1,783 stories by "ELISABETH VINCENTELLI"
"It's almost like a movie set," said the actor, now in the Christmas film "Oh. What. Fun.," "and I have to pretend I'm working, too."
James Bundy leads the theater program at Yale while directing his own revival of "Hedda Gabler." He told us about a week in his cultural life.
A new production at the Public Theater takes up five hours of stage time to tell the story of a group of friends from their first day to graduation.
Adult actors play fierce middle-school spellers in a wonderful revival of William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's musical.
This month's picks include a ravishing Nyong'o in the return of Shakespeare in the Park, and an audio play starring Liev Schreiber and Maggie Siff.
The Oscar winner takes on a lovely yet tricky role in a Stephen Schwartz musical that never made it to Broadway back in 1976.
Prince was mysterious, sexy. This adaptation of his 1984 film, onstage in Minneapolis, explains too much and comes off as disorienting.
The Off Broadway shows "Hannah Senesh," "Jewish Plot" and "Playing Shylock" take stock of discussions around casting and storytelling.
Drew Droege's newest play Off Broadway is a lot like his others, skewering the entitlement of wealthy, oblivious gay men in Manhattan.
This movie adaptation has a couple of laughs, but could have been better served by expanding its reach.
Tom Hanks returns to New York theater alongside Kelli O'Hara, and Ariana DeBose leads "The Baker's Wife," a cult musical.
For its gala, New York City Center revives an antic show about a half-man tabloid sensation, with catchy music and lyrics by the versatile Laurence O'Keefe.
Bess Wohl's play, about a consciousness-raising group in 1970s Ohio, transfers to Broadway where it remains powerfully moving " and funny.
This firebrand guitarist pulled songs from his lesser-known catalog for "Revolution(s)," about family of activists, now playing in Chicago.
David Cale's astonishing one-man show in Brooklyn erects some familiar signposts before swerving into the unexpected.
This month's picks include Clooney's Broadway run as the CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow and an audio play starring Hugh Jackman.
Jen Tullock's Off Broadway play, "Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God," delves into growing up in a Christian family.
Jennifer Lopez comes up just a little short in a movie about the escapist power of musicals.
The actor Tim Blake Nelson has penned a dystopian drama set in an unspecified future that puts forth lofty themes. Too bad it's short on specifics.
James Graham's Broadway play tells the true story of how restorative justice brought together a young man who threw a fatal punch and the parents of the victim.
Natalie Palamides's mind-scrambling work oscillates between big laughs and pathos. Her show "Weer" is the first long run at the renovated Cherry Lane Theater.
James Corden, Bobby Cannavale and Neil Patrick Harris star in a revival of Yasmina Reza's comedy about an inscrutable abstract painting.
This month's picks include a 1974 adaptation of the Eugene Ionesco play "Rhinoceros," starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, and a behind-the-scenes look at Disney.
Henrik Ibsen's "The Wild Duck," an early Celine Song play and John Leguizamo's new family drama " here's what's on New York stages this month.
The musical, just like the Abba songs that inspired it, has become an everlasting part of the pop-culture landscape.
