Four playwrights, three vocalists, the troupe Siti Company and the Bang on a Can All Stars interpret the folk tale of John Henry in this production.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:09AMDirected by Diane Paulus, this musical by Griffin Matthews and Matt Gould is drawn from Mr. Matthews’s real experiences working in Africa.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:22PMThe show, by Griffin Matthews, was inspired by his work at an orphanage in Uganda.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:15PMNeil Jones’s play at City Center focuses on warring fashion designers, including one who travels to the future for inspiration.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:22PMSimple feats by magicians, not the music and laser beams, are the most impressive part of this show at the Neil Simon Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:10AMMr. Offerman plays Ignatius J. Reilly, the lead character in John Kennedy Toole’s comic novel, “A Confederacy of Dunces,” in Huntington Theater Company’s adaptation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:44PMIn her new solo play, at the Abrons Arts Center, Nilaja Sun depicts a struggling Lower East Side family, as well as various friends and neighbors.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:34PMA tiny theater in Chicago is a showcase for a sweeping and deep new work by David Rabe, in powerful form.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:09AMThis revival revolves around a group of Jewish men being rounded up in France under German occupation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:40PMThe play by Marguerite Duras, involving a grandmother and granddaughter, is being presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Fishman Space.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:51PMMembers of a school choir meet their deaths on a roller coaster and must compete for redemption in this musical at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:14PMIn Peter Parnell’s new play at Lincoln Center, gay couples with children learn about having (or not having) it all.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28PMA son comes home from war to a home in chaos in Taylor Mac’s work at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:22PMThis Broadway musical with George Takei and Lea Salonga sets out to illuminate a dark passage in American history.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:22PMThis musical about Emilio and Gloria Estefan tracks their career and marriage, including the accident that threatened her life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24PMSarah Ruhl’s play, at the McGinn/Cazale Theater, follows the mostly epistolary friendship of Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:18PMMichael Kimmel’s musical adaptation of “The Seagull,” at 59E59 Theaters, is powered by a country score by Lauren Pritchard.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00PMMark Gerrard’s play, directed by Cynthia Nixon for the New Group, a Broadway chorus boy who never quite made it has settled into his role as a dad.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:08PMMatthew Broderick, Annaleigh Ashford and Julie White star in the first Broadway production of A.R. Gurney’s 1995 comedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:33PMThis comedy-drama by Stephen Karam traces the connections and tensions in a Pennsylvania clan that is assembling in Manhattan for a holiday dinner.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:54PMDaphne Rubin-Vega stars in this meaty play about the ups and downs of a police officer’s daughter who becomes involved in an unappetizing scheme.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:45PMThis pert spoof of 1930s movie musicals, which first opened in 1966, still provides lively diversions for those in search of yesteryear’s delights.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:23PMThis odd and often beguiling show written by César Alvarez with his band the Lisps is a show made for brainiacs.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:33PMThis play by Abe Koogler at the Claire Tow Theater is about an ex-convict who works at a slaughterhouse as she tries to rebuild her relationship with her vegan son.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:22PMIn Danai Gurira’s drama, the female prisoners of a rebel leader strive to preserve their humanity in the face of constant sexual abuse.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:23PMD.L. Coburn’s 1976 play, which opened on Broadway on Wednesday, showcases the talents of these long-established actors, who keep seeking further heights to scale.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:23PMMamie Gummer plays a veteran of combat in Afghanistan adjusting to life at home and the pain of her injuries, both physiological and psychological.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:28AMJoe DiPietro’s play at the Westside Theater, which stars Marlo Thomas, is a comedy-drama about infidelity and its consequences.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28PMThis comedy by Robert O’Hara, at the Public Theater, gathers two versions of the same family — one white, one black — to wrestle a member of the clan into rehab.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24AMThe festival, which runs into November, will present more than 50 new plays and musicals by women in theaters across the city.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:28AMJohn McManus’s play tells of a developer who tries to make a deal with a gabby man in his bath.
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