“The Great Gatsby – A New Musical,” now at The National Theatre on the DC leg of its tour, is as sumptuous, slick, and larger-than-life as the myth the title character builds about him…
Two musicals are tied with 12 nominations each: a special-effects-crammed The Lost Boys, and the candy-colored satire Schmigadoon! The Pulitzer-winning Liberation was nominated for Best Play.
One viewer’s embrace of sweet nostalgia is another’s artificial fantasy of yesteryear. Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work, installation view. Courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum. …
Among the highlights are three bottles of 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc, each potentially reaching £15,000, and a magnum of 1961 Chateau Haut-Brion, valued at up to £4,000
'White Rabbit Red Rabbit' sees a different performer take to the stage each night to be presented with a sealed envelope, inside is a script they have never seen before, which they will perf…
A sampling of the city's creative cohorts and the places where they gather, from the Tompkins Square Park monkey bars to a hair salon that doubles as an art gallery.
The punniest of them all: SculptureCenter's career survey spans nearly six decades of the artist's exuberant work. Pat Oleszko: Fool Disclosure, installation view. Courtesy SculptureCenter.…
A new play, "An Ark", is one of the first to be created and produced for mixed reality. It recently opened in New York, but does the play herald the future of theater?
Oscar-winning actor will star alongside Nina Hoss and Ella Lily Hyland in Benedict Andrews' new production Electra / Persona this August
Skin and limbs, eyes and tongues: a mesmerizing ambivalence shades the artist's monstrous creations enmeshing flesh and tech. Tishan Hsu: emergence, installation view. Courtesy Lisson Galle…
Lumina Studio Theatre is an acting and performance school designed to give kids ages 6-18 enthusiasm for, and experience with, classic drama, especially Shakespeare. Clearly, its primary goa…
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Jamie Lloyd's new production of Samuel Beckett's play is in danger of punking a classic most heinously. Alex Winter as Vladimir and Keanu Reeves as Estragon in Waiting for Godot. Courtesy D…
Broadway's union for performers and stage managers says the sticking point is health care.
The secret to his success isn't just genius " it's collaboration a lot of creative friends. Author Daniel Pollack-Pelzner interviewed more than 150 people for his biography about the Hamilto…
All theater-going society is acquainted with "The Importance of Being Earnest" by British wit and aesthete Oscar Wilde, perhaps the finest and funniest comedy of manners ever written. But fe…
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The Victorian town of Castlemaine lets loose at the annual costumed dance competition Hot Moves No Pressure Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Every country town has its explosive F…
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My colleague Jonathan and I were walking towards Leidseplein and the Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, laughing kind of nervously. We were in consensus: 3 hours and 45 minutes is a long time…
Northern Sky Theater in Door County programs original musicals steeped in local history, archetypes and customs.
"Shrek the Musical"Â is a rip-roaring, crowd-pleasing blast. The show, with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire (Tony winner for "Kimbery Akimbo") and music by Jeanne Tesori (Tony win…
"The Bravado: A More Humane Mikado in Concert," Victorian Lyric Opera Company's (VLOC) clever reimagining of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic comic operetta, thoroughly delights. Although it…
"Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations" has reason to be proud. Every "jukebox musical" (one scored with well-known popular hits by established musicians, rather than origin…