Several works explore topics concerning domesticity rather than the fight for marriage and other rights.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:26AMThe actress, now starring in “Night Is a Room” at the Signature Theater, has seen her career prosper in her mid-50s.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:04AMMusic Box Theatre, New YorkTim Pigott-Smith is in regal form as the future British monarch in a play that speculates – in blank verse – on what might happen when he ascends the throneMem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:15PMThis mix of performance art and music at the BAM Next Wave Festival recounts the life of a German Jewish art historian who committed suicide while fleeing the Nazis.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:18PMStudio 54, New YorkIt’s a torrid tale of murder and sexual obsession – but you wouldn’t know it from this damp production, Knightley’s Broadway debut, which alternately inspires yawn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:31PMCort Theater, New YorkAR Gurney play about a middle-aged man who falls in love with a mutt might be a shaggy dog story, but Matthew Broderick and his co-star make it sing – or howlWill som…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00PMThe Public Theatre, New YorkEnglish-German collective Gob Squad present innovative show in which a clutch of teens and tweens interact with their younger selves and imagine their futuresKids…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18PMThis year’s circus theme at Lincoln Center is “The Grand Tour,” setting off with the help of the physical-theater troupe Parallel Exit.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:23PM“BOSSS” is an attempt to dip a toe back into the rippling waters of environmental staging, this time at Hudson River Park.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:02PMThis play at the Flea Theater is a variation on “12 Angry Men” as rendered by 10 perplexed undergrads.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:26PMMac Rogers’s sci-fi trilogy at the Gym at Judson depicts a struggle between humans and alien insectoids through the lens of one Florida household.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:04PMThe actor is starring in Sylvia as a man whose relationship with a frisky dog alarms his wife – while the role of the hound was played by his real-life spouse, Sarah Jessica Parker, 20 yea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PMTopher Payne’s play, produced by Primary Stages, is set in Washington in 1950, with obviously contemporary social and political sensibilities.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:21PMThis solo play, part of the Next Wave festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, draws on the nouveau cirque movement.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:44AMGolden Theater, New YorkDL Coburn’s play about a cantankerous ageing duo is hardly a world-beater but Jones and Tyson’s engaging double act saves it from itselfLet’s put our cards on t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:29AMPublic Theater, New YorkSet in Liberia, Danai Gurira’s play shows how women internalise and perpetuate their own oppression, while also offering some small measure of hopeIn Danai Gurira�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38PMMr. Ryan, 53, is making up for lost time. He went straight from “A Month in the Country” at Classic Stage Company into Anne Washburn’s “10 Out of 12” at Soho Rep. He is now appeari…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:49PMAfter taking a break from theater last year, Mr. Ryan has pushed himself to take on more roles and more challenges, including comedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:27PMBam, New YorkThe artist and filmmaker’s immersive theatre piece isn’t as original as it could be – so why were audience members weeping at the end?Nation-building is not easy. It is me…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52PMManhattan Theatre Club, New YorkThe two leads have sex appeal to spare – but this Sam Shepard play only really sets sparks flying in its final 15 minutesOnce in a while Nina Arianda gets t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48PMDwarfed by a vast set and featuring music by Thom Yorke, this Broadway production of a Pinter play intrigues but never really disturbs its audienceRoundabout Theater Company, New YorkIn a 19…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:26PMAtlantic Theater Company, New YorkSex has rarely been less erotic than in this revival of Caryl Churchill’s dispassionate 1979 exploration of gender, class and colonialism An unusual fusio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22PMA Lower East Side theater celebrates its centenary with an artistic director, Jay Wegman, who aims to shock and unsettle.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:27PMThis solo show at BAM Fisher conjures a variety of global journeys, many seemingly autobiographical and fraught with some small peril.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:17PMA hip-hop musical about the founding father didn’t sound like a natural fit for Broadway’s traditionally more conservative crowd, but Lin-Manuel Miranda’s mix of rap and Sondheim could…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:45PMThis musical adaptation of a 1912 novel is rooted in the correspondence between a girl and a man who pays for her college education..
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02PMThe choreographer and visual artist are staging an installation at the New Museum inspired by Genet’s chilling 1947 play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:25PMAdrienne Truscott’s one-woman show, which is both chirpy and blistering, rewards and invites a strong drink.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:25PMBrooks Atkinson Theatre, New YorkDeaf West Theatre’s production of Frank Wedekind’s play isn’t the radical reimagining it’s billed as but has something to say about modern communicat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30AMHarold Chapin’s work, directed by Jonathan Bank, is a comedy of marital ethics set in England.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:10PMMr. Karam, who specializes in agonizing comedies that are funnier than their subjects would indicate, has a new play, “The Humans,” that can also be viewed as a horror story.
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