
New York's best known white-collar criminal explores the underworld in "A User's Guide To Hell Featuring Bernard Madoff," by Lee Blessing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:37PM[SHARE]"Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play," by Anne Washburn, tackles global disaster, adaptation and the peculiar power of stories passed down over generations.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PM[SHARE]The year on Broadway was light on comedy, with a few notable exceptions.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:05PM[SHARE]In "Unconstitutional," his stand-up show at the Barrow Street Theater, Colin Quinn digs deep into the historical weeds while keeping the audience in tow with jokes and barroom metaphors.&nbs…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM[SHARE]The Aquila Theater's "Herakles" uses video clips of interviews with combat veterans in place of a classical chorus.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:27PM[SHARE]The puppet drama "Saga," about how Iceland's economic crisis affected a family, appears to push puppetry into new mature territory.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:40PM[SHARE]"The (*) Inn" is a century-old tempestuous Yiddish drama that the adventurous Target Margin Theater has revived at the Abrons Arts Center.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:50PM[SHARE]Nick Jones's play "Trevor" was inspired by the story of a Connecticut woman assaulted by a pet chimpanzee.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12AM[SHARE]Upright Citizens Brigade Theater has become a major player in the comedy world partly by not paying some performers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:34PM[SHARE]Four actors play all the roles in this Bedlam production of "Hamlet," which hews true to Shakespeare's verse even while cracking wise at Access Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:26PM[SHARE]Benedict Nightingale's "Great Moments in the Theatre" is more a theater lover's journal than a history lesson, but it puts an engaging spin on the chronology of the Western stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:58PM[SHARE]"Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Musical Mystery," a children's book adaptation with a script by Charles Busch, is a story of a curious rabbit who may be a vampire.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:11PM[SHARE]Works like "This Clement World," a new play at St. Ann's Warehouse, could start to transform the theater world's attitude about climate change.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:52PM[SHARE]"The Steadfast," written by Mat Smart and directed by Wes Grantom, tells stories of soldiers from eight eras in American history.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:54PM[SHARE]In "Tar Baby," Desiree Burch, an African-American comic and actress, has a neat solution for when she doesn't want to do a show about race.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:49PM[SHARE]The Irish company Pan Pan presents Samuel Beckett's "All That Fall," at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in a production that immerses the audience in the music of the play's words.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:08PM[SHARE]In the Red Bull Theater's revival of "Volpone," Ben Jonson's 1606 comedy, Stephen Spinella, Tovah Feldshuh and Alvin Epstein provide Jacobean giggles.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:56PM[SHARE]Van Cougar, a troupe that bases its shows on found texts, re-enacts viral videos in "Tube," at St. Mark's Church.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:51PM[SHARE]In "Port Out, Starboard Home" a mystery is among the happenings during a luxury cruise in Sheila Callaghan's play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:11PM[SHARE]David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" is a taut drama about ruthless real estate salesmen. It's also a master class in the art of persuasion.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AM[SHARE]A dance-theater piece about socially conscious green activism plays a new space at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PM[SHARE]The slight narrative of "Mojo," from the British troupe Theater-Rites, is about a girl growing up, told through the appearance of different-size puppets.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:25PM[SHARE]"AliceGraceAnon," by Kara Lee Corthron, combines the nostalgic aroma of 1960s experimental theater with the gee-whiz spirit of a high school musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:46PM[SHARE]Vampires, ghosts and other villains are noticeably absent at this haunted house on the Lower East Side.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:25PM[SHARE]Paul Thureen, Hannah Bos and Oliver Butler of the Debate Society prepare for their newest work, "Blood Play."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:16PM[SHARE]"Moo," by Circus Amok, is a free, outdoors and has a scrappy, let's-put-on-a-show sense of enthusiasm.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:05PM[SHARE]The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival lineup this year will include Todd Barry and Sarah Silverman.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28AM[SHARE]Mike Birbiglia's film "Sleepwalk With Me," which is based on a biographical solo show that he first presented Off Broadway, will open on Friday.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:43PM[SHARE]An assessment of Ms. Diller's comedy technique and career through the years. She died on Monday at 95.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:23PM[SHARE]"This Too Shall Suck," a solo show by the comic Matt Graham, is funny, oddball and occasionally awkward.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:52PM[SHARE]"Baal," by the theater troupe Hoi Polloi, is a production of Brecht's first play, a sprawling portrait of a dissolute poet who corrupts everything in his path.
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