Manhattan Theatre ClubAn exclusively Asian cast, whose members also take on white roles, brings humor and poignancy to a loosely autobiographical play from Qui NguyenThe playwright Qui Nguye…
Lincoln Center Theater, New YorkSamuel D Hunter's latest adeptly questions five young evangelical Idahoans about to embark on a missionary stint in the Middle East without dismissing themIn …
Public Theater, New YorkThe Oscar-winner delivers an electrifying performance as a restless woman in postwar England but the play lacks a sense of place, time and purposeFor Susan Traherne, …
Broadhurst Theatre, New YorkThe hacks are cynical, the laughs regular, the Hecht and MacArthur play a familiar joy. But it is Lane's entrance as Walter Burns that really stops the pressIf ev…
As we enter another season of A-listers treading the boards, is attaching a movie star to a stage production a reason to cheer or boo?Do you worship at the altar of Cate Blanchett or kiss a …
The musical, being revived by the Keen Company, finds some affection in this early work by Mr. Larson.
Roundabout Theatre Company, New YorkTwo narcissistic 60s children go to war with their disgruntled offspring in Mike Bartlett's hilarious and scathing state-of-the-nation family play"All you…
Celebrity performances and monologues highlighted Hillary Clinton's sway within the industry in a musical-themed night in New YorkIf swing state equivocators come across for Hillary Clinton,…
Twelve years after it opened in London, Punchdrunk's take on Macbeth is still packing them in in New York " with a bar and restaurant attached. Has success tarnished the magic " or does it s…
Travelling through brothels, strip clubs and red-light districts around the world, the performer channels the other's experiences into a new show about sex workFor Sell/Buy/Date, her first n…
In-depth look at the hit Broadway musical has an impressively starry lineup but doesn't give us a truly behind-the-scenes peek at the creative processNow that Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton, …
American Airlines theatre, New YorkJumpy actors and an unusual vocabulary are among many jarring elements in a scattered adaptation that never gets out of the woods"I don't know what to make…
Lyceum Theatre, New YorkThe comic creations of Nick Kroll and John Mulaney hilariously skewer theatrical conventions in an uproarious show that makes Broadway feel like the place to beGil Fa…
Roundabout Theater Company, New YorkThe songs are a zippy treat, but the clunky dialogue and air of old-time predictability may leave audiences with reservationsWith Holiday Inn, a wan jukeb…
Mr. Borle, who won Tonys for his parts in "Peter and the Starcatcher" and "Something Rotten!," soon stars in a "Falsettos" revival and as Willy Wonka on Broadway.
A take on a classic by Jules Verne at the New Victory Theater uses actors, props and projections to teach children and adults about threats to ocean life.
Golden Theatre, New YorkEquipping the audience with headphones offering 3D sound, McBurney embarks on a mind-expanding journey into the Amazon jungle " and storytelling itselfThe director, p…
MCC Theater, New YorkJudith Light elevates Neil LaBute's mildly sensational material about a transgressive relationship into a reasonably compelling character studyWho would distrust Judith …
By happy accident, the veteran actor Denis Arndt makes his Broadway debut in Simon Stephens's "Heisenberg."
New York Theater Workshop, New YorkA new drama imagines the slave rebellion leader's final night in prison before being hanged. The result is a static two-hander in which the leads fail to c…
The Broadway legend won over fans as the emcee in Cabaret and he gained more admirers when he came out at age 82 " now he explains why theater is still sexyAnton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard…
The play, by Winsome Browne and Brad Rouse, also samples a bit of Milton as it tells its tales.
A stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Iwuji is finally playing Hamlet, in a production inspired by Black Lives Matter and which is being performed in homeless shelters and prisonsFor …
Brian Quijada and Sonya Kelly are performing in plays they have written that illustrate the hoops people go through when they join another culture.
Starring in the revival of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," Mr. Schreiber doesn't see himself as a womanizer: It's "an awkward, uncomfortable mismatch."