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There's enough plot in Eric Rosen and Matt Sax's "Venice," the action-flooded new musical at the Public Theater, to fill a whole year in a Marvel comics series.
Sam Yates's revival of J. B. Priestley's "Cornelius," a play about the Depression in Britain, explores an era that speaks to our times.
In "Reasons to Be Happy," the playwright Neil LaBute returns to the two couples who fought their way through his earlier "reasons to be pretty."
A spate of (mostly male) lack of clothing on stage this season is a reminder that being nude is not the same as being naked.
"Far From Heaven," at Playwrights Horizons, is a musical adaptation of Todd Haynes's film about Eisenhower-era repression.
"The Giacomo Variations," starring John Malkovich, pairs scenes from the memoirs of Giacomo Casanova with arias from Mozart's operas.
"Peter and the Starcatcher," a prequel to the classic Peter Pan story, and "Murder Ballad," about a dangerous love triangle, won't make a natural double feature, but they are siblings of sor…
The National Theater's production of "This House," a re-creation of British parliamentary politics in the 1970s, will be shown in a live screening at selected theaters on May 16. …
The Fiasco Theater offers a stripped-down production of Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods."
"The Memory Show," a musical, reflects the tensions of caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease " and being someone with Alzheimer's disease.
"Bunty Berman Presents ...," about a financially beleaguered Bombay movie producer trying to scrape together the money and momentum for a comeback, provides one of the immortal lessons of sh…
The Encores! production of Rodgers and Hart's "On Your Toes" features the killer legs of Irina Dvorovenko of American Ballet Theater and Christine Baranski's well-honed musical-comedy skills…
"Matilda the Musical" offers children and adults hope in a reminder that everyone can rewrite their stories.
In "Old-Fashioned Prostitutes (A True Romance)," a mind-bending play by Richard Foreman at the Public Theater, an aging man sifts through past encounters.
"Nikolai and the Others," by Richard Nelson, brings Balanchine, the Stravinskys and other creative émigrés together for the weekend.
Mike Bartlett's "Bull," directed by Clare Lizzimore at 59E59 Theaters, depicts desperate rivalry in an office where jobs are imperiled.
Diane Paulus's Broadway revival of "Pippin" has a big-top concept that features awe-inspiring gymnastics.
Bountiful is a code name for the Fountain of Youth in Michael Wilson's revival of Horton Foote's "Trip to Bountiful," at the Stephen Sondheim Theater.
"Here Lies Love," the exciting new poperetta conceived by the musician (and former Talking Head) David Byrne, sets a new standard for audience participation.
A great actress and a fine, trenchant script are struggling to assert themselves at the Walter Kerr Theater, where Colm Toibin's "Testament of Mary" opened on Monday night. …
Despite its violence, "Orphans," a revival of Lyle Kessler's 1985 play starring Alec Baldwin, Tom Sturridge and Ben Foster, has a soft touch.
"The Assembled Parties" is an elegy to a breed of woman, a style of living and a genre of theater of which only vestiges remain in New York.
Nathan Lane in "The Nance," by Douglas Carter Beane, plays a character who shines for the camera and wilts offstage.
The blood runs warm in the Royal Shakespeare Company's vibrant production of "Julius Caesar," now at the Harvey Theater of the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
"Matilda the Musical," a British import adapted from Roald Dahl's 1988 novel, is a tale of empowerment told from the perspective of the most powerless group " little children. &nb…
