17 stories by "Alexandra Alter"
In "McNeal," the playwright Ayad Akhtar explores the way artificial intelligence is disrupting the literary world and raising questions about creativity.
She has become known an Ibsen whisper, bringing "An Enemy of the People" to Broadway this spring, along with a play of her own, which stars Rachel McAdams.
The jury for the memoir category had raised concerns that the citizenship requirement was excluding a large part of American culture.
In a pared-down Broadway revival of "A Doll's House," the Oscar-winning actress doesn't have props, period costumes or much of a set. To her surprise, she likes it.
The estate is contesting an arbitrator's ruling that it had been too aggressive in limiting productions of a 1970 adaptation of the novel as Aaron Sorkin's new staged version came to Broadwa…
The Broadway star is writing a memoir with the help of a journalist who encouraged her to share what she's really like, alter ego and all.
Thanks to a viral musical that just opened on Broadway, Ned Vizzini's 2004 novel is reaching a big new audience, five years after he killed himself.
In an inversion of the usual adaptation process, the creators of the hit musical are releasing a novel based on the play.
The celebrated playwright spent the last months of his life working tirelessly on a final book, an intimate and philosophical look at his protagonist's " and his own " health struggles.
Knopf will publish "Spy of the First Person," which the actor and playwright wrote in the final months of his life.
In his bold modern adaptation of King Lear, St. Aubyn envisions Lear as an aging media mogul whose empire and legacy are under threat from his daughters.
A federal judge has ruled that "Who's Holiday!" doesn't violate the copyright of the Dr. Seuss classic, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"
Alexandra Silber's imagining of what comes next for a character in "Fiddler on the Roof," titled "After Anatevka," will be published next summer.
The behind-the-scenes book, designed to mimic the appearance of a text from Hamilton's era, proves nearly as elusive as a Broadway ticket.
Seeing the Broadway version of his controversial novel for the first time, the author had his doubts, but he was enthusiastic about the production.
The producer Scott Rudin has acquired stage rights for Harper Lee's novel and has hired Aaron Sorkin to adapt the story. Bartlett Sher will direct.
A biography of Alexander Hamilton by the historian Ron Chernow inspired the hip-hop musical "Hamilton," by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Now Grand Central Publishing has acquired Mr. Miranda's book â…
