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The discovery of a meaningful work of art in the Balkans sets off the drama in "Pentecost," at Atlantic Stage 2.
Derek Ahonen's "The Qualification of Douglas Evans," about an oft-intoxicated writer, is part of a mini-festival from the Amoralists.
From Sondheim to 30 Rock, Elaine Stritch commanded audiences' attention. Here she is at her bestElaine Stritch, who has died aged 89, was a visceral, volatile performer with more honest-to-g…
Hamlet's mother, with her sexual appetites, takes over center stage in "Gertrude: The Cry," a Howard Barker work at Atlantic Stage 2.
A sitcom is central to the plot of "Enter at Forest Lawn," by a former executive producer for "Two and a Half Men."
John Banville's "Love in the Wars," at Bard SummerScape, centers on an Amazonian queen who fights against the Greeks and falls in love with Achilles.
A man imprisoned for raping a classmate comes to terms with life after incarceration in "The Long Shrift," directed by James Franco.
The Drunkard's Wife, an experimental theatrical troupe, loosely adapts "Histoire du Soldat" to create a bleary, madcap musical at the New Ohio Theater.
The local streets lend their spirit to the outdoor "Romeo N Juliet," staged by the Classical Theater of Harlem.
The Incubator Arts Project is presenting its final show, an ambitious, cryptic and yet tuneful sci-fi stage production.
"Donogoo," a 1930 French farce by Jules Romains, revived by Mint Theater Company, tosses barbs at targets like academia, psychiatry and big business.
This Broadway musical inspired by Tupac has some exhilarating dance numbers. If only we could care about the charactersPour one out for Holler if Ya Hear Me, the dead-on-arrival Broadway juk…
Theater Breaking Through Barriers' "Power Plays" consists of five short works about physical disabilities and the people who cope with them.
Theater artists look back at their experiences in the second-floor space at St. Mark's Church, a home for experimental theater for decades.
"Gertrude Stein Saints!" sets some of this author's characters, real and invented, to music at Abrons Arts Center.
Penelope Skinner and Sarah Treem write plays and characters that reflect on the complicated and often contradictory legacy of the various waves of feminism.
Tracy Michailidis plays a 1950s wife and mother on her way to the electric chair in "Ethel Sings: The Unsung Song of Ethel Rosenberg."
From Neil Patrick Harris to Mark Rylance, from 'crazy-pants' to 'proper, proper actors', we round up the winning soundbitesBryan Cranston scoops best actor award for Broadway debutTony award…
Hugh Jackman was bouncy, the sneakers high-fashion and the winners weepy so no surprises there The main winners Bryan Cranston scoops award on debutLets say this of Hugh Jackman: Only a man…
An episode of "This American Life" taped at the Brooklyn Academy of Music included work by Philip Glass and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The Park Avenue Armory is transformed into a stadium-like space as this inventive staging comes to New York Sir Kenneth is dressed to kill. Or is that kilt? In battle woollens, Branagh strid…
Lee's latest work, The Shipment, continues the New Yorker's exploration of race, identity and politics topics she must face to make herself uncomfortableIn the first act of Young Jean Lees …
Three actresses in the Broadway revival of "The Cripple of Inishmaan" are jointly making the most of their downtime in New York City.
In David Van Asselt's "A Fable," a devil figure and an angel figure place a bet on whether a young soldier will lead an exemplary life or be tempted into evil.
The Pulitzer-winning Brooklyn playwright talks about writing lost voices into the theatre and the power of good lingerieA few years ago, the playwright Lynn Nottage went to clean out her gr…
