Larissa FastHorse, who last week was announced as one of the winners of a MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Awards, riffed on Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day in her satirical play "The Tha…
When "Static Apnea" began its theatrical run, live and indoors, a big selling point for me was that it would be safe: One theatergoer at a time (mask required) would watch a single perfo…
Below are seven must-see shows this weekend, two of them "reunion readings," another two star-studded new versions, of acclaimed plays; a fifth a reunion concert of the original cast of Six;…
Broadway will remain shut down at least through May 30, 2021, The Broadway League announced today., the fifth implicit target date for reopening since Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered the theat…
Watch "The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America" below, available through October 15, a 50-minute video written by Tony Kushner, and directed by Ellie Heyman, featuring Glenn Clo…
"The American people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any Presidential administration in history, and here are the facts. 210,000 dead people in our country in just the past fe…
Patti LuPone has made Twitter and YouTube her stage to perform some blunt take-downs of Donald Trump, in response to his debate performance and his post-hospital  balcony scene, which she…
When Renata Hinrichs was five years old, a black girl beat her up, and a black boy rescued her. She re-enacts this scene about halfway through "Random Acts," her solo autobiographical play t…
Politically, the October surprises have been piling up in a way that seems to crowd out everything else. But at such a time, the arts are not irrelevant; they are a necessity. That helps…
.. As recent news should make abundantly clear, wearing masks is crucial for everybody " and that includes theatergoers " as part of a vigilant safety regimen that also includes social dista…
I saw my first live, in-person, indoor theater in six months this week, at Theatre 80 in the East Village " a matinee entitled "Different Shades of Comedy," comprised of two one-act plays pl…
This weekend there are at least a dozen plays by playwrights ranging from Sophocles to Ionesco to Kevin R. Free; seven starry concerts from Josh Groban to a cavalcade of Broadway stars of La…
Below is the day-by-day calendar of "theater openings"* in October 2020. During this seventh full month when "theater" mostly means "online," Audra McDonald and Hillary Clinton are headlinin…
I found Netflix's new film version of this landmark 1968 gay play nearly unwatchable, even though it features the same starry nine-member cast (Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer et al)…
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Dancing for Democracy feels like a good catchphrase for the next five weeks in several ways. It is the name of the latest of many star-studded fundraiser by Broadway supporters of Joseph Bid…
Lin-Manuel Miranda and cast members of "Hamilton" are the latest Broadway stars to create a video urging Americans to vote, reworking the lyrics of "Alexander Hamilton" and even creating a w…
After reading about the New York arts' shutdown, and how more than half the jobs in the fine and performing arts in the city disappeared between April and July (153,000 out of 280,000 gone),…
Among the many shows opening this weekend are five that especially intrigue. For more, check out my September calendar of openings And the weekend is a good time to catch up on theater that …
Mary Chase wrote fourteen published plays, six of which ran on Broadway, including "Harvey," about an amiable lush and his invisible rabbit pal, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, is…
A look at" Black and Desi encounters" in the wake of Kamala Harris; an investigation of  "Othello" through the issues of 2020, a "concert cabaret requiem" for those we have lost " these a…
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg two days after Arena Stage debuted its hour-long "docudrama" online (watch below) gave new urgency to the argument for D.C. statehood. Directed by Molly Smit…
Father-daughter Ron Cephas Jones and Jasmine Cephas Jones were among the several Broadway veterans to win trophies at the 72nd annual (and first socially distanced) Emmys, including Uzo Adub…
British bloggers this month swoon over the series of new live, in-person, "socially distanced" theater, "It was wonderful and strange and made me realise how the pandemic has changed the exp…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who died yesterday at age 87, was a life-long lover of the arts, including theater. Her mother introduced her to  the Brooklyn Academy of Music which was…