Irish Dance for All Levels, All Bodies, All Genders by Siobhan Burke and Yael Malka For The New York Times

Gayli, a dance night at a Brooklyn bar, provides a welcoming atmosphere for Irish social dancing, an exacting art form known for high-pressure competition.

Best Theater of 2023 by The New York Times

Many of the plays and musicals that resonated this year deftly married elements of drama and comedy.

Tony Awards 2023: The Best and Worst Moments by The New York Times

With a clever opening number and repeated support for striking writers, the Tonys celebrated Broadway’s shows, performers and creative teams.

‘I hope it gives young people some ideas!’: David Hockney’s immersive art show – photo essay by Tim Jonze and Mee-Lai Stone

A new exhibition lets us see the Yorkshire artist’s greatest hits – and overlooked rarities – through new eyes. Photographer Justin Sutcliffe went behind the scenes “I’ve always be…

Best Theater of 2022 by The New York TImes

In a time of renewed awakening, a surprising number of shows smartly reflected those changes in song.

Trisha Brown on the Beach: Catch a Wave of Dancing Bliss by Gia Kourlas and Angelo Silvio Vasta For The New York Times

This year, the Beach Sessions at Rockaway Beach features the Trisha Brown Dance Company in a program of early works.

Best and Worst Moments of the Tony Awards by New York Times

With Joaquina Kalukango’s high notes and Billy Crystal’s lowbrow jokes, the Tonys celebrated Broadway’s return after a tumultuous season.

Orson Bean’s death on Los Angeles street sparks mourning, concern over pedestrian safety by Nina Agrawal and Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

How Chicago Is Changing Theater, One Storefront at a Time by Tim

How Chicago Is Changing Theater, One Storefront at a Time → Most of the big theaters started as storefronts: Steppenwolf in a Unitarian church in the suburbs, Chicago Shakes on the roof of…

Sharing a Secret by Laura O’neill and Emily Berl For The New York Times

A romantic garden. A Chinese opera. And a select audience, wandering under Californian stars.

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The 25 Best American Plays Since ‘Angels in America’ → Here are two fun things to do. First, read just the titles and see if you can name the playwrights. Then, count how many you̵…

by Tim

What’s inside a writer’s notebook? → Peek into the notebooks of Paul Theroux, Susie Boyt, and Amit Chaudhuri, complete with photos of the scribblings themselves : The mystique …

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The Bibliomaniac of Ridgewood → Here’s a great article for writers and book lovers, with some fantastic photos by Joe Carrotta of a guy who lives in a building filled with 25,000 boo…

Every Al Pacino Performance, Ranked by Will Leitch and Tim Grierson

If Al Pacino had announced in, say, 1980 that he was retiring — deciding that the strenuous demands of Method acting had become too much for him — he’d have already done enough incredi…

Standups on tour: ‘Why have I left my kids to stay in a rat-infested garret?’ by Interviews By Tim Jonze and Jenny Stevens

How do comics survive life on the road? They rob their minibars, turn roadies into bird-watchers – and read The Da Vinci CodeI once played in a tiny little school hall in a tiny little vil…

Broadway’s Smallest Theater Is Reopening, This Time as a Nonprofit by Michael Paulson and George Etheredge For The New York Times

Once named the Little Theater, the playhouse now known as the Helen Hayes is about to be reincarnated again.

Every Cate Blanchett Performance, Ranked by Will Leitch and Tim Grierson

Cate Blanchett has been a star since the very first second we met her. Her first-ever movie role, after just a few years in the theater, was supporting Glenn Close and Frances McDormand — …

‘Zombie Town’ at Contra Costa College by Tim

Another Halloween, another production of my play Zombie Town: A Documentary Play. From the East Bay Times: Get into the mood for Halloween with a trip to “Zombie Town,” a horror spoof ab…

‘Zombie Town’ Nominated for Outstanding Comedy Production by Tim

The Marquee Theater Journalists Awards were announced, and Left Edge Theater’s production of my play Zombie Town: A Documentary Play is up for Outstanding Comedy Production. Congratula…

'Charming, soulful, a proper comic': Sean Hughes tributes – and his funniest jokes by Interviews By Chris Wiegand and Tim Jonze

By his mid-20s he had scooped the Perrier award and landed his own TV show. But Sean Hughes never wanted to be a stadium standup. Mark Steel and Rhona Cameron pay tribute to a troubled talen…

From Middlemarch to King Richard III: 15 of the best political novels and plays by Tim Adams and Robert McCrum

Fiction and drama hold a mirror to the virtues and vices of an age. Here’s our pick of the bestRead the rest of the Observer’s 100 political books series hereRichard Wright wrote to his …

What Rhymes with Cars and Girls: Tim Rogers album becomes a musical by Tim Rogers and Aidan Fennessy

As his first solo album hits the stage, the You Am I singer asks playwright Aidan Fennessy the all important question: ‘what the hell were you thinking?’There’s something poetic about …

Want to Watch Some Denzel? Here’s a Streaming Guide to All 44 of His Movies by Will Leitch and Tim Grierson

Of all our A-list stars, Denzel Washington’s career may be the most enviable. Although he has a recognizable onscreen persona, it’s mutable enough to allow him to move from R-rated actio…

From The Producers to Hairspray: 17 Movies That Were Turned Into Plays by Time Photo and Ashley Hoffman

From Footloose to Hairspray

Science on Stage by Tim

I suppose I’m mostly known for my play Zombie Town: A Documentary Play, which has had a number of productions around the country. But I’m also really into science and science pla…

Playwrights, Rewrites, Multiple Productions by Tim

My colleague Peter Sinn Nachtrieb is interviewed by my colleague Laura Brueckner and mentions a bunch of his colleagues who’ve all had rolling premieres lately. I bring this up only be…

‘Moments From The Bubble’ by Tim

Three of my one-minute plays will be featured in the latest One Minute Play Festival event at Z Space in San Francisco on Jun 27 and Jun 28. It’s called Moments From The Bubble, Or: Ho…

'This system produces rebels': Russian theatre troupe honours jailed protestors by Reuters and John Freedman For The Moscow Times, Part Of The New East Network

Moscow’s ‘smallest but noisiest playhouse’ perseveres with latest documentary project in the face of legal threats and eviction by the authorities Peering at the audience from behind m…

Political theatre lacks the Commons touch by Paul Robinson and Tim Roseman

Few playwrights seem to have the guts to get properly political - or satirical. Is Yes, Prime Minister really the best we can do?

Young writer on “Dancers by Very Young Choreographers” by Sasa Yung Is A 6th Grader At Ps 333. She Writes Poetry and Sometimes Reads It At La Mama Family Playdates..

Sasa Yung, a very young writer, reviews "Dances by Very Young Choreographers" at New York Live Arts.

What Rhymes with Cars and Girls: Tim Rogers album becomes a musical by Tim Rogers and Aidan Fennessy

As his first solo album hits the stage, the You Am I singer asks playwright Aidan Fennessy the all important question: ‘what the hell were you thinking?’ Continue reading...