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Listen to the Best Songs From 8 Tony-Nominated Shows

“Hell’s Kitchen,” “Stereophonic” and others are up for top prizes at Sunday’s ceremony. Our critic takes stock of their cast albums, all available now.

Review: Steve Carell as the 50-Year-Old Loser in a Comic ‘Uncle Vanya’

Sleek, lucid, amusing, often beautiful, it’s Chekhov with everything, except the main thing.

‘Mary Jane’ Review: When Parenting Means Intensive Care

Amy Herzog’s heartbreaker arrives on Broadway with Rachel McAdams as the alarmingly upbeat mother of a fearfully sick child.

‘Cabaret’ Review: Dancing, and Screaming, at the End of the World

Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin star in a buzzy Broadway revival that rips the skin off the 1966 musical.

‘The Who’s Tommy’ Review: Going Full Tilt

Will the Who’s rock opera about a traumatized boy hit the jackpot again?

Review: An Affair to Dismember, in the Gory Musical ‘Teeth’

A cult horror film about a teenage girl with a surprise set of chompers gets another surprise: the song-and-dance treatment.

Cast Album Roundup: ‘Sweeney Todd,’ ‘Parade,’ ‘Camelot’ and More

Recordings of Broadway musicals are often better than the shows they preserve. Here’s a ranking of last year’s crop, with samples and bonus tracks.

The Queer Kids Are All Right. And Now They’re Making Me Better.

How watching gay coming-of-age stories has helped repair a heart still stuck in the past — and still scarred by a less welcoming world.

Chita Rivera, Finding Her Voice

Her dancing sometimes overshadowed her thrillingly dramatic way with a song: husky yet clarion, unaffected but full of comment and character.

Chita Rivera Found Her Emotional Voice for Shows Like ‘West Side Story’

Her dancing sometimes overshadowed her thrillingly dramatic way with a song: husky yet clarion, unaffected but full of comment and character.