His dark works avoided the stereotype of a rural Irish utopia, instead exploring subjects like the county’s famine and its history of emigration.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:48PMThe play, based on an Isaac Bashevis Singer story, was a tale of empowerment in the midst of feminism’s second wave.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:33PMHe was among the founders of East West Players, a theater troupe that sought better roles for Asian-American actors and more representative stories.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:48PMMr. Tabakov was well known for scores of films, but his biggest impact was in the theater, as an actor, director and mentor of future stars.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:04PMHe was known for “Mad About You” and other shows. But his first love was the theater, where he often appeared alongside his wife, Olympia Dukakis.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:23PMMr. Barton was there at the founding of the Royal Shakespeare Company and directed numerous productions for it across 40 years.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:30PMMr. Doroshow organized pageants in the 1960s, before the gay- and transgender-rights movements had gotten rolling. He hosted them as Flawless Sabrina.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PMIn dozens of productions, many for New York City Opera, Mr. Corsaro sought to energize the form, refusing to let his singers just stand and deliver.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:18PMA new musical at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey based on the classic CBS sitcom does a good job playing to the fans
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:36PMMs. Lamb’s works, staged at the Public Theater and elsewhere, often came under attack from male critics.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:04PMMr. Pomerance won a Tony Award in 1979 for his play about a deformed man who became a celebrity in Victorian England.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:33PM“Annie,” “Hairspray” and “The Producers” were among Mr. Meehan’s Tony Award-winning credits.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:42PMMr. Glowacki, whose plays were produced at the Public and other New York theaters, used dark humor to comment on turbulent times.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06PMThe president is spending 17 days in New Jersey and New York. A few of our critics weigh in with recommendations of shows to watch (besides the news).
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12AMA sequel to the 2015 TV movie about the children of Disney villains has music, colorful costumes and a lot of talk about hair.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:25PMIn her one-woman show, Lucie Pohl incarnates a wide range of characters as she tells of her lifelong search for identity.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06PMTNT’s new drama about the formative years of this great playwright is full of excess, sometimes seeming a bit silly.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:32PMMr. Feiffer’s story about a boy who loves to draw makes for a busy musical at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:42PMThe broadcast seemed unsure of what to do with Mr. Spacey on a show more suited for Broadway insiders than for a general TV audience.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48AMJason Kravits has plenty of television and stage work, but he can also be found doing a wacky improvised cabaret show at the Duplex.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:33PMThe Mint Theater has revived this 1922 drama about two brothers: one who could do no wrong, one who could never measure up.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PMStephen Karam’s film adaptation of his own play is a comedy about students who don’t quite fit in but insist, in their clumsy way, on being heard.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:36PMSome people are calling Sam Gold’s “The Glass Menagerie” manipulative. I call it vital theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03PMRobert Cuccioli and Danielle Leneé star in Bruce Graham’s play that provides an unflinching look at the black-white dynamic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:31PMA drama by Cándido Tirado set in Washington Square Park has characters talking genocide and justice while the speed-chess clock ticks.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:32PMThis CBS comedy, set in Chicago and based on the Tracy Letts play, stars Judd Hirsch as a shop owner and Jermaine Fowler as his new hire.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:03PMDorit Hakim’s first feature, “Moon in the 12th House,” is among 29 movies in this annual festival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:15PM“Hairspray Live!” and its musical predecessors have shown us what works in these TV productions. And what doesn’t.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PMThe latest live musical from NBC sabotaged itself with distracting side business.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:18AMThe comic and writer Monica Piper tells stories about her life and her casual relationship with her religion in a one-woman show at New World Stages.
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