An impassioned and overloaded documentary drama by Leigh Fondakowski explores the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:42PMLooking backward and working on a smaller scale have helped the Canadian impresario find his place in the world.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:36PMIn his one-man show at the BAM Harvey Theater, Mr. Lepage reconstructs his childhood in 1960s Quebec City.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:42PMThis ardently acted revival shows Arthur Miller’s 1968 play as a smaller, more stolid work than it wants to be — still just a little out of style.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:24PMPublic Theater, New YorkDespite handsome sets and a striking performance from Jo Lampert, this take on the tragic French warrior’s life isn’t quite as wild as it should beTheatergoers sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48PMIn this play, three women try to figure out a suitable purpose for a site behind a former prison associated with Augusto Pinochet.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMBelasco Theatre, New YorkThe Oscar winner makes an indelible impression in an unusual and effective take on Tennessee Williams’s American classicEntering the Belasco Theatre for the Broadw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48PMThis new song cycle by Ethan Lipton (“No Place to Go”) imagines a relocation to a spot across the solar system.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PMKen Urban’s play blends many genres, including science fiction, sex farce and musical, in this Amoralists production about growing up in New Jersey.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMAn overlay of defeat hobbles this play about a psychiatrist who refuses to testify on behalf of a patient accused of a crime.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42PMVineyard Theater, New YorkJohn Kander and Greg Pierce’s melancholy production about a teenager recovering from kidnapping, abuse and rape is an admirably offbeat effortWhat good is it sitt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24PMSteven Levenson’s comedy-drama explores multiple and contradictory dimensions of self-perception through its portrait of a family, the Fischers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48PMRomulus Linney Courtyard Theatre, New YorkDespite a strong performance from a perfectly cast Matthew Broderick, this play about a play doesn’t cut as deep as it shouldWallace Shawn is a pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54PMAsad is a refugee whose refuge keeps receding, in this music drama, directed by Mark Dornford-May, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:32PMThree writers talk about representing gun violence onstage and their own experiences with firearms.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48PM“Beardo,” the musical, is a louche, lewd and assertively weird fantasia on the life of Rasputin, now at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Brooklyn.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42PMThis two-character play by Tanya Saracho centers on a Mexican-born woman who comes to Los Angeles to work in TV, and an American-born man who identifies as Mexican.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMThis piece by the Wooster Group was inspired by a 1971 debate that pitted Norman Mailer against some of the most outspoken feminists of the day.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06PM“Her Opponent,” at the Provincetown Playhouse, reconsiders the 2016 campaign had the candidates’ sexes been flipped.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMSt Ann’s Warehouse, BrooklynBenedict Andrews’ poignant new staging of Tennessee Williams’s play, imported from London, feels utterly contemporaryTennessee Williams’ play has travelle…
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMIn this Mint Theater production — written by Miles Malleson in 1933 but only now having its world premiere — a couple weigh the merits of polyamory.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:04PMFor actors in the American premiere of Wallace Shawn’s 2015 play, much changed after the election.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PMThis updated version of Henrik Ibsen’s 1867 verse drama includes rock and pop songs as it centers on an adventurous Scandinavian lad.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:04PMThis play by Bekah Brunstetter (“Oohrah!”) follows a teenager in the 1990s through early adulthood, and a pioneer girl in the 1800s. Both are named Jane.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42PMSamuel J Friedman TheatreExtraordinary performances help to bring the decorated playwright’s 1979 script to life for the first time on BroadwayThe Broadway debut of August Wilson’s Jitne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48PMThe actress finds herself the subject of taunts. She knows the culprit.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:54PMPaul Cameron’s Hardy’s new play at the Ensemble Studio Theater focuses on two actors, one a success in pornography, the other just a journeyman player.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12PMBox office records are being broken a theater-goers flock to popular shows – but what’s behind the sudden surge?In early January, just days after the Times Square ball had made its annua…
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