1,428 stories by "Ben Brantley"
Blythe Danner plays the high bohemian matriarch of an artistic clan in "The Country House," the new play by Donald Margulies.
Kieron Barry's "Tomorrow in the Battle," at Stageworks/Hudson, follows powerful, self-destructive Londoners in a romantic triangle.
After more than three years on Broadway, "The Book of Mormon" retains its peppiness and devotion to the musical comedy spirit.
In "Dead Behind These Eyes," the theater company Sister Sylvester lends a mike and a soundtrack to a set of characters inspired by John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger."
The musical "Finding Neverland," about the creator of Peter Pan, is making test flights at the American Repertory Theater.
Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert engage in intense, whiplash physicality in a rip-roaring production of the Jean Genet play, directed by Benedict Andrews, at City Center.
A revamped version of the musical "The Visit" at the Williamstown Theater Festival stars Chita Rivera as a billionaire who returns to her hometown, carrying a lethal grudge.
Daniel Sullivan's fast-moving if stiff-jointed production of "King Lear," starring John Lithgow, opened at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
"Between Riverside and Crazy," a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis, centers on a retired policeman threatened with eviction and his extended family and friends.
The Rock and Anvil Boxing Gym has been assembled at 59E59 Theaters for the New York premiere of Brett Neveu's "The Opponent."
A theater critic imagines a clash of the greatest versions of Shakespeare's melancholy prince, as portrayed by John Barrymore, Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton and others.
Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell star in Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love" at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts.
Three plays with particularly passionate women are running in London: "Medea," "Bakersfield Mist" (with Kathleen Turner) and Noël Coward's "This Was a Man."
London productions, like "Wolf Hall," "Bring Up the Bodies," "Handbagged" and "The Crucible" prove there's nothing so enthralling as gossip.
The Oscar-winning film that pondered the sexual and writing habits of William Shakespeare is adapted for the stage in "Shakespeare in Love: The Play."
Productions of the comedies "Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense" and "The Importance of Being Earnest" operate on the "it's only a play," calling attention to the artifice with which the…
A new production of "Richard III" at Trafalgar Studios in London offers a bureaucratic functionary of a leader, portrayed by Martin Freeman.
Ben Brantley on "Hotel" and "Idomeneus."
Ben Brantley on energetic productions of "Carousel" and "The Pajama Game."
Ben Brantley on stage adaptations of Hilary Mantel's novels and Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons."
An earthy production of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," starring Richard Armitage, is playing at the Old Vic in London.
Ben Brantley reports on "Richard III" with Martin Freeman and a revival of Alan Ayckbourn's "A Small Family Business."
Ben Brantley on "Handbagged" and "1984."
"Let the Right One In," at the Apollo Theater in London, turns your emotions inside out in a way you probably haven't experienced since you were a teenager.
Ben Brantley on the revival of "Miss Saigon," Sean O'Casey's seldom-seen "The Silver Tassie," and Peter Brook's latest offering, "The Valley of Astonishment."
