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The actor Morgan Spector is in another high-profile immigrant role, in Erika Sheffer's "Russian Transport."
"The Broken Heart" and " 'Tis Pity She's a Whore," blood-soaked dramas by the 17th-century playwright John Ford, are landing in New York in the coming weeks.
The British-German troupe Gob Squad returns to the Public Theater with two shows that rely on the audience or passers-by to work.
If a critic gave a rave review to something generally regarded as awful, would you stop taking them seriously - or admire their iconoclasm?A few months ago I went to the theatre with a frien…
The playwright J. T. Rogers has found a home writing about geopolitical conflicts.
Forget all that tediously realistic convulsing and juddering " a really convincing theatrical death is better left unseenWhen I was small, stage deaths used to upset me " even if I reminded …
Esther Freud's new novel, "Lucky Break," focuses on three actors as it explores the frustrations and occasional joys of an acting career.
From Oedipus to the Oresteia, ancient plays are full of folk taking out their nearest and dearest " and the theme persists through the centuriesIs there a phenomenon more elusive to the stag…
Intrepid theatremakers have produced versions of everything from Aristotle's Poetics to Das Kapital " but which is the strangest work to make it on to the stage?Last week, I brought a cluste…
Should we lay down rules on relationships between critics and artists? Or should reviewers find their own moral compass?An awards committee on which I frequently serve has a long-standing r…
A troupe of actors who didn't want to wait to be cast elsewhere decided to put on a show two years ago, a minimalist production of "Cymbeline" that lives on today.
London theatreland can serve up a classy cocktail, so why does New York abstain when it comes to booze on " and off " Broadway?The Drunkard, a melodrama that debuted in New York in 1844, was…
The Woodshed Collective's latest site-specific work is "The Tenant," to be staged at the West-Park Presbyterian Church.
Detective fiction is thriving, so why does theatre make do with workmanlike adaptations in place of real stage whodunnits?When I was very young, I used to think that a mystery play must be a…
The Royal Shakespeare Company builds an auditorium in New York for its summer run.
Rupert Goold's 'immersive' retelling of the events of September 11 will mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy. But are there some places theatre should not tread?Strange as it may sound, …
In my time as a theatre critic I've been stalked in my seat and groped onstage. What's your lowest theatrical moment?What's your lowest theatrical point? I don't mean the sort of evening whe…
I can handle seven shows a week on a diet of falafel. But keeping oneself fit to sit in the theatre is crucial for survivalRecently, I have found myself beset with a strange predicament: I c…
Many of the terms we use to define dramatic success belong in the distant past. How to describe the freshest and most exciting work out there?Once upon a time, the "avant garde" didn't refer…
He ain't the man in two new productions
Is there a comedian cuddlier than Mike Birbiglia? His girth and dress sense suggest a fraternity brother gone to seed, but his pleading eyes and...
The Mad Ones head off to the New York World's Fair
Marked 'Late'"the Roundabout's new high school drama centers on a dead student
Plus Derek Jacobi, the Shaggs, and other spring theater picks
MCC mounts Sharr White's look at brain disease and family
