1,121 stories by "Charles Isherwood"
In "Red Dog Howls," a New York man discovers a devastating family secret after he finds a box of letters that lead to a grandmother he had never known.
The Live Arts Festival in Philadelphia features a few shows with nudity, both real and figurative.
Ethan Lipton's comedy compares the bonds humans share with their pets with the relationships they have with one another.
In Lisa D'Amour's play "Detroit," a Pulitzer Prize finalist at Playwrights Horizons, a couple who fear they are sliding out of their economic class meet a couple who have other problems.
An original musical about Poe's last days brings to light the man, with the clichés scrubbed away, and his work.
The movie versions of "Bachelorette" and "Rock of Ages" are a reminder of how hard it is to translate stage comedies and musicals to the screen.
Two caregivers debate how to handle their dead charge in "Fly Me to the Moon," a Marie Jones work that's part of the 1st Irish festival at 59E59 Theaters.
"The Train Driver," written and directed by Athol Fugard, tells how a death on the tracks has left the train operator emotionally scarred.
The advice seekers tend to swarm as the fall season approaches, and this year a critic has hit upon an easy answer: "See whatever's onstage at Playwrights Horizons."
"The Matchmaker," Thornton Wilder's 1954 farce, has been given a rare and loving revival at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival this year.
Two solo shows at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival ""A Word or Two" and "Hirsch"" illuminate the deeply personal nature of theater artists' relation to their work.
"Henry V," "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Cymbeline" mix comedy and history at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario.
The Public Theater's Mobile Shakespeare Unit is back home with its abbreviated production of "Richard III," with a nine-person cast that stars Ron Cephas Jones.
An aging Russian general living a life of quiet exile in Paris meets a young waitress who shares his sense of isolation.
The true star of "Bring It On: The Musical," now at the St. James Theater, is its high-energy gymnastics, but it also draws on heavyweight theatrical talent.
Mike Daisey is back with a new version of "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs." Charles Isherwood says he seems to have addressed some problems with the truth.
Politics is a bloody business in "Warrior Class," a new play in the Second Stage Theater Uptown series.
"Hand Stories," at the Lincoln Center Festival, is an autobiographical work of glove puppetry from Yeung Fai, a Chinese-born puppeteer.
The 1933 Cole Porter musical "Nymph Errant" has been revived by the Prospect Theater Company.
"DruidMurphy," a cycle of three plays by Tom Murphy tied loosely by the theme of emigration, explores how the forces of history have shaped generations of Irish men and women.
Alan Cumming portrays numerous roles in a reimagining of "Macbeth" at the Lincoln Center Festival.
"3C," a black comedy by David Adjmi, tries to excavate the grimy subtext lurking under a sitcom like "Three's Company."
"As You Like It," this time set in the American South with bluegrass music, opens the 50th anniversary season of the Public's free Shakespeare in the Park.
In a summer of theater riches, "DruidMurphy," three plays by Tom Murphy produced by the Druid Theater Company for the Lincoln Center Festival, might be the season's best.
An uncle and his niece find an emotional connection in the jungle, once she has poured out her heart to him, in Greg Pierce's play "Slowgirl."
