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Jesse Tyler Ferguson stars in "Fully Committed," now in previews on Broadway. Kate Owen for The New York Times Jesse Tyler Ferguson Skewers Food Culture on Broadway By LIGAYA MISHAN The "Modern Family" star will play a restaurant full of roles in the antic one-man show "Fully Committed."

Taking Another Stab

Kerry Hayes/Lionsgate Films In Hindsight, an 'American Psycho' Looks a Lot Like Us By DWIGHT GARNER When Bret Easton Ellis's novel was published in 1991, he and his protagonist, Patrick Bateman, were equally vilified. But Bateman's bloodlust, materialism and obsession with Donald J. Trump are all part of our current cultural fabric — including a new Broadway musical adaptation.

Chad Batka for The New York Times He Knows the Drill: Benjamin Walker Works to Make 'American Psycho' Sing By ALEXIS SOLOSKI In this adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel, Mr. Walker is working out and absorbing his character, a smooth banker who sidelines as a killer.

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Reviews

'Bright Star' Beams Nostalgia Underscored by Fiddles and Banjos By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Steve Martin and Edie Brickell are behind this slice of vintage Americana that gives Carmen Cusack her Broadway debut. In 'Head of Passes,' Phylicia Rashad Is a Matriarch With Worries By BEN BRANTLEY This Tarell Alvin McCraney play centers on family fissures and a woman whose loved ones have gathered for her birthday. 'Stupid _____ Bird' Is Chekhov for the 21st Century By CHARLES ISHERWOOD This Aaron Posner play loosely adapts "The Seagull" and notably breaks the fourth wall with regularity. 'Really' Compares the Fixed Image With Life's Flux By BEN BRANTLEY Jackie Sibblies Drury's stylishly contemplative new play is a meditation on the nature of photography.

News and Features

Shakespeare, the Book Tour By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER A fleet of First Folios is on a barnstorming tour of all 50 states. We caught up in South Dakota. Alas, Poor William Shakespeare. Where Does His Skull Rest? By CHRISTOPHER D. SHEA Researchers have uncovered evidence that they say indicates his skull was stolen from his grave by a local doctor in 1794. Where There's Smoke, There's Stagecraft By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES On the care, feeding and wrangling of fog. Resurrected on Broadway: 'An Act of God,' This Time with Sean Hayes By MICHAEL PAULSON Mr. Hayes will play the title role in this show that imagines God offering a new version of the Ten Commandments for today's world.

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Critics' Picks

'She Loves Me' Is a Daydream of the Ordinary By BEN BRANTLEY 'The Pirate La Dee Da,' a Tale of a Runaway Princess By LAUREL GRAEBER

'The Effect,' About Falling in Love While Taking Antidepressants By BEN BRANTLEY 'Ideation,' About an Office Team's Morally Disturbing New Project By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES

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