There’s weird fun to be had in mash-ups of classical and rock music. But this show sticks to an overly familiar playlist.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:30PMA French cook demonstrates the art of living in the moment in this adaptation of an Isak Dinesen short story.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:58PMA new show draws on the art and writings of Leonora Carrington and Alejandro Jodorowsky, and gives viewers a peek into an expansive world.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMThe Damon Runyon adaptation from The Actors Company Theater could use more of his snap, crackle and pop.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:06PMTime runs in circles in Mr. Kelly’s autobiographical memory play at La MaMa.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:52PMJoël Pommerat’s visually abstract, sonically sophisticated adaptation will be performed this weekend as part of the three-week Tilt Kids Festival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:30PM“Sound House” and “This Is the Color Described by the Time” explore a sense that too often falls by the wayside onstage — sound.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:07PMMs. O’Connell delivers a heartbreaking performance as an older woman struggling with dementia in this drama infused with Southern Gothic horror.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMA couple in Pakistan are always “listening to the sky,” while an American captain becomes too invested in their lives.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMThe 2016 election changed the course of Nina Hoss’s career. You may know this film and stage actress from TV, where she played Astrid on “Homeland.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:34AMPaul Calderon’s play, about a robbery gone wrong, is almost nostalgic for the poetic theater of masculine bravado.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMRock is underexplored onstage, but two Under the Radar shows, “How to Be a Rock Critic” and “The Hendrix Project,” grapple with its transformative power.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:49PMThe psychedelic work of Bruce Haack, an electronic-music pioneer who died in 1988, is coming to the stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:58PMThe longtime feminist duo Split Britches sets its new play in a situation room with “Dr. Strangelove” vibes and a general calling the shots.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:56AMRepertory companies have largely disappeared on American stages. But with an eye on Europe, and highly physical training, the Wilma Theater is going against the grain.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:47AMDane Terry grew up wanting to be a magician and came to New York to play his songs. But the downtown cabaret scene came calling.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AMThere are still goosebump-worthy moments in this Tony-winning Four Seasons bio-musical, but the show feels rushed and formulaic in a smaller theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:04PMThe choice lines and the soundtrack hits are there in this enjoyable adaptation of the movie. Now it’s time to make a full-fledged show out of a quasi concert.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54PMThe British panto tradition finds a welcoming home on the Lower East Side.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:04PMCindy Lou Who has grown up bad in Matthew Lombardo’s profane, rhyme-filled holiday-season take on Dr. Seuss.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06PMDespite the presence of “American Idol” winner Candice Glover, this limp revue of carols and pop songs isn’t likely to bring much Yuletide cheer.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMLife and death, joy and poverty coexist in Emma Dante’s wondrous show about a family in Palermo. And it only costs $20 to see it.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMA musical biography of Joan Rivers pulls together when the subject is deleted.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMThe latest ambitious effort by the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater is both highly detailed and hard to follow.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:48PMWhile the jukebox musical has a cartoonish plot, songs like “Friend of the Devil” and “Box of Rain” work smartly on stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMIn a Keen Company revival of Steven Dietz’s play, the comic actors Arnie Burton and Matt McGrath trade quips to keep the fear at bay.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PMMarc Bamuthi Joseph’s dance-theater show considers racism, colonialism and aging as refracted through the world’s most popular sport.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:36PMNSangou Njikam’s good-natured but overlong play sends a nerdy teenager into rap battle, and beyond.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:04PMIn a visit to BAM, the stage director Olivier Py introduces his drag alter-ego and talks about plans for the Avignon Festival he runs.
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