Friday, July 9, 2021
Stanley Allan Sherman, one of the niche artisans of New York theater, makes leather masks for the stage. And the occasional pro wrestler.
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When the virus forced New York theater to go dark, it upended thousands of lives, from actors to ticket takers. An anatomy of one production.
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Mr. McCormack, who died of coronavirus-related causes, lifted the careers of Off Broadway actors and playwrights, even as he remained elusive.
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She manages to find time for everything but writing plays. But on her Brooklyn porch, with neighbors, that can wait.
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Two young artists remade “Annie Hall” with a cast from a senior center. As actors and crew bonded, a new kind of love story developed.
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017
After 746 performances, the musical “On Your Feet!” has gone silent. Its male star, Ektor Rivera, reflected on its fans, the cast and what's next.
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Cheap rents, wild music, easy drugs and open stages: Friends and colleagues from the 1960s recall the dramatist’s beginnings.
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When he isn’t performing in “Jitney,” Mr. Holland catches up with friends, family and scripts in need of a read. Then he usually falls asleep in his favorite place.
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Part prize ceremony, part bake-off, this year’s National High School Musical Theater Awards were a heady experience for the 62 teenagers who took part.
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At Cafe Edison, a theater district haunt that is closing on Sunday, a couple bemoaned the loss of a New York institution.
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Ntozake Shange, suffering from the effects of two strokes and a neurological disorder, is unable to write or type, and even voice recognition software is working against her, auto-correcting…
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The Public Theater’s musical adaptation of Shakespeare draws on unconventional performers from the five boroughs, including ex-offenders, nannies, children and the elderly. &nbs…
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One thing to be said for theater people: they know drama. On Thursday night, more than 100 members of the Players, a private club founded for actors, crowded into the main dining room of its…
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The Slave Theater in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, once a hub of civil rights activity, is mired in a bitter battle over ownership rights.
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Sarah Jones, a playwright and performer who could be described as an unlicensed anthropologist, hunts the streets of New York looking for inspiration for her next show.
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