By presenting “The Orphan of Chao” and “Snow in Midsummer,” the Shaw Festival is helping “the past to smash its way into the modern world.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PMAt St. Ann’s Warehouse, a collaboration between a Danish director and a South African troupe that questions the tropes of Western films.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:32PMIn Bekah Brunstetter’s new play “The Game,” women withhold sex from their partners who are obsessed with a Fortnite-like game. Her previous work includes “The Oregon Trail.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AMThe “Appropriate” playwright has teamed up with the actors Sarah Paulson and Corey Stoll and the director Lila Neugebauer for the play’s Broadway debut. “Everybody onstage is a polit…
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:43PMThe Shaw Festival in Canada is staging the novelist’s 1901 script, discovered only a few years ago. But how to get its mix of satire and melodrama just right?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:13PMMemoirs by his collaborators are among the works available now, and several others are on the horizon.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PMAt this year’s Shaw Festival in Ontario, a favorite melodrama is reimagined, and other plays grapple with femininity and gender fluidity.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AMOne hundred years ago this month, the interfaith marriage comedy “Abie’s Irish Rose” kicked off a five-year Broadway run — critics be damned.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:54AMThe lyricist and composer, who died on Friday, wrote dozens of piercing tunes for Broadway. Here is a selection of them, as lean as a Sondheim couplet.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMThe playwright Keenan Scott II, the director Steve H. Broadnax III and others discuss how “a timeless piece” for Black actors has evolved over 15 years.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMThe composer and lyricist, who died at 92, was a trailblazer in virtually every field she touched.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:32PMJames C. Nicola, who balanced provocative programming with shows aimed at Broadway, will have served 34 years as artistic director.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:03PMWith a virtual performance marking the Broadway musical’s anniversary, original cast and creative team members talk about losing Jonathan Larson and carrying on his legacy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMThe musical comedy will be livestreamed from England, with a quarantined cast and tickets aiding more than 30 global venues.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:42PMMiranda’s rap. Rylance’s poems. Jackman’s pelvis. And a brassy reunion for Bea Arthur and Angela Lansbury. Now set your clock for “Turkey Lurkey Time.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMIt often seems like safety first on Broadway, but the commercial stage has historically been home to shows that push buttons — and ring alarms.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:54AMKimberley Rampersad will present “Man and Superman” at the Shaw Festival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMIt was the season of “Hair” vs. “1776” and the arrival of a young actor named Al Pacino.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54PMUnderwriting the heart-rending “Everything Is Wonderful” has prompted a Baltimore couple to learn more about the car crash that killed their son.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:48AMGalt MacDermot helped welcome rock musicians to Broadway. Then hip-hop artists like Run-DMC welcomed him.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:04PMIn “Usual Girls,” “Dance Nation” and other plays, actors are playing characters that are sometimes decades younger than they are. Here’s how it works.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48AMWith two more high-profile plays opening in New York this season — and a huge movie deal in the works — Theresa Rebeck’s time may have come.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48AMShakespeare finds his way into many a musical, from faithful adaptations to breakthrough works like “Hair.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18AMThe creators of “Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope” took their bighearted revue all the way to Broadway. A concert production will show how it plays today.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:18AMThe rock musical moved to Broadway in April 1968, and it quickly became an inescapable part of American culture. Readers share what the show means to them.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMUnder a new artistic director, one of the biggest stage festivals in North America is experimenting with pop-up shows and audience interaction. Of course, “Saint Joan” is on the bill, to…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:36PMHal Prince, who helped bring “Cabaret,” “Evita” and “Sweeney Todd” to Broadway, talks with Jason Robert Brown about the musical revue “Prince of Broadway.”
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