163 stories by "Felicia R. Lee"
An emergency fund-raising campaign has allowed the Penumbra Theater in St. Paul, a leading African-American company, to resume operations.
The Huntington Theater Company is providing the biggest stage yet for Oren Jacoby's theatrical adaptation of "Invisible Man," the classic Ralph Ellison novel.
The long-running Off Broadway productions have added performances after announcing their imminent closings.
A conversation with Hilda Cronje and Bongile Mantsai, the lead actors in "Mies Julie," Yael Farber's South African adaptation of Strindberg's "Miss Julie."
MIST Harlem, at 40 West 116th St., will open to the public this week, according to its owners.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music, known for its adventurous fare, is embarking on a three-year campaign to raise $15 million to finance family and education programs.
Richard Maxwell's acclaimed play had lost its final weekend due to flooding at the theater in the Kitchen.
Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro are to make their Broadway debuts in "Matilda the Musical," taking turns in the title role.
Dramatic readings of August Wilson's ten-play cycle about African-American life in the 20th century will be recorded at the Greene Space in Lower Manhattan.
He will star as Giorgio in the Classic Stage Company revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's "Passion."
"The Vandal," by the actor Hamish Linklater, will open in January at the Flea Theater
Off Broadway theaters are still struggling with power outages and other storm-related travails, even as Broadway gets back to business.
The play, which was scheduled to open Thursday night, will be performed as a reading by flashlight as a pay-what-you-can benefit.
A new production of Ibsen's "Master Builder" with John Turturro is one highlight of the new season.
Marc Bamuthi Joseph's new theatrical work was inspired when he noticed that his students, who performed poems at environmental-movement events, were often the only black people there.
The piece is based on the memoir by Wadad Makdisi Cortas, who served for years as a principal at the girls' school in Beirut.
The 1980s musical will return to Broadway next spring in a new production featuring direction and musical staging by John Doyle.
The awards are given to two talented young professionals, one in the field of theater and one in the field of dance.
For more than 100 put out of work by cancellation of the musical "Rebecca," the hits are both financial and emotional.
Nature Theater of Oklahoma's opus has toured internationally but has not been produced in the United States.
For a Lifetime movie, a Broadway director reconfigures a 1989 film weepie with a black ensemble.
"Reykjavik" will have a staged reading, followed by a panel discussion, at the Baruch Performing Arts Center on Thursday evening.
The concert will celebrate the renovation of the Public Theater.
The portrait of the former Texas Governor will open at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in March.
The gift from the Herb Alpert Foundation is the largest in the history of the school.
