Playwrights Horizons, New YorkCan turtle soup heal the rift between a father and son? This play about the emotional uses of food is poignant, but its philosophical maxims are too sweetWe eat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:51PMWhat if Cirque du Soleil acrobats took over “Avatar” — and little Norwegian trains just ran across some tracks? Such are the shows “Toruk” and “Bridge Over Mud.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:48PMFrom Daniel Craig playing Iago to a 24-hour history of America as told through pop songs, there are a plethora of great shows to see on Broadway and beyondA coalminer’s son reaches for the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06PMThe writer Leslye Headland’s new work is “The Layover,” which asks if we can ever really know each other, or ourselves.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:26AMA theater critic with an infant son is going to shows less this summer, but she is managing to stay engaged in her field — sometimes outdoors.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:40PMNew York Theatre WorkshopCo-written and featuring songs by David Bowie, this jukebox musical based on The Man Who Fell to Earth is a thrilling theatrical odyssey – and almost impossible to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:16AMThe Harold and Miriam Steinberg Centre for Theatre, New YorkA lo-fi version of Stephen Sondheim’s classic, currently in the cinema, manages to be both lucid and moving – despite the odd …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AMSt Ann’s Warehouse, New YorkLike a folksy Waiting for Godot, this play, co-written by Rylance with the poet Louis Jenkins, is intensely charming in its cock-eyed humanityIf Samuel Beckett …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:23AMFor performers with disabilities, theater casting has taken steps forward. But frustrating challenges remain.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:20PMWritten by Kim Davies, this play focuses on an apparently brutal rape, its aftermath and the writer for a national magazine who covers the story.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00PM“Privacy,” a British hybrid comedy-documentary remade for an American audience and starring Mr. Radcliffe, ponders the trade-offs of our connected world.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:01AMBrooke O’Harra’s work, subtitled “A Living History Tour,” draws on her career and is a meditation on the process of creation and the weirdness of reception.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:09PMShakespeare in the Park, New YorkAn all-female version of Shakespeare’s problem play starts with a Trump-style announcer at a beauty pageant and ends with a rousing version of Bad Reputati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:40PMWhat works on Broadway doesn’t always succeed in London, but despite being a deeply American story, the blockbuster musical has the potential to be universalThe Americans are coming! The A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:07PMHosting, Corden opened with an uncharacteristically serious monologue as the awards ceremony paid tasteful tribute to the victims of Orlando while demonstrating the consolations of theatreHa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:28AM59E59 Theaters, New YorkTwo plays from over 40 years apart show the persistence of Ayckbourn’s themes – the failure of humans to communicate – but offer a faint ray of hopeAlan Ayckbou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36PMIrish Repertory Theater, New YorkA therapist and his patient are haunted by guilt and psychic visitations in this poignant revival of Conor McPherson’s ambiguous and shimmering playIt take…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22PMPublic Theater, New YorkThis exuberant and original new musical mashes up genres from rap to operetta, creating a flawed but glorious portrait of the face on the $10 billIn a letter to Georg…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:27PMThey’re the biggest awards in theatre – and in 2016, the Hamilton juggernaut looks poised to bury the competition. But who else is likely to get a look-in? This is the year Hamilton blew…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:07PMMs. Mitchell’s frisky and musically daring “Hadestown” is a version of the Orpheus myth retold in the American vernacular.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:54PMDan Hoyle’s play, an affectionate portrait of a South Bronx facing gentrification, is inspired by conversations with borough residents.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:57PMMCC, New YorkDespite the raunchy one-liners, comedy about a couple falling in love in a cancer ward is really about the people mask difficult emotions, especially in familiesAs places to mee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52PMTheater for the New City’s production, positioned as a cracked “One Thousand and One Nights” of sorts, shows the difficulty of translating prose works to the stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:55PMLeslie Odom Jr said last week that despite Hamilton’s success, he’s still not being offered the roles a white actor would be. Will things ever change? We speak to actors and casting agen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:19PMClaire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center, New YorkBranden Jacobs-Jenkins’s latest is his usual mix of complex ideas with impossible time constraints, so expect a series of knots rather than a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19AMThe theater sensation of the decade scooped a record 16 Tony nominations. Here are 16 reasons Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop musical broke new groundTony awards: Hamilton musical makes histo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:56PMMr. Rogers, whose play “Universal Robots” is opening at the Sheen Center, said science fiction “makes tackling challenging ideas a lot more fun.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMRoles were spread around this year, but women are often still playing victims. Our critics discuss what worked, what didn’t and what they hope to see.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:57AMA dark take on the family drama in the post-financial crisis era, The Humans has been one of the most critically raved-about plays on Broadway for yearsStephen Karam is of two minds about th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:16AMAs James Corden fans waiting to see One Man, Two Guvnors in the West End now know, the big-name actor may not be the one you see on stage. But sometimes these performances are the bestYou've…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AMPershing Square Signature Center, New YorkEisenberg is such a skilled practitioner of the comedy of mortification it’s surprising he can talk through all the feet in his mouth – but is i…
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