A harebrained scheme ends in comic confusion in Theo Love's goofy documentary.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AM[SHARE]Willy Holtzman's play, with the storytelling quality of PowerPoint, offers a biography of Judy Holliday, an award-winning actress who died young.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PM[SHARE]Niegel Smith's revival of Thomas Bradshaw's 2008 play is presented at the Flea Theater by a cast made up of people of color, and with a new ending.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PM[SHARE]A troupe that specializes in "junk spectaculars" turns to McGuffey readers " and peanut butter " in a show that explores schooling and humiliation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PM[SHARE]The first draft of Deb Margolin's play pitted Bernie Madoff against Elie Wiesel. The current version gives her freedom to embellish.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:09AM[SHARE]The Mint Theater Company brought back Elizabeth Baker's drama from 1913 as part of a project dedicated to the British playwright.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:02AM[SHARE]High schoolers, jump scares and songs are a tantalizing mix. But Preston Max Allen's meandering show squanders a promising concept.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00PM[SHARE]There are plenty of earworms in this jukebox musical about Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, but the hackneyed love-triangle story lowers the volume.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:18AM[SHARE]The French actress has five films coming out in 2019, including one while she stars in Florian Zeller's play "The Mother" at Atlantic Theater Company.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48AM[SHARE]The show, written and directed by Paul Calderon, begins intensely and continues on a harrowing, one-way trip to hell.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PM[SHARE]In the world described in Ivan Ayr's debut feature, men casually assume they are entitled to say or do whatever they want to women.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PM[SHARE]K. Lorrel Manning takes on racism, homophobia, sexism, police violence and immigration in nine short plays.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48PM[SHARE]The festival, presented by St. Louis Actors' Studio, comprises three one-act plays by Mr. LaBute: "Great Negro Works of Art," "The Fourth Reich" and "Unlikely Japan."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PM[SHARE]Started in 2016, the three-day expo provides singalongs, meetups, workshops and, of course, "marketplace" booths targeting theater buffs.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:12PM[SHARE]Visionary stylist or one-trick pony? With "Network" on Broadway and "All About Eve" on the horizon, the multimedia-mad stage director is ready for his close-up.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:24AM[SHARE]Gracie Gardner's "Cowboy," which runs from six to 20 minutes, is part of a triple bill: "I just love having a single visual image onstage," she said.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PM[SHARE]Peter Mills Weiss and his collaborator, Julia Mounsey, put the audience on edge with the simplest of theatrical tools.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PM[SHARE]A musical must have a minimum of internal logic and some good tunes. "Christmas in Hell" comes up short on both counts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PM[SHARE]Our intrepid theatergoer ate her way through a spate of shows that make food part of the experience. Her stomach sometimes ended up fuller than her imagination.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:54AM[SHARE]Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken, who once competed on "American Idol," banter, sing and try to upstage each other in this holiday revue.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PM[SHARE]Adjani's turn as a flamboyant con artist sends up her own aloof image in this fun and sophisticated comic caper from Romain Gavras.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18PM[SHARE]The playwright Mike Gorman tries to equate Melville's "Moby-Dick" with the opioid crisis. The ambition is there, but the play falls short.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PM[SHARE]Scott Aiello's play about an Italian-American family dealing with a disabled daughter offers no-nonsense American realism.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PM[SHARE]Idris Goodwin's energetic but overstuffed play explores race, gender, police brutality and the quest for fame.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:18PM[SHARE]Radio City Music Hall successfully merges old-fashioned showmanship and state-of-the-art technology in this year's Christmas pageant.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:42PM[SHARE]How three Broadway actresses capture the essence of one superstar: Thank the costumes, "Burlesque" " and white teeth.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48AM[SHARE]Ronnie Marmo wrote and stars in this bioplay about the groundbreaking comic, who died in 1966.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24PM[SHARE]The Mobile Unit of the Public Theater focuses on the play's comic side in this energetic production.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48PM[SHARE]William Jackson Harper's polished debut as a playwright, set in 1964, pits patient negotiation against disruptive activism.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PM[SHARE]Mr. Mandvi, who spent nearly 10 years as a correspondent on "The Daily Show," brings back his solo comedy act. It returns with new resonance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PM[SHARE]An aspiring musical-theater writer is on the hunt for Ms. Right in this familiar romantic comedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PM[SHARE]
