Nida Manzoor, the creator, writer and director of the series, shares what things inspired her to make a show about Muslim women in a punk band.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36AMThe long-running variety show went off the air a half-century ago this month. But much of it is officially available on YouTube. Here’s a look at some of the best moments.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:58PMRobert O’Hara and Torrey Townsend discuss their collaboration on “Off Broadway,” a biting satire about a company whose leaders are willfully oblivious of their racial and gender biases.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PMTerrance McNally’s farcical “It’s Only a Play,” the revue “After Midnight” and productions from Russia are among the highlights.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AMWithout seeing a script, Ann Dowd jumped at the chance to work with Robert Icke on his solo adaptation of the Ibsen classic. Then the debates began.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:24PMHighlights include the latest edition of “Broadway Bares,” Jackie Sibblies Drury’s “Marys Seacole” and a new play by Caryl Churchill.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12AMThis ingenious interactive show finds the Russian playwright’s characters plotting against their creator.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18PMThis Bristol Old Vic production, based on the harrowing story of the British mountaineer Joe Simpson, tracks the spiral of decisions behind human exploits.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PM“I can’t tell if I hate acting or if I love it too much,” he said ahead of the debut of the Amazon series “Panic.” Coming soon, a major role in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side St…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:03PMHighlights include “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Shakespeare’s Globe, the rising stars of LaGuardia High School and “Uncle Vanya” on PBS.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42PMModesto Jimenez, known as Flako, has turned cab theater into a genre, and his latest show takes place on a ride through Bushwick, Brooklyn.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMHighlights include concerts by Melissa Errico and Sutton Foster, and an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s “The Waves.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:06PMThe projection designer Jared Mezzocchi has become a go-to guy for ambitious virtual productions. Next up: Starring in his own haunted house play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMWithout international tours, streaming high-concept, director-driven European theater is the next best thing to being there.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24AMHighlights include a virtual production of Adam Rapp’s “The Sound Inside” and a new reading series by Roundabout Theater Company.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:24AMAmong the offerings are a well-matched double bill, Ute Lemper’s tribute to Marlene Dietrich and a virtual revival of Michel Legrand’s musical “Amour.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:24PMIn “The Jackson C. Frank Listening Party w/ Special Guests,” the musician is simultaneously central and peripheral to the story.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PMPresentations include a star-studded reading of “The Thanksgiving Play,” musicals crossing the Atlantic and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:06AMThe magician explains how he worked up to “In & Of Itself” in a new memoir, “Amoralman,” a prequel of sorts to the show.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMThe past year has made us rethink the boundaries between theater and film. Many of these shows are a little bit of both.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AMAudience members can shift from camera to camera in this streaming solo show, like security guards keeping watch.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMAnna Moench’s play, about a woman working in social media content moderation, begins with dark humor but slides into psychological horror.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:12PMPresentations include the 30th anniversary of George C. Wolfe’s “The Colored Museum”; Andréa Burns in “Bad Dates”; and a solo show by Riz Ahmed.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AMPatrick Page looks at bad guys, Steven Carl McCasland gives us literary women, and Jill Sobule mines her own history, including the dreaded seventh grade.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:24PMCleverly edited and darkly funny, the latest Theater in Quarantine show finds a nervous couple afraid to go out or let anyone in. Sound familiar?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:33PMA film of Derek DelGaudio’s idiosyncratic show captures its surreal vibe and unconventional approach.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:18AMThe Pasadena Playhouse has a new tribute to Herman, the composer of “Hello, Dolly!,” and Tomei turns up in “Beirut” and “Three Hotels.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:24PMTravis Alabanza’s monologue starring Reece Lyons examines agency and safety, here inextricably intertwined with identity.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMThe shows have not been staged, but three concept albums are at the center of a sprawling fictional world created largely by teenagers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PMThree theaters are exploring “Swingin’ the Dream,” which tanked on Broadway in 1939, but opens a window on the racial and artistic dynamics of its time.
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