267 stories by "Eric Grode"
A downtown theater has cleared the house to make room for Samuel D. Hunter's pairing "Lewiston/Clarkston."
With two more high-profile plays opening in New York this season " and a huge movie deal in the works " Theresa Rebeck's time may have come.
Shakespeare finds his way into many a musical, from faithful adaptations to breakthrough works like "Hair."
The creators of "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" took their bighearted revue all the way to Broadway. A concert production will show how it plays today.
The rock musical moved to Broadway in April 1968, and it quickly became an inescapable part of American culture. Readers share what the show means to them.
Under a new artistic director, one of the biggest stage festivals in North America is experimenting with pop-up shows and audience interaction. Of course, "Saint Joan" is on the bill, too.
Hal Prince, who helped bring "Cabaret," "Evita" and "Sweeney Todd" to Broadway, talks with Jason Robert Brown about the musical revue "Prince of Broadway."
How a theater troupe called Improbable dramatizes psychological experiments described in a controversial 2004 book.
Carol Channing originated the musical role of Dolly Levi and was considered irreplaceable. Now Bette Midler steps into a long line of her successors.
Mr. Ludwig is bringing a famous Agatha Christie mystery to the stage at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J.
As "Jitney" prepares to open on Broadway, stars like Phylicia Rashad and Laurence Fishburne talk about the playwright.
A fanciful adaptation of this ancient Jewish legend fits well with this company's dependence on useful, risky technology.
Actors, directors and theater-world figures look back on the life and work of Ms. Swados, who died in January.
"On Your Feet!," "Disaster!" and "Something Rotten!" are among the shows that don't have much in common onstage but share some notable punctuation.
Harvey Fierstein, Bette Midler, Adrienne Barbeau and Josh Groban share their memories of performing in the Broadway and many, many non-Broadway versions of "Fiddler."
Cast members in past and present productions of D.ÂL. Coburn's "The Gin Game" recall the challenges of the play.
The musical, which opens in the East Village, is the result of eight years of writing songs with someone Mr. Summers has never met.
The play points up the parallels between two dramatists who buck the status quo.
A witless revival of the 1965 sex farce “Cactus Flower” opened at the Westside Theater Upstairs.
With the Wooster Group’s latest production, Scott Shepherd extends his downtown legacyUpon his first exposure to Gatz, Elevator Repair Service's six-hour, word-for-word staging of F. S…
B. H. Barry, a master of stage fighting, is directing a sword-studded version of “Treasure Island,” aimed at younger audiences.
In the Polish novelist Dorota Maslowska’s play “A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians” at Abrons Arts Center, the seemingly nihilistic title couple are not without…
The vaunted actor discusses the dark side of his latest Broadway roleBrian Cox hates sports.“I'm completely antithetical to them,” says the burly Scottish actor, who has assemble…
Ching Valdes-Aran reprises her role as an elderly immigrant missing the old country in the Ma-Yi Theater production of “Flipzoids.”
“Midnight in Havana” depicts the final hours before the end of the Cuban revolution.
