1,428 stories by "Ben Brantley"
A 25th-anniversary revival at the National Theater in London confirms its place in the pantheon of great American dramas.
This play, directed by Sam Mendes, overflows with characters, plots and life itself.
Bright revivals in London find the prescience in a young playwright's tomfoolery. All that, and Daniel Radcliffe.
Amber Riley owns center stage without even seeming to try in Casey Nicholaw's high-octane revival of this Supremes-inspired musical.
Lucas Hnath's "A Doll's House, Part 2," funny and illuminating, dares to wonder what Ibsen's Nora Helmer has been up to since she slammed that door.
Corey Hawkins soars as a great pretender in this otherwise earthbound revival of John Guare's masterwork.
This epic musical about an amnesiac princess suffers from its own identity crisis.
In this endlessly fascinating work, Annie Baker, the author of "The Flick," considers the art and necessity of fabulation.
Christian Borle is the eccentric Willy Wonka in this tentative musical based on the Roald Dahl children's classic.
In this rose-colored revival of the 1964 war horse "Hello, Dolly!," Bette Midler provides a dazzling lesson in star power
Paula Vogel makes her long-awaited Broadway debut, telling the story of a Yiddish drama shut down in 1923.
A beloved movie is adapted to the musical stage with feverish imagination " and a magnetic Andy Karl shooing away the shadow of Bill Murray.
This uncanny play from the great experimentalist Richard Maxwell brings to mind Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name, but with more to say.
Bartlett Sher's masterly production of J.T. Rogers's drama about the Oslo Accords is reborn as the colossus it was always meant to be.
Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole find the human factor in a repetitive musical about battling cosmetics magnates.
A bouncy revival of a Noël Coward classic re-establishes the Tony-winning Mr. Kline as one of the great physical comedians.
This mild-mannered musical adaptation of the famously divisive 2001 French film is unlikely to inspire similarly passionate responses.
This knockabout farce from London trades on the perverse comfort of watching things go smash in a safe, contained environment.
Offerings include a matchmaker named Dolly (embodied by a little old diva named Bette) and a new work from Annie Baker.
In this visually ravishing production, Bobby Cannavale steps into a part that has been waiting for him for decades.
In this harshly funny performance piece, a stand-up artist translates thoughts about Latino history into hyperkinetic action.
Lynn Nottage's bracingly topical play explores the working-class anger and anxieties that put Donald J. Trump in the White House.
The singing scenery of "Miss Saigon" is back on Broadway, with political corrections and a newly proportioned cast.
Cole Porter's lost musical from 1930 raises a glass to the giddy heyday of Prohibition and high (really high) society.
Two long-married couples take a walk on the wild side in Sarah Ruhl's comedy of lust, friendship and animal sacrifice.
