
Dolly Parton in Vegas, a shrine to David Bowie, a new standup special from Kumail Nanjiani and other picks from our critics and writers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AM[SHARE]The first major biography of the playwright recounts his life and boundless vision.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:43PM[SHARE]"True West" is a new biography of a playwright and actor who was laconic in person but spoke volumes in his work.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:48AM[SHARE]Hermione Lee's biography of the playwright and screenwriter covers his rigorous research and writing habits, his famous friends and his political thinking.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PM[SHARE]Mark Harris's biography tells the story of the writer and director who formed a beloved comedy duo with Elaine May and directed movies including "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "The Gr…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PM[SHARE]Stefano Massini's "The Lehman Trilogy," a novel in verse related to his play of the same name, covers 160 years in the life of the Lehmans and their business.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:48AM[SHARE]One of Ms. Churchill's merits as a playwright is that she tends to divide people. Her play, "Light Shining in Buckinghamshire," returns to New York.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AM[SHARE]When Bret Easton Ellis's novel was published in 1991, he and his protagonist, Patrick Bateman, were equally vilified. But Bateman's bloodlust, materialism and obsession with Donald J. Trump …
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM[SHARE]A biography of Kay Thompson, the eccentric entertainer and author of “Eloise,” written by Sam Irvin.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM[SHARE]A British scholar writes his appreciation of the chuckle- and the guffaw-producing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM[SHARE]Samuel Beckett's "Echo's Bones," a short story, is being published eight decades after his editor rejected it.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:36PM[SHARE]A judgment call for parents: When is it appropriate to introduce children to challenging cultural material " whether it is sexy or profane, creepy or violent, or simply adult and intense?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36PM[SHARE]In the new musical "February House," W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers and Gypsy Rose Lee are unlikely roommates in pre-hipster Brooklyn.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AM[SHARE]The only thing better than reading a play like Yasmina Reza's "God of Carnage" is reading it aloud with people you like. What plays would you enjoy reading with friends?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:07AM[SHARE]Nearly 40 years of self-absorbed musings and uneasy feelings written by a searching and troubled artist have been condensed into "The Journals of Spalding Gray."
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