The first month of the Fall theater season is coming to an end with disparate worries " that "the Broadway musical is in trouble" and that there's a "fascist takeover of the American theater…
In one of the most moving scenes that I've ever witnessed in a theater,  Jacob finally meets the parents of the young man whom he killed. Making an extraordinary Broadway debut, Will H…
"Back to back like in the good old days," Keanu Reeves as Estragon says to Alex Winter as Vladimir; then they shout something together that makes the audience explode in cheers and laughter.…
In the first play officially opened to the public at the Cherry Lane under the ownership of movie studio A24, Natalie Palamides portrays a man and a woman simultaneously,  an exercise …
How well were you paying attention to the theater in September? Answer these ten questions, plus a bonus question, to find out. Loading…
"Sixties Surreal," a just-opened exhibition at the Whitney Museum, offers some 150 works (paintings, sculptures, photographs, illustrations, films, collages, assemblages, an album cover, a n…
John Leguizamo's new play is a sober family drama inspired by some of the same people and places from Leguizamo's past that powered "Freak" and the five other solo stage comedies he has writ…
"This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this," Jimmy Kimmel said in his opening monologue below, when his late n…
By Jonathan Mandell. Xhloe and Natasha made Edinburgh Festival Fringe history with three consecutive award-winning shows, but even the most successful Fringe acts struggle to break even.
"You'll Be Back" from "Hamilton" with Yiddish lyrics!? That's one of the songs in the 90-minute concert below sung by four cantors and nine Broadway veterans, including Julie Benko, Arielle …
No, theatergoers do not have the Constitutional right to shout "Fire" in a crowded theater. But theater artists can still present queer characters on stage without losing their government gr…
"Weather Girl," a solo play about the California climate apocalypse, was a hit at last year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe that Netflix is said to be developing into a series. "Fleabag," "Ba…
"Saturday Church," an amped-up Off-Broadway musical adaptation of a 2017 indie movie of the same name, screams Broadway-level ambition; the screaming is sometimes literal.  The movie w…
"Come from Away" is the most-produced work of theater in the United States this season, according to American Theatre Magazine " the first time the magazine's annual list has included the 20…
Holly Doubet was vacationing in Hawaii in 2018 at a time of tensions between the US and North Korea when an emergency alert warned everybody in the state of an incoming missile attack. "Seek…
"Galas," a play with music that tells the story of soprano Maria Callas, is surprisingly straightforward if not entirely straight.  The current revival is a fun and affordable night ou…
The verdict on the Broadway revival of "Art" starring Neil Patrick Harris, Bobby Cannvale and James Corden as three friends who argue about art ranges from "clever and engaging" to "boring b…
"And I am telling you I'm not going…" That's the best-known lyric from "Dreamgirls," which will return to Broadway in the fall of 2026, but it's being sung right now Off-Broadway in a funn…
Sometimes it's better to live with lies; the truth can be too destructive. That's the message I came away with from "The Wild Duck," which makes it hard for me to understand how the Theater …
"Can you be Black and not perform?" Eisa Davis asks, then sings "No," while playing her keyboard. This is the central question, but not the only answer, in "The Essentialisn't." There's also…
"Wicked" endures on stage. I saw it on Broadway this week, and I enjoyed it anew .Yes, it is now inescapably viewed through the lens of the 2024 movie version. But a movie has always hovered…
 "Color Theories" is funny and weird and sometimes confusing. It reminded me at various times of Pee Wee Herman (childlike tone, cartoonish set, puppetry), George Carlin (observational an…
In the two decades since Tarell Alvin McCraney was heralded as a promising new voice for his breakout play "The Brothers Size," which was first produced in 2007 when he was still a student a…
Fashion designer Alexander McQueen seems readymade for a theatrical portrait, and "House of McQueen" is pieced together with bespoke extravagance. It is housed in a new Off-Broadway theater …
In my Broadway Poll about the Fall show theatergoers are most looking forward to, I added a second question: What's the biggest reason for your choice? Forty percent answered: "The cast" …