Is No Escaping Shakespeare
By LOUIS BAYARD, ROBIN STEIN AND TAIGE JENSEN
Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his influence on language and culture remains.
Shakespeare's Deleted Scenes
By JOHN O'FARRELL, HEIDI SCHRECK, MIKE LEW AND CHRISTINA ANDERSON
Four contemporary writers envision lost and rebooted scenes from some of the playwright's works.
 
Critics' Picks
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Review: 'A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing' Is a Ghostly Play
By BEN BRANTLEY

From left, Molly Bernard, Jennifer Ikeda and Eboni Booth in Alice Birch's play
'Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.' Captures the Fury of Modern Womanhood
By BEN BRANTLEY

Aedin Moloney, left, and Barrie Kreinik in
Exploring Women's Lives in 'When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout'
By ANDY WEBSTER

Jim Findlay in
Review: 'Empathy School & Love Story' Plumbs the Varieties of Loneliness
By BEN BRANTLEY

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