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Dear Theater Fans, It's hot up here. Probably where you are, too. An air-conditioned theater is one reliable solution — except when Anika Noni Rose tears into the title role in "Carmen Jones." Same, too, it seems, at the refurbished Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston, where the "extravagantly entertaining" "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" thrilled our Ben Brantley. I expect temperatures to rise when Bryan Cranston gets mad as hell in "Network" on Broadway. In the meantime, please take the time to read our fascinating conversation on how gay playgoers of different generations respond to "The Boys in the Band." Marvel, too, at how Stacy Keach gives new meaning to the tired old phrase "the show must go on." Stay cool (thanks, Ed Sullivan). Consider joining us on August 17 for a music-filled live sneak preview of the fall arts season. And let me know how we're doing, and what else you'd like to read, at theaterfeedback@nytimes.com. Have a great week, » Scott Heller Theater Editor

'The Boys in the Band' and a Generational Divide The 2018 revival of "The Boys in the Band" features an ensemble cast of gay men, including (from left) Andrew Rannells, Tuc Watkins, Jim Parsons, Robin De Jesus and Matt Bomer. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times By STUART EMMRICH, WESLEY MORRIS, MATTHEW SCHNEIER AND ZACHARY WOOLFE Four gay men who recently attended the Broadway revival of this 50-year-old play — three seeing it for the first time — debate its significance and relevance.

'Network,' Starring Bryan Cranston, Sets Broadway Opening Bryan Cranston, at left and on screen, as Howard Beale in the National Theater production of "Network." Jan Versweyveld By DAVE ITZKOFF Mr. Cranston will reprise his role as the unraveling news anchor Howard Beale in this adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky's Academy Award-winning satire.

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Critic's Pick: A Smashing 'Moulin Rouge!' As Harold Zidler, who runs the Moulin Rouge nightclub, Danny Burstein delivers a master class in pandering seediness. Matthew Murphy By BEN BRANTLEY The movie that heralded the jukebox musical has been reinvented as a jukebox musical on its very own terms at the Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston.

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More Reviews Manuel Harlan Far From Home, but Not Far Enough Political tensions and populist hostilities familiar to the American scene find their way to London stages, too, in "Imperium" and "The Jungle." David Hou Deep Dives Into Justice at Stratford By JESSE GREEN With "The Tempest," "An Ideal Husband" and "To Kill a Mockingbird," the Stratford Festival carries on a conversation about purity and forgiveness. Joan Marcus Mike Birbiglia Has a 'New One' By ALEXIS SOLOSKI Mr. Birbiglia's solo show about becoming a father is at first excruciatingly funny and then just kind of excruciating. Ed Forti Whimsy, Horror and Missing Bones By ALEXIS SOLOSKI Two lost souls (one literally back from the afterlife) meet in a gritty city park in Amina Henry's overstuffed but empathetic play.

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