Mr. Gottfried has been known to show off his creative, filthy and utterly singular mind.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:15PMCharna Halpern — who, with the Chicago improv pioneer Del Close, devised a seminal improv technique — is a crucial conduit to “Saturday Night Live.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:32AMShakespeare’s comedy, stuffed with rather dated gender politics, will run at the Delacorte Theater with an all-female cast.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:28PMRory Scovel is an improvisational experimentalist with a jazzy rhythm, veering off on tangents and looking to transform, even sabotage, his own sets.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:08PMJosie Long and Josh Gondelman are part of a new breed of performers who deliver their monologues without a drop of bile.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:52PMQuiara Alegría Hudes’s story takes place in a cheap corner bar in North Philadelphia.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:10PMOn the eve of the premiere of Showtime’s “Dice,” Mr. Clay reflects on playing a character in his stand-up comedy career and what audiences thought.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:10AMStarring Jesse Tyler Ferguson, this one-person play by Becky Mode was an Off Broadway hit in 1999.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:50PMSaoirse Ronan and Ben Whishaw lead a deep cast in this revival directed by Ivo van Hove at the Walter Kerr Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:27PMThe four comics who star in the “Impractical Jokers” television show on TruTV performed live at Radio City Music Hall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:46PMMr. Birbiglia’s new one-man show, “Thank God for Jokes,” is an ode to the joke.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:56PMThe five-man cast of the Improvised Shakespeare Company builds word-drunk and spot-on parodies of comedies and tragedies right on the spot.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:01PMMs. Markey, whose new play is about to open at the Abrons Arts Center, has developed a cult following through performances that mix humor, songs and storytelling.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThis play, set in London, is adapted from an Edinburgh Festival Fringe show and will begin a run at the Fourth Street Theater.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:56AMMs. Sun makes a long-awaited return with a focus on a family whose daughter has a mystery illness.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:04AMThe glorious, entertaining, phony, doomed reign of Broadway reporter Michael Riedel.
SOURCE: Slate at 06:23AMTerry Kinney, a Steppenwolf Theater Company founder, has started Mix Tape Productions, infusing rock with the razzmatazz of the theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:44PMIn this company’s latest project, child actors will not only pretend to be young, middle-age and older adults: But audiences will also see videos of younger versions of these performers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:09PMThe last time the Roundabout Theater staged this drama, in 1984, Pinter himself came to rehearsal to offer help to the cast.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:15PMEd Schmidt, a playwright who is also a varsity coach at the Trinity School on the Upper West Side, portrays dynamics of the team and the game.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:57PMThe playwright’s new work at the Signature Theater examines the late-in-life introspection of a wealthy widow determined to give away all her worldly possessions.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:34PMIn a monologue directed by Jerry Seinfeld, Mr. Quinn laments the city’s positive attitude.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28PMMr. Diggs steps into a new Broadway role on Wednesday, replacing Darren Criss in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:56PMAt the Beacon Theater, Ms. Schumer was joined by Judd Apatow, Mike Birbiglia and other comedians to promote her coming movie through stand-up.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:51PMThis Tony nominee for best play stitches together comedy and horror with the help of Tyrone, the hand puppet that acts as the main character’s angry id.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PMThe lineup at this season's Shaw Festival in Ontario includes Oscar Wilde and Clare Boothe Luce.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMIn a revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis's dark comedy "Den of Thieves," stealing from mobsters leads to its own moral dilemma.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMHow do you think we should measure success in the theater? What exactly is a hit?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMWhat happens when “actor’s actors” run amok? Not much. Which is the point of the sly and sloppy experiment called “Brandywine Distillery Fire.”
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