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Subject: Theater Update: They Want Every Kid to Know Roald Dahl's World
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View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Wednesday, August 31, 2016 NYTimes.com/Theater » Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Mya Olaye and Tom Klenerman in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," the Roald Dahl musical in London. Helen Maybanks Testing New Flavors in the Wonka Factory By MICHAEL PAULSON As the centennial of Roald Dahl's birth approaches, the estate of the "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" author is developing at least 23 projects based on his works. ADVERTISEMENT News and Features I'm 46. Is That Too Old to Play the Ingénue? By MELISSA ERRICO The Broadway actress Melissa Errico on portraying an innocent one more time, and the lack of rich roles for women in musicals. Why You'll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto By ANTHONY TOMMASINI As he works on a new musical, Stephen Sondheim talks about the role of words in his work and how Oscar Hammerstein II influenced that. A Playwright Finds Drama, and Humor, in Roe v. Wade By KATE TAYLOR Lisa Loomer tackles the politics of abortion in her new play, "Roe." #Ham4Ham Shows to End on Wednesday By ANDREW R. CHOW The popular mini-concert series tied to the musical "Hamilton" will retire, at least temporarily, after the performance on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT Reviews In 'The Layover,' Strangers on a Plane and Missed Connections By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Leslye Headland ("Bachelorette") has written a dark drama about infidelity and its unforeseen consequences, now playing at Second Stage Theater. It's the Audience That's Captured by 'Caught' By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES What is true and what is a cultural expectation in this play about a Chinese dissident keep the audience guessing. In 'A Day by the Sea,' Words Unsaid or Said Quite Bluntly By NEIL GENZLINGER The overall portrait in this 1953 play by N.C. Hunter is of an economically comfortable English family in coastal Dorset in the anxious postwar years. A Welsh Family Clings to Native Soil in 'The Good Earth' By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES This brisk production from the company Motherlode concerns a village tempted by a stranger to move to new homes down the road. Critics' Picks A Restaged 'Small Mouth Sounds' Still Sparkles By CHARLES ISHERWOOD 'The Effect,' About Falling in Love While Taking Antidepressants By BEN BRANTLEY 'Quietly' Rivetingly Revisits the Troubles in Belfast By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES 'An Act of God' Is Back, With Sean Hayes By CHARLES ISHERWOOD 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