1,428 stories by "Ben Brantley"
A South Dakotan takes on her inner Elvis, and channels support from Theodore Roosevelt, in the TEAM company's new buddy comedy at the Bushwick Starr.
"Honeymoon in Vegas," a musical that just opened at the Paper Mill Playhouse, is set in a surreal time-warp version of that city while evoking classic Broadway tradition. &n…
The Menier Chocolate Factory will present "Merrily We Roll Along," Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's 1981 musical, Wednesday in movie theaters.
The Classic Stage Company's production of "Romeo & Juliet" is Tea Alagic's interpretation of the Shakespeare classic, featuring a sumptuous and seething Lady Capulet.
"The Model Apartment," Donald Margulies's drama from 1995, returns in an impeccably mounted Primary Stages production.
"The Model Apartment," David Margulies's drama from 1995, returns in an impeccably mounted Primary Stages production.
"The Model Apartment," David Margulies's drama from 1995, returns in an impeccably mounted Primary Stages production.
"Honeymoon in Vegas," a musical that just opened at the Paper Mill Playhouse, is set in a surreal time-warp version of that city yet evokes classic Broadway tradition.
Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" in an all-female British production, at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn.
Norbert Leo Butz plays a whopper-spinning traveling salesman in this Broadway musical celebrating tall tales, based on a the novel and film.
Ms. Maleczech, a fearless performer and director, was a founder of the experimental theater troupe Mabou Mines.
In Jon Robin Baitz's "Film Society," set in 1970s South Africa, a young teacher tries to stay above the political fray by burying himself in his extracurricular film club. &…
John Tiffany's stunning production of Tennessee Williams's "Glass Menagerie" promises to be the most revealing revival of a cornerstone classic for many a year to come. &nbs…
"Arguendo," which brings together strippers and Supreme Court justices, is an argument for the right to free expression within an argument for the right to free expression. …
David Leveaux's production of "Romeo and Juliet," with Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad, has opened at the Richard Rodgers Theater.
"Not What Happened," by the playwright and performance artist Ain Gordon, opens on Wednesday as part of the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
"Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play," by Anne Washburn at Playwrights Horizons, imagines a postdisaster world where the retelling of a "Simpsons" episode helps create security and culture. …
In Horton Foote's "Old Friends," a clutch of "Mad Men"-era swingers find their lives becoming unmoored when a local beauty returns home after a long absence.
The cavernous Park Avenue Armory is the host stage for "The Machine," a British play about a 1997 chess match.
The whimsical "Hatmaker's Wife," by Lauren Yee, brings to the stage a talking wall, a Cheeto-eating golem and other deviations from reality.
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will team up in "No Man's Land" and "Waiting for Godot" on Broadway this season.
In "Everything Is Ours," a couple's life changes when a child suddenly arrives.
In his revival of "Anna Christie" at the Berkshire Theater Group, the director David Auburn finesses Eugene O'Neills creaky plot with a calm, persuasive production.
Ben Brantley remembers ways Julie Harris affected his life professionally and personally.
Bryony Lavery's "Stockholm," at Stageworks/Hudson, follows a close, loving couple, with passions of several sorts.
