In this musical theater piece adapted from a Langston Hughes poem, the bass-baritone Davóne Tines embodies the evolving, divided soul of black America.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PM[SHARE]Miranda Haymon's play relocates Kafka's horrific tale of punishment to a contemporary world where African-American men are expendable entertainment.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:06PM[SHARE]In this retelling of Euripides' tragedy of an abandoned lover, the heroine is a shy seamstress in seclusion in the Queens neighborhood of Corona.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:03PM[SHARE]In this latter-day variation on Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," the young British dramatist Chris Urch creates a portrait of gay love under siege.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18AM[SHARE]Michael Gordon and Deborah Artman's unsettling chamber opera, directed by Daniel Fish, unfolds with the scraping sounds of a horror film.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:12PM[SHARE]A by-the-numbers jukebox musical weighs the evidence for and against the groundbreaking '50s disc jockey Alan Freed.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:32PM[SHARE]Robert O'Hara's interpretation of Lorraine Hansberry's classic, starring a brilliant S. Epatha Merkerson, puts the audience in the hot seat.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:36PM[SHARE]Grace McLean's eccentric and opaque new musical considers the traumatic roots of the sainted medieval mystic and composer Hildegard von Bingen.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42PM[SHARE]This revival of the 1977 musical about the monotony of earning a living custom-tailors the original for City Center's 75th anniversary.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:48PM[SHARE]Daniel Glenn's astutely goofy portrait of legislative gridlock in the Plymouth Colony casts women as some seriously conflicted founding fathers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PM[SHARE]Michael R. Jackson's gutsy, exasperated musical is set within the mind of a black, queer man who's writing a musical about a black, queer man who's writing a musical …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:48PM[SHARE]Swinging lights. Broadway beefs. Words of wisdom. And a restroom serenade. If only some of the highlights were on TV.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12PM[SHARE]This formulaic offering from the author of "Dinner With Friends" chronicles the havoc wrought when a black sheep returns to the family fold.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54PM[SHARE]This revival of Christopher Shinn's 2007 drama about a widow of the Iraq war keeps its audience at a distance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PM[SHARE]A splendid Kathryn Erbe plays a sheltered housewife thrown into limbo in Selina Fillinger's thoughtful, poignant new play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PM[SHARE]Sean Donovan's multidisciplinary performance piece, set in an isolated rural retreat, finds the chill in summer hedonism.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:12PM[SHARE]Jez Butterworth's Tony-nominated family drama retains its fierce grip with a new cast led by Brian d'Arcy James.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PM[SHARE]In Dave Malloy's ravishing new a cappella chamber musical, members of an addiction support group compare notes on getting lost in the web.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PM[SHARE]Jesse Eisenberg's wobbly new play, which also stars Marin Ireland, casts Ms. Sarandon against type as a flamboyant suburban community theater diva.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PM[SHARE]Adventurous directors and galvanizing performances made for unexpected " and very welcome " departures on what once felt like the Staid White Way.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:54AM[SHARE]The chief theater critics for The Times choose who they think should win and who should have been nominated.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:36AM[SHARE]Terry Kinney's unbalanced Sam Shepard revival, with Maggie Siff and David Warshofsky, finds the prophecy in a wild and woolly play from the 1970s.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48PM[SHARE]The last of this season's Encores! musicals in concert, starring Michael Urie, resurrects a 1947 show that feels nostalgic for nostalgia.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PM[SHARE]Christopher Chen's contemplative drama at Soho Rep uses E.M. Forster's "A Passage to India" as a template for exploring, and exploding, nationalism.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PM[SHARE]Torben Betts's comedy of catastrophe, at the Brits Off Broadway festival, portrays a television cooking show host in a state of disastrous denial.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:04AM[SHARE]New York Times theater critics on a Tonys roster that highlighted originality, if not diversity, and made room for some welcome surprises.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PM[SHARE]An amazing Cillian Murphy portrays both a grieving dad and the mythical bird who takes over his life in Enda Walsh's adaptation of Max Porter's novel.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PM[SHARE]Adapted from Tim Burton's 1988 film, this hyperkinetic musical, starring Alex Brightman as a madcap ghoul, tries too hard to haunt.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PM[SHARE]While electrifying new plays challenged their audiences, "To Kill a Mockingbird" and colorblind musicals catered to the crowds.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00AM[SHARE]These plays deliver a jolt.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00AM[SHARE]James Graham's invigorating play about London journalism goes on a journey to the tabloid underworld " and the American present.
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