Twenty-five years after it was a hit Off Broadway, the playwright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work debuted on Broadway this season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PMSara Bareilles and Neil Patrick Harris lead a starry Encores! revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s sweet-sour musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMLongacre Theater, New York Sam Gold’s inventively staged take on the classic tragedy has its moments but there’s something missing at the centre For tragedy to really tear your heart out…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37PMThe return of the Scottish play (that’s “Macbeth” to the rest of you) is a reminder of the idiosyncratic rituals and routines that bring actors comfort.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:18AMThornton Wilder’s antic play, from 1942, packs in an ice age, a deluge and midcentury décor. This Lincoln Center production is the maximalist revival it deserves.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24PMThe playwright also stars in his latest Broadway production, a dark-hued drama about a town council meeting Is there anything more American than a town council meeting? It’s apple pie, bas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00PMCircle on the Square Theatre, New York Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell bring star power to this umpteenth revival but there’s a staleness they struggle to overcome How funny to think t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36PMThe actor is back on Broadway for a revival of David Mamet’s “American Buffalo.” He discusses his other must-haves, like a chef’s knife, trampolines and crystals.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AMFrom Bated Breath Theater Company, the antics of this show, which winds through the East Village, offer little insight into Andy Warhol or his work.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:18PMHudson Theatre, New York Sex and the City star plays well opposite her husband Matthew Broderick in an overlong triptych of bitter relationship tales A junior suite at the Plaza Hotel will r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00PMThe author of “The Lehman Trilogy” sets his new work in a fictional textiles factory, where workers debate in real time the new owners’ demands.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMThe former “Grey’s Anatomy” star is making his Broadway debut in “Take Me Out.” For that, he said, “I needed to go into a very unknown place.”
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PMWe spoke to four playwrights — JC Lee, Charly Evon Simpson, Bryna Turner and Ana Nogueira — whose new shows invite audiences to laugh (even if some laughs catch in the throat).
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMDaniel K. Isaac, a theater actor with a steady gig on the series “Billions,” is appearing at the Public in Lloyd Suh’s play “The Chinese Lady.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:33PMThe playwright Sanaz Toossi on her two comedies about Iranian women, both debuting this season: “English” and “Wish You Were Here.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:36PMJohn Douglas Thompson stars in Arin Arbus’s caustic and assertive new production of the Shakespeare play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06PMThe pandemic has reshaped aspects of the show, which reopens Feb. 14, but its once and future influence on the theatrical life of the city remains undeniable.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMThis hybrid of theater and game asks us to consider homelessness empathetically but can’t overcome the friction between education and entertainment.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:33AMA lighthouse keeper, the nephew living with her and a Japanese employee are on alert for U-boats and graver threats in this chamber musical set in 1942.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:48PM“Somebody Somewhere,” a bittersweet comedy on HBO, will likely surprise viewers who know Everett as a self-proclaimed “cabaret wildebeest.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:33AMThe playwright says her semi-autobiographical works, including her new play for Atlantic Theater Company, help to provide a measure of clarity about painful experiences.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06AMUnder the Radar, Prototype and the Exponential Festival, annual January beacons of experimental work, have canceled their in-person offerings.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:24PMIn seeking to turn historical women into yassified contemporary heroines, pop culture creators are narrowing what female success can look like.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42PMAs Omicron spreads, shows are relying on replacement actors more than ever. And productions without enough of them have had to cancel performances.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:18AMOur critic takes in two puppet-driven musicals in Manhattan. But with the Omicron variant on the rise, maybe kid-friendly theater is best consumed at home right now.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PM“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” returned to Broadway, now in one part instead of two. It may feel smaller, but is no less dazzling.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:36PMIn Sylvia Khoury’s suspenseful new play, the characters sometimes feel too much like wheels in a machine, but it’s a tense thrill to watch it work.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:18PMDigital innovation continued this year, but experiencing plays in isolation grew tiring. Then came an in-person season as exciting as a child’s first fireworks.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AMJustin Vivian Bond and Kenny Mellman have resurrected their Christmas act for “a big, old chosen family reunion.”
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