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By MAGGIE HRONCICH
|Off-Broadway was the year’s star, with new works and fresh interpretations of established pieces spotlighting seasoned and rising artists alike. Here are 16 productions — including several Broadway entries — that stood out.

The theater world saw a series of setbacks in 2023, as companies and venues across the country grappled with layoffs, postponements, limited performance schedules, and even closures — the legacy of a prolonged pandemic and with other factors at play. New York has hardly been immune from this behind-the-scenes drama, particularly in the nonprofit sector, despite a few high-profile successes such as the Alicia Keys musical, “Hell’s Kitchen,” which opened recently at the Public Theater and is set to transfer to Broadway next spring.

By MAGGIE HRONCICH
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By ABIGAIL SEABERG
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By ALEKSANDRA GADZALA TIRZIU
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By DONALD KIRK
|The theater world saw a series of setbacks in 2023, as companies and venues across the country grappled with layoffs, postponements, limited performance schedules, and even closures — the legacy of a prolonged pandemic and with other factors at play. New York has hardly been immune from this behind-the-scenes drama, particularly in the nonprofit sector, despite a few high-profile successes such as the Alicia Keys musical, “Hell’s Kitchen,” which opened recently at the Public Theater and is set to transfer to Broadway next spring.
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