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View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Wednesday, February 24, 2016 NYTimes.com/Theater » Wednesday, February 24, 2016 The Times Winter Sale is on. Get 50% off for 26 weeks of news and ideas that stay with you. Subscribe now and save. Christopher Gregory for The New York Times Spring Preview Every Minute Counts on the Way to Opening Night On one recent Tuesday, we spent an hour each with a dozen upcoming Broadway shows as they worked under looming deadlines. From the costume shop to the first curtain call, here's how the steps and stories, the stitches and salesmanship come together. ADVERTISEMENT Seth Rudetsky, Broadway's Go-To Guy, Flirts With 'Disaster!' By CHARLES MCGRATH Mr. Rudetsky is so immersed in New York theater, he's sometimes known as the mayor of Broadway. His latest project is a spoof of '70s disaster films. Shame and Guilt Drives Several New Productions, Which is Good for Us By BEN BRANTLEY Some unpleasant emotions are at the heart of "Hughie," "Long Day's Journey Into Night," "The Crucible" and "Hold On to Me, Darling." Left-Field Musicals Take Center Stage By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Broadway has had some success lately with shows that ignored tired templates. This spring offers worthy additions to that encouraging trend. Newly Arrived Zainab Jah, 'Eclipsed' Star, Is Ready for Battle By ALEXIS SOLOSKI Ms. Jah is slim and not quite 5-foot-2, but on stage she looms larger. Especially when she's holding a machine gun. Naian González Norvind Reaches for High Notes in 'Her Requiem' By KATHRYN SHATTUCK The actress will play a 17-year-old violinist in the play by Greg Pierce. For Director Lileana Blain-Cruz Things Are Going Swimmingly By STEVEN MCELROY In addition to Lucas Hnath's play "Red Speedo," Ms. Blain-Cruz's spring also includes directing works by Alice Birch and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Sarah Charles Lewis Bids for Posterity in 'Tuck Everlasting' By MICHAEL PAULSON The 11-year-old actress has moved from Georgia to New York to star in the new musical. ADVERTISEMENT Reviews 'The Humans' Depicts a Family, and a Country, Under Pressure By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Stephen Karam's drama moves to Broadway without losing any of its power. Much credit goes to its remarkable cast, intact from its Off Broadway run. 'Nice Fish,' Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins's Quirky Ice Fishing Tale By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Drawing on Mr. Jenkins's prose poems, this play at St. Ann's Warehouse alludes to larger meanings beneath its homely surface. In 'Dot,' a Fading Matriarch Brings a Family Together By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Colman Domingo wrote and Susan Stroman directs this comedy-drama about a woman with Alzheimer's and how her family tries to adjust. 'Smokefall,' About Several Generations of an Eccentric Family By CHARLES ISHERWOOD The characters' lives in Noah Haidle's comedy-drama are defined by their eccentricities and flights of odd lyricism. Critics' Picks In 'Please Continue,' Human Nature Gets a Lab Test By ANITA GATES A Whirlwind of Delicious Gossip in 'Sense & Sensibility' By BEN BRANTLEY In 'Thank God for Jokes,' Mike Birbiglia Tells His Side of the Story By NEIL GENZLINGER 'The Grand Paradise' Summons a '70s Pleasure Palace By BEN BRANTLEY 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