The musical “Hadestown” and the opera “Eurydice” aim to offer new twists on a Greek myth. But when it comes to their heroine, they only go so far.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AMTwo critics on the joys (and pains) of a tentatively hopeful fall season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06AMTwo shows with Broadway aspirations, “Once Upon a One More Time” and “A Strange Loop,” represent opposite extremes of what a big, mainstream production can be.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24AMNo apologies from our critic-at-large, who found plenty of movies, plays and TV series to nourish the culture nerd within.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12AMThe new family-friendly musical, adapted from the hit movie, ends up cowering in the original film’s shadow.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:33PMDigital innovation continued this year, but experiencing plays in isolation grew tiring. Then came an in-person season as exciting as a child’s first fireworks.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AMDomhnall Gleeson is surrounded by an eccentric cast of characters in Enda Walsh’s surreal play at St. Ann’s Warehouse.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:32PMWill Eno’s inward-looking incarnation of “Peer Gynt” steps out of Ibsen’s shadow just as Ibsen shrugged off elements of the original fairy tale.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PMThe new musical, based on the 2008 film and delayed by the pandemic, debuts at the Public Theater. But its story of a white professor helping immigrants feels out of step with the moment.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:18PMHer prescient 1955 play about racism in the theater world is reaching the big stage. And it’s anything but a period piece.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMLivestreamed productions of “Hamlet” and “Macbeth” from London reflect the vital role directors have in redefining these classic characters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMKeenan Scott II’s play, incorporating slam poetry, prose and songs, aspires to be a lyrical reckoning with Black life in America.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:54PMIn Tiago Rodrigues’s show, audience members learn a Shakespeare sonnet together — line by line, over and over.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PMRuben Santiago-Hudson brings his tender and vibrant autobiographical show to Broadway, honoring the woman who not only raised him but also kept a cast of misfits in line.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:32PMThe Bedlam theater company returns with another adaptation of Jane Austen, but the production misses all of the source material’s subtle wit.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:18AMThe African Theater, which had its first performance on Sept. 17, 1821, is both an inspiration and a cautionary tale.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AMJohn Pollono directs and stars in an adaptation of his play that adds depth to the original text but also struggles in its translation from stage to screen.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:06AMIn new musicals about Princess Diana, Cary Grant and Michael Jackson actors get a chance to embody icons while spotlighting their individual talents.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PMHarold Pinter’s one-act play, starring Daniel Mays and David Thewlis as hit men, is available to stream live via the Old Vic Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:06PMOur critic reflects on the significance of Aleshea Harris’s play, at BAM Fisher, for Black audiences.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PMThe collaborative project conceived by Lynn Nottage is too heterogeneous and muddled to rally around one clear theme or concept.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:54PMThis array of short plays has viewers in headphones wandering the meatpacking district for stylish, but shallow, theatrical thrills.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMJames Ijames’s amusingly cynical and eclectic new play, “The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington,” is at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival through July 30.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06PMLa película, ambientada en un barrio neoyorquino conocido como la Pequeña República Dominicana, no incluyó a latinos de piel oscura en los papeles principales. Críticos y reporteros del…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:49PMThe film, set in a New York neighborhood known as the Little Dominican Republic, didn’t cast dark-skinned Latinos in lead roles. Our writers discuss how that absence reverberates.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:26PMRaja Feather Kelly’s “The Kill One Race” and “This American Wife” exist in a realm between, changing our relationship with what we witness.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:48PMA new virtual reality experience in Williamsburg marries wondrous production values with banal narratives.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:32PMThis HBO documentary follows Andy Señor Jr. as he directs a production of “Rent” in Cuba.
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