‘American Psycho’ Was Duncan Sheik’s Darkest Work. Was It Also His Best?
In translating synth pop to a theatrical format in the “American Psycho” musical, Sheik matched what he did with rock in the acclaimed “Spring Awakening.”
In translating synth pop to a theatrical format in the “American Psycho” musical, Sheik matched what he did with rock in the acclaimed “Spring Awakening.”
In adapting the old plot, the director-writer Simon Stone transports the story to a modern Korea from Russia in the early 1900s.
Weary of the heartthrob label after his 1996 hit “Barely Breathing,” he pivoted to musical theater and won two Tonys for composing “Spring Awakening.”
A misanthropic middle school teacher stages a provocative student musical in this sardonic comedy.
A one-woman show about the perils of authoritarianism draws on a memoir by the Hungarian-American writer Kati Marton. Under Viktor Orban’s government, it might not have happened.
Over the summer, 40 life-size bison puppets were handmade at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. This weekend, they’ll stampede through New York.
The anonymous donation, the library’s largest ever, will support digitization of archival items related to theater, dance and music.
An annual review by American Theater magazine finds 20 productions of the high school drama around the nation.
His sequined gowns and outrageous costumes threw clouds of glitter at American fashion for over half a century.
LuPone will return to the Off Broadway stage in January for a revival of “Full Gallop.”
The actress, last onstage over four decades ago, had a “terrifying” desire to return to the stage. “Other Desert Cities” will be her Broadway debut.
The new musical, set in the late 1800s in Texas, originated from the family lore of the book writer and lyricist Angelica Chéri. Its journey to Broadway took a dozen years.
A revival of the endlessly popular musical will open in the fall of 2027.
This month’s picks include the “Hamilton” alum in Ossie Davis’s 1961 play, a political comedy by Mario Correa, and “Little Shop of Horrors” in high definition.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, a recent Tony nominee for “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” returns to the director’s chair for this season’s revival of “Seven Guitars.”
The French artist makes you feel like a reveler in her epiphanies, from slapstick commedia dell’arte to dog sculptures in Central Park. At midcareer she is apparently tireless.
Sarah Michelson presents her expansive vision of dance at the Museum of Modern Art, where she will take over the atrium in her exhibition, “nowhere.”
The choreographer Alexei Ratmansky and his wife, Tatiana, returned to the national ballet company at a bleak moment, bringing the gift of a difficult, sparkling work.
The Graham company, which turned 100 this year, moves into a dazzling new space, taking over 21,000 square feet of a Times Square landmark.
A new docudrama uses recordings of Supreme Court nominations to measure how much (or little) has changed from Anita Hill to Christine Blasey Ford.
Justin Vivian Bond, a cabaret performer and MacArthur “genius,” left New York to move to Paris. Now she’s back at Joe’s Pub to tell us all about it.
Damien Warren-Smith takes (nearly) everything off to play a flightless bird whose natural habitat might be in your very own lap.
The dancers Valentino Zucchetti and Taisuke Nakao reflect on their careers and on ways they have striven to fulfill the ballet founder’s vision.
Eye-catching costumes? Eerie foghorns? For this year’s Beach Sessions, Alexa West shines a light on the bright and dark sides of American showbiz in “Amusement.”
On New York stages this season come the new musicals “Galileo” and “Wanted,” a “Shuffle Along” reunion with Audra McDonald, and Tom Hiddleston in “Much Ado About Nothing.”