1,800 stories by "Elisabeth Vincentelli"
A reworked opening number, less historical bulk and a general push to "have fun with these women" helped a musical find its way.
From Broadway to the city's smaller stages, a flurry of shows with wide-ranging appeal, familiar faces and rising talent.
T. Adamson's new comedy, which opens Clubbed Thumb's popular Summerworks series at the Wild Project, is about a group of worked-up Franciscan friars.
A hit at Edinburgh Fringe last year, Julia Masli's show arrives at SoHo Playhouse for its New York debut.
While poking fun at her own agreeable malleability, Benanti flexes her talents in a show that will be available on Audible, without the physical dimension.
Improv adds a theatrical dimension to the role-playing game, which has been undergoing a renaissance as it turns 50 this year.
This Molière in the Park production doesn't have the sharp satirical bite of the original.
In this revival of Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of the Woolf novel, now starring Taylor Mac, the flashes of comedy can't make up for the loss of poetry.
The new musical doesn't take itself too seriously and has many winning moments " almost enough to eclipse the weaknesses of its story.
The retooled jukebox musical, with its top-notch performances and exciting choreography, "stands out as one of the rare must-sees" in a crowded season.
This modern-day fable, directed by Rupert Goold and starring Tobias Menzies, is styled with horror.
A jukebox musical about a Midwesterner's big dreams is heavy on the Petula Clark.
Mona Pirnot's crisis-centered play uses all its resources to keep the audience at a physical and emotional remove from her sorrow.
In "The Dating Show," the British comedian and ventriloquist initiates close encounters of the potentially romantic kind. Laughs will definitely ensue.
A quadruple threat, Rivera could make a lasting impression in minutes, whether onstage or onscreen. These videos illustrate why.
The Encores! series returns with a concert staging of the 1959 musical, which also stars the very funny Harriet Harris and Michael Urie.
The story of a 1941 massacre is told through the lives of 10 Polish classmates, five Jewish and five Catholic, in this suspenseful but humane play.
Sara Bareilles is the heart and soul of this live capture of her musical.
At Abrons Arts Center, a hilarious family show in the British holiday tradition that runs "like a steam train when it goes well."
With "Poor Yella Rednecks," the writer continues to tell his Vietnamese American family's immigrant story. Maybe one day his parents will even see the shows.
The actress makes her stage debut alongside Christopher Abbott in an Off Broadway revival of John Patrick Shanley's compact and combative play.
Conceived in part by Bill T. Jones, this multigenre work at the Perelman Performing Arts Center is interested in homegrown prejudice, but lacks dramatic focus.
This creepy Halloween show is the latest visual feat from Joshua William Gelb, presented by Theater in Quarantine and produced in a closet.
Graciela Daniele and Priscilla Lopez are working together on Michael John LaChiusa's memory musical, "The Gardens of Anuncia," inspired by Daniele's early life.
Haenel, working with the choreographer-director Gisèle Vienne in "L'Étang," is trying to "pierce through the surface of things."
