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"It's very liberating to take off that psychological corset," the actress said of portraying the rambunctious Hollywood star Ava Gardner onstage.
Betsy Wolfe shines as the inventor of the Miracle Mop in a largely dull Off Broadway show.
"There is the element of love, which can be so serious and so complicated, but when you add the dynamic of humor, it makes it so much more real and exciting and fun to watch."
Can't catch the live revival of this retelling of "Oedipus at Colonus"? Stream a version with Freeman and Robert Earl Jones, or four more stage-related shows.
An adaptation of the 1980s teen movie with an apocalyptic bent was fine-tuned in London. Now it's returning to New York.
Here's what's onstage in New York: a new musical about Joy Mangano of Miracle Mop fame, and two plays from the "Oh, Mary!" director Sam Pinkleton.
Several recent productions have featured a range of L.G.B.T.Q. stories, from strained familial relationships to self-discovery via Disney cosplay.
Abby Rosebrock's latest offering for Atlantic Theater Company mines fertile ground, but simmers about with nary a sign of tension, sexual or otherwise.
The company presenting the train travel-themed show at the Perelman Performing Arts Center faced a stressful predicament when a performer was suddenly sidelined.
Red Bull Theater's smart "The Imaginary Invalid" and Taylor Mac's dismaying "Prosperous Fools" attempt to engage with the French writer's comedy.
Little Island's season opens with a musical, inspired by "The Beggar's Opera" and "The Threepenny Opera," that was essentially written in six months.
Dulé Hill stars as the silky crooner in a play about the last broadcast of his variety show, in 1957.
Intimacy is at the heart of this rare revival of William Inge's 1955 play, about stranded passengers learning from one another and about themselves.
The composer's musicals, including "Annie" and "Bye Bye Birdie," captured essential elements of American culture. Here are five of his most memorable songs.
Watch the Tony nominee Daniel Dae Kim in David Henry Hwang's comedy, and take in cabaret at 54 Below, all from your living room.
Hugh Jackman in "Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes" and Maya Hawke in the title role of "Eurydice" " here's what's on New York stages this month.
Caitlin Saylor Stephens's new play imagines a fashion shoot with the gowns Princess Diana rejected for her recent wedding. The models are not amused.
Les Waters's production for Atlantic Theater Company is marvelously realized, despite the limitations of the play's often maddening script.
In "Floyd Collins," playing a hardscrabble Kentuckian trapped while exploring a cave, the actor finds inspiration in the claustrophobic restrictions.
This Broadway production delivers lots of spectacle as it winds back to the teenage years of Henry Creel, an antagonist from the Netflix series.
Jinkx Monsoon talks about feeling like a lifetime of hard work is finally paying off, and her return to Broadway as a zany maid in "Pirates! The Penzance Musical."
The soprano Natalie Dessay and her daughter, Neïma Naouri, team up to explore one of theater's most toxic mother-daughter relationships.
The actresses talk about bonding over their nightly cram session, and have also compiled a playlist of some of the songs that get them going.
Nina Hoss stars as a melancholic matriarch in Benedict Andrews's immersive rendition of the classic at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn.
