"Sommerfugl" at the 4th Street Theater is a new Off-Off Broadway play inspired by the true story of a Danish man who had gender reassignment surgery, way back in 1930 — the same story …
John Lahr reviewed New York theater for half a century, starting with a now-defunct Manhattan neighborhood weekly and ending as the longest-lasting chief drama critic for The New Yorker maga…
Seeing "The New Morality" the day after Thomas Bradshaw's sex-plicit “Fulfillment" gave the title of Harold Chapin's century-old comedy of manners far more irony than the playwright su…
We are pleased to welcome noted theatre critic John Lahr back to Washington with this interview, conducted last week in New York. ————————R…
"Fulfillment," Thomas Bradshaw’s latest in-your-face play, which has opened at the Flea, offers much the same ironic moral lesson as the inspiration behind "Answered Prayers," the titl…
Winners of the 11th annual New York Innovative Theater Awards, honoring theaters and theater artists working Off-Off Broadway, are chosen from 145 individual artists, 57 productions and 55 t…
Broadway veterans Viola Davis, Jeffrey Tambor, Allison Janney, Uzo Aduba, Margo Martindale and Frances McDormand are among the winners of the 67th annual primetime Emmy awards. The complete …
Denzel Washington says he will direct and produce all 10 of August Wilson’s American Century Cycle plays (also known as the Pittsburgh Cycle) for HBO, one per year, over the next de…
William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays (10 tragedies, 10 histories, 17 comedies) and 154 Sonnets — 884,647 words in all. He is said to have invented 1,700 words in the English language, in…
In "Hamlet in Bed," a new play which has opened at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, an actor named Michael (Michael Laurence), who was given up for adoption as an infant by his actress mothe…
Do theology and theater mix? Is there an unspoken separation between church and stage? A day after the announcement that Amazing Grace will close on Broadway after little more than three…
Do theology and theater mix? Is there an unspoken separation between church and stage? A day after the announcement that Amazing Grace will close on Broadway after little more than three mon…
At times during "Empire Travel Agency," a theatrical adventure that takes place in some dozen different downtown locales, it feels as if you're in a Bourne thriller, sharing escapades with M…
This week starts 20at20. Next week starts Off Broadway Week Both are ways to get tickets to Off-Broadway shows that are even cheaper than usual. And, there's plenty new to see. The Week i…
Twenty-five years from now, according to Max Posner's new play "Judy," there will be no more plays; cancer will be cured; cars will not need drivers; and couples will be able to arrange to d…
I will keep an open mind, I write three times in my notebook before the first scene in the first room of "Eve," which its creators describe as "a dance theatre immersion experience." It's ru…
"I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire," Tennessee Williams told Gore Vidal, who recalls this in the introduction to t…
Its title, its playful poster, its sleek chic showroom of a set, and its marketing suggest that "Laugh It Up, Stare It Down" is a shallow romantic comedy, telling the story of Joe and Cleo o…
It would be incorrect to say there's nothing surprising about "The Legend of Georgia McBride," an entertaining but slight and predictable comedy about drag performers, which has now opened a…
An unusually busy summer has now ended, and an exciting Fall slowly chugs into view. Take the New York Theater August 2015 Quiz to reminisce. If you missed the 19th annual New York Int…
At the end of the tuneful, rousing, and spectacular modern musical adaptation of Homer's three thousand year old epic poem about a ten-year journey home, everybody from the cast is on stage …
Has cell phone use in the theater really gotten worse, or are audiences and artists simply complaining more? That was my first question in the #Howlround Twitter chat on theater etiquette (f…
One of China’s most celebrated stars, Zhang Huoding, is making her U.S. debut in two classic Beijing Operas at Lincoln Center, The Legend of the White Snake and The Jewelry Pouch. …
Below are the shows chosen for the 10th anniversary of the Fringe Encore Series, debuting September 10th at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street), selected from both the Ne…
The new season’s Off-Broadway offerings are various, intriguing, and sometimes hard to describe — an absurdist kitchen-sink comedy about a dysfunctional family with a transgender…