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1,121 stories by "Charles Isherwood"

Review: In 'Southern Comfort,' a Family Not Bound by Blood by Charles Isherwood

Members of a tight-knit transgender community come together to support a dying friend in this musical.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18pm on March 13, 2016

Review: In 'Brodsky/Baryshnikov,' One Friend Recalls Another by Charles Isherwood

In this piece presented by the Baryshnikov Arts Center, Mikhail Baryshnikov recites poetry by Joseph Brodsky, the Nobel laureate who died in 1996.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:03pm on March 11, 2016

Review: Nathan Lane, You've Got a Part (This Time) in 'White Rabbit Red Rabbit' by Charles Isherwood

The play, which is performed just once a week, features a new actor who doesn't know the script.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:22pm on March 9, 2016

Onstage, the Pain Behind the Political Posturing by Charles Isherwood

A look at "The Humans," "Sweat" and other works that explore middle-class anguish and anxiety.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03pm on March 9, 2016

Review: Mayhem! Gambling! Disco! In 'Disaster!' It's All There for the Spoofing by Charles Isherwood

The musical, at the Nederlander Theater, combines the cheesiness of disaster films with the questionable pleasure of pop hits of the K-Tel era.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:27pm on March 8, 2016

Review: In 'Eclipsed,' a Captive Lupita Nyong'o Is Captivating by Charles Isherwood

This Danai Gurira drama set during Liberian civil war focuses on the choices and survival skills of several women brutalized by a rebel officer.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28pm on March 6, 2016

Review: Carnegie Hall's 'West Side Story' at the Knockdown Center by Charles Isherwood

This production, a culmination of the Somewhere Project, a citywide exploration of that classic musical, mixes professional actors with high-school-aged apprentices.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:26pm on March 6, 2016

Review: 'Familiar,' a Comic Clash of Assimilation on the Path to a Wedding by Charles Isherwood

In Danai Gurira's fiercely funny new play, impending nuptials expose a culture clash and deep fissures within a Zimbabwean-American family in Minnesota.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28pm on March 3, 2016

Review: In 'Red Speedo,' a Swimmer Faces a Moral Quandary by Charles Isherwood

This Lucas Hnath drama features a competitive swimmer who makes a surprising revelation.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28pm on March 3, 2016

Review: In 'Pericles,' Much Ado About a Lot of Things by Charles Isherwood

Trevor Nunn directs "Pericles," one of Shakespeare's tumultuous late romances, in a Theater for a New Audience Production.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:36am on February 26, 2016

Review: 'A Bronx Tale: The Musical' Doo-Wops Down Mean Streets by Charles Isherwood

The show, based on Chazz Palminteri's one-man play and, later, a film, is directed by Jerry Zaks and Robert De Niro.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:14am on February 25, 2016

Review: In 'Dot,' a Fading Matriarch Brings a Family Together by Charles Isherwood

Colman Domingo wrote and Susan Stroman directs this comedy-drama about a woman with Alzheimer's and how her family tries to adjust.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:25am on February 24, 2016

Review: 'Smokefall,' About Several Generations of an Eccentric Family by Charles Isherwood

The characters' lives in Noah Haidle's comedy-drama are defined by their eccentricities and flights of odd lyricism.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:32am on February 23, 2016

Review: In 'Her Requiem,' a Gifted Daughter and Her Two Warring Parents by Charles Isherwood

In Greg Pierce's new play at the Claire Tow Theater, a young composer's great gift may come with costs for the entire family.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:32am on February 23, 2016

Review: 'Nice Fish,' Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins's Quirky Ice Fishing Tale by Charles Isherwood

Drawing on Mr. Jenkins's prose poems, this play at St.. Ann's Warehouse alludes to larger meanings beneath its homely surface.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:25pm on February 21, 2016

Review: 'The Humans' Depicts a Family, and a Country, Under Pressure by Charles Isherwood

Stephen Karam's drama moves to Broadway without losing any of its power. Much credit goes to its remarkable cast, intact from its Off Broadway run.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48pm on February 18, 2016

Left-Field Musicals Take Center Stage by Charles Isherwood

Broadway has had some success lately with shows that ignored tired templates. This spring offers worthy additions to that encouraging trend.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:14pm on February 18, 2016

The Week Ahead: Noah Haidle's 'Smokefall' Comes to New York by Charles Isherwood

The play tells the story of four generations of a conflict-ridden family in Michigan.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06am on February 17, 2016

Review: Bolaño's Mysterious '2666,' Distilled to 5½ Hours by the Goodman Theater by Charles Isherwood

In this ambitious staging, a tale that runs about 900 pages is rendered through informative sketches of events, losing some of its shimmering layers.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 8:02pm on February 16, 2016

Review: A Campus Caldron Too Hot to Touch in 'Smart People' by Charles Isherwood

Characters in Lydia R. Diamond's drama grapple with race, class, prejudice, identity and sexuality.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:32pm on February 11, 2016

Review: God and Devil Gamble on a Soul in 'Cabin in the Sky' by Charles Isherwood

The all-black musical, originally from 1940, is resurrected in City Center's Encores! series.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:36pm on February 11, 2016

Joel Grey, a Broadway Eminence, Comes of Age at 83 by Charles Isherwood

Mr. Grey won an Oscar and a Tony for his role in "Cabaret." Now, in a new memoir, he talks about his years in showbiz " and in the closet.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 8:58am on February 11, 2016

Review: 'Broadway & the Bard' Serves Delicious Combos by Charles Isherwood

Len Cariou pairs Shakespeare's monologues and sonnets with songs from musicals in a solo show at the Lion Theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:36pm on February 5, 2016

Review: 'A Ride on the Irish Cream,' Erin Markey's Tale of an Odd Affair by Charles Isherwood

This music-theater piece, at the Abrons Arts Center, finds a vainglorious girl in love with both a boat and a horse.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:52pm on January 24, 2016

Review: 'The Glory of the World,' About Thomas Merton by Charles Isherwood

Thomas Merton's birthday party may be divine, but his operating mode was more contemplative than this all-male play would have you believe.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:39pm on January 21, 2016
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