The acclaimed biographer’s life of the widely admired playwright and screenwriter follows her works about Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton and others.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMWith “Angels in America” about to reopen on Broadway, the 61-year-old playwright is feeling serene — at least by his own intense standards. Don’t get him started on the president, th…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AMMr. Rudetsky is so immersed in New York theater, he’s sometimes known as the mayor of Broadway. His latest project is a spoof of ’70s disaster films.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:28AMBernadette Peters, a Stephen Sondheim specialist, is the new Desirée in the revival of his “Little Night Music.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMIn "Mrs. Warren's Profession" on Broadway, Cherry Jones gets to play yet another strong-willed woman.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM“Gatz,” a seven-hour reading of “The Great Gatsby” now at the Public Theater, harkens back to the days of losing oneself in a good book.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM“Gatz,” a seven-hour reading of “The Great Gatsby” now at the Public Theater, harkens back to the days of losing oneself in a good book.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMFellow novelists host fundraiser for novelist Charles Bock whose wife has leukemia.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMDavid Lindsay-Abaire’s new play, “Good People,” is set in South Boston, where he grew up, and delves into class distinctions, which he learned about when he left there.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMAs exciting as hockey can be on the ice, it hasn’t made for compelling dramaturgy. But Victor Lesniewski, an aspiring playwright, tries to get a stick in the game with “Where B…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM“Something Rotten!,” about two Elizabethan-era playwrights who write a musical, echoes the experience of the brothers behind the production, Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AMMichelle Williams, a movie star with practically no experience as a singer and dancer, is making her Broadway debut as the world’s best-known second-rate nightclub performer. &n…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:02PMFrank Langella plays the title role in Angus Jackson’s production of “King Lear” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:41AMEmilia Clarke of “Game of Thrones” wears the mantle of Holly Golightly in the new stage production of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMThe plays, adapted by Mike Boulton from Hilary Mantel's prize-winning novels, will begin in repertory in December.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:39PMSeth Numrich, who stars as a fighter in “Golden Boy” on Broadway, starts his nights with boxing workouts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:11PMThe actors will play family members and acquaintances of the elderly woman portrayed by Cicely Tyson in the Broadway production of Horton Foote's 1953 play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:41PMCharles Dickens lived with a secret that overlaps with the mystery in his last, unfinished novel, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood.” The musical based on that tale is back on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:00AMThe musical version of “Giant” traveled a long road to the stage, becoming a bit smaller along the way.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:56AMSimon & Schuster is slated to publish Glen Berger's "Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History" in 2013.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:44PMJessica Chastain, soon coming to Broadway in “The Heiress,” paid a visit to her alma mater, the Juilliard School.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AMA mix of luminaries, theater fans and tourists crowded the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater on West 45th Street in Manhattan on Thursday to pay tribute to Gore Vidal, who died in July.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:59PMMr. Vidal was an elegant, acerbic all-around man of letters who presided with a certain relish over what he declared to be the end of American civilization.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:15AMAmy Adams, in her New York stage debut, and Donna Murphy, a Tony winner, each face challenges in the current production of “Into the Woods,” playing in Central Park.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMMatthew Broderick returns to Broadway and dons dancing shoes for the musical “Nice Work if You Can Get It.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AMWith her first and only play, “Wit,” in revival on Broadway, Margaret Edson makes it clear that she doesn’t feel any need to try playwriting again. She prefers the classroom stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:01PMThe Phantom Limb Company’s “69°S.,” a sophisticated puppet show in which puppeteers are on stilts, opens at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival this week.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:08PMYale U. Press to publish lost one act play by Eugene O'Neill in book form.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:35PM"Death Comes to Pemberley" involves Elizabeth Bennet in a murder investigation.
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