The performer is embarking on an ambitious project " a 246-song marathon performance that seeks to sum up a new, queer vision of AmericaA couple of weeks ago, Taylor Mac spent the evening re…
Playing a well-to-do couple, the stars bring out the lacerating qualities in an Edward Albee play that has barely datedEdward Albee wrote as though he'd filed every typewriter key down to a …
Ms. Ryan plays a rapacious woman who ages from 19 to 64 in the course of the drama "Love, Love, Love," which begins performances on Sept. 22.
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New YorkStretching to well over three hours, three interpretations of the myth of Phaedra turn into a rugby ruck of postmodernismIt's tough to feel too much pity f…
Playwrights Horizons, New YorkCan turtle soup heal the rift between a father and son? This play about the emotional uses of food is poignant, but its philosophical maxims are too sweetWe eat…
What if Cirque du Soleil acrobats took over "Avatar" " and little Norwegian trains just ran across some tracks? Such are the shows "Toruk" and "Bridge Over Mud."
From Daniel Craig playing Iago to a 24-hour history of America as told through pop songs, there are a plethora of great shows to see on Broadway and beyondA coalminer's son reaches for the s…
The writer Leslye Headland's new work is "The Layover," which asks if we can ever really know each other, or ourselves.
A theater critic with an infant son is going to shows less this summer, but she is managing to stay engaged in her field " sometimes outdoors.
New York Theatre WorkshopCo-written and featuring songs by David Bowie, this jukebox musical based on The Man Who Fell to Earth is a thrilling theatrical odyssey " and almost impossible to u…
The Harold and Miriam Steinberg Centre for Theatre, New YorkA lo-fi version of Stephen Sondheim's classic, currently in the cinema, manages to be both lucid and moving " despite the odd bum …
St Ann's Warehouse, New YorkLike a folksy Waiting for Godot, this play, co-written by Rylance with the poet Louis Jenkins, is intensely charming in its cock-eyed humanityIf Samuel Beckett we…
For performers with disabilities, theater casting has taken steps forward. But frustrating challenges remain.
Written by Kim Davies, this play focuses on an apparently brutal rape, its aftermath and the writer for a national magazine who covers the story.
"Privacy," a British hybrid comedy-documentary remade for an American audience and starring Mr. Radcliffe, ponders the trade-offs of our connected world.
Brooke O'Harra's work, subtitled "A Living History Tour," draws on her career and is a meditation on the process of creation and the weirdness of reception.
Shakespeare in the Park, New YorkAn all-female version of Shakespeare's problem play starts with a Trump-style announcer at a beauty pageant and ends with a rousing version of Bad Reputation…
What works on Broadway doesn't always succeed in London, but despite being a deeply American story, the blockbuster musical has the potential to be universalThe Americans are coming! The Ame…
Hosting, Corden opened with an uncharacteristically serious monologue as the awards ceremony paid tasteful tribute to the victims of Orlando while demonstrating the consolations of theatreHa…
59E59 Theaters, New YorkTwo plays from over 40 years apart show the persistence of Ayckbourn's themes " the failure of humans to communicate " but offer a faint ray of hopeAlan Ayckbourn is …
Irish Repertory Theater, New YorkA therapist and his patient are haunted by guilt and psychic visitations in this poignant revival of Conor McPherson's ambiguous and shimmering playIt takes …
Public Theater, New YorkThis exuberant and original new musical mashes up genres from rap to operetta, creating a flawed but glorious portrait of the face on the $10 billIn a letter to Georg…
They're the biggest awards in theatre " and in 2016, the Hamilton juggernaut looks poised to bury the competition. But who else is likely to get a look-in? This is the year Hamilton blew us …
Ms. Mitchell's frisky and musically daring "Hadestown" is a version of the Orpheus myth retold in the American vernacular.
Dan Hoyle's play, an affectionate portrait of a South Bronx facing gentrification, is inspired by conversations with borough residents.