Why good productions of Shakespeare and Pinter require actors to speak the same language.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMWhy good productions of Shakespeare and Pinter require actors to speak the same language.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMA cycle of a dozen plays follows foreign involvement in Afghanistan, its results and the lack thereof.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe performance artist John Kelly channels Egon Schiele in his reprise of “Pass the Blutwurst, Bitte,” at La MaMa.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMSometimes a familiar line or phrase can be heard in new ways thanks to an actor’s unexpected interpretation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMIn a year that recapped some of New York theater’s least appealing aspects, a few productions made us remember the singular power of theater to astonish.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMIn a year that recapped some of New York theater’s least appealing aspects, a few productions made us remember the singular power of theater to astonish.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMBrian Bedford, who seems to pick up a Tony nomination whenever he steps foot on a Broadway stage, has returned to portray Lady Bracknell in "The Importance of Being Earnest."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe British monologist Daniel Kitson comes to know a dead man through his correspondence.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe idea of theater as an act (and an instrument) of political defiance is a strange one these days to most Americans.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM"Diciembre," at Under the Radar Festival, is a witty, sharply focused vision of a time well past celebration.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMLa MaMa, the East Village theater Ellen Stewart created and led, is not a 1960s relic; it continues to produce unexpected and even prophetic art.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMAudiences will surely find something wonderful in each of the five performances at the center of Jon Robin Baitz’s new play, “Other Desert Cities,” at Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMIbsen’s “John Gabriel Borkman,” from the Abbey Theater of Ireland, is in production at the Harvey Theater in Brooklyn.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMA plucky little troupe is breezily overcoming many of the problems that appear to be plaguing “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” which is next door.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMMore than perhaps any other Broadway costume designer of the past half century, she understood that for a certain kind of show, nothing less than all-out dazzle would do.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMMs. Ebersole, I was reminded with renewed force, is a rarity among musical comedy stars.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMDavid Auburn’s version of “The New York Idea” updates a 1906 comedy of mores.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM“Gruesome Playground Injuries” is a blood-spattered twig of a play from the up-and-coming dramatist Rajiv Joseph.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMA fresh and affecting Classic Stage Company production of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” features Jessica Hecht, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThis seldom-seen Jacobean drama, based on an actual incident in 17th-century England, has been given an insightful production by the Red Bull Theater company at Theater at St. Clement’…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThis show is not only the most expensive musical ever to hit Broadway, but it may also rank among the worst.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMWhen something goes wrong during a show, the illusion of reality that has been created on stage can fall apart before your eyes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMIn “Compulsion,” a dynamic Mandy Patinkin meets his match in a puppet version of Anne Frank.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMGeoffrey Rush, who plays the title character in Gogol’s “Diary of a Madman” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, reminds us that it’s a fine, fine line that divides …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMTom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” returns, the “South Park” team tries Broadway, and Chris Rock turns up in a play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMKeira Knightley, Elisabeth Moss and Rebecca Hall have taken to the London stage and audiences are lining up.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMMary Shelley’s monster is birthed onstage in London by the Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle, who has a keen sense of the trappings of life in this world.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMSometimes it’s hard not to tear up during Shakespeare’s comedies.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMCommentary on suddenly tearing up during scenes in Shakespeare's comedies
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMMary Shelley’s monster is birthed onstage in London by the Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle, who has a keen sense of the trappings of life in this world.
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