151 stories by "Jennifer Schuessler"
After an $80 million expansion, the Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening with a more welcoming approach " and all 82 of its First Folios on view.
Jokes aside: Here's what we really know about the 15th-century figure currently appearing (sort of) on Broadway in "Gutenberg! The Musical!," starring Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells.
The Fisher Center at Bard has become an incubator for commercially promising new work like Justin Peck's "Illinois," while holding tight to its experimental roots.
In his museum survey and performances, the costume designer (and Taylor Mac collaborator) is like Krazy Glue " bonding art, theater and drag.
A revival of the classic musical offers a fresh twist on the founding for the post-"Hamilton" era.
Booth, who currently leads the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, will succeed Robert Falls, who is retiring after 35 years leading the Chicago mainstay.
Arbery, a Pulitzer finalist in 2020, is back with a play inspired by his relationship with his sister. But don't call it an "issue" play.
"Hamilton"-mania opened a new chapter for stage musicals. But how have shows since balanced the complexities of the past and the politics of the present?
Among the rarities on view at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair are also a 1555 treatise on tennis and Amy Winehouse's personal library.
Shaina Taub's highly anticipated musical explores women's crusade for the vote through a movement often divided along generational, class and racial lines.
A new jazz opera reimagines Socrates' final hours. Expect queer romps, ancient Greek in-jokes and plenty of tulle.
The actor, who is Christian, said in an interview he was let go because of his religious beliefs. The show's producers declined to comment.
The play, which had been set to have its world premiere in September at the Magic Theater in San Francisco, takes place during the 1918 flu pandemic.
The gift from the writer and performer will help create an educational hub at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
"Joy and Pandemic" is slated to be performed this fall before an in-person audience at the Magic Theater in San Francisco.
Dissecting the failure of "Frankenstein," which closed on Broadway on opening night 40 years ago, came with its own set of reporting challenges.
On Jan. 4, 1981, the effects-heavy production opened and closed on the same night. Forty years later, the creators revisit a very expensive Broadway flop.
A Vineyard Theater streaming project re-enacts verbatim interviews with James Baldwin, Toni Morrison and others to explore echoes between the past and the present.
The Disney+ filmed version has fans wondering what's accurate. Historians are fans, too, and they have answers, along with caveats.
Jennifer Schantz, an executive at the New-York Historical Society, will lead the library, which is home to more than 8 million items relating to music, theater and dance.
The performer Taylor Mac and the playwright Suzan-Lori Parks have signed on to a video-sharing subscription service to raise money for New York colleagues in crisis.
Since its 1957 premiere, The New York Times has tracked the musical's evolution, covering its casting, its politics and its role in the Cold War along the way.
Will Arbery has brought the "secretive" world of Catholic intellectuals to the stage in "Heroes of the Fourth Turning." He's pleased to find that they appreciate being seen, not judged.
This year's fellows include artists, writers, scientists, urban designers, community activists and others who have demonstrated "extraordinary originality."
A series of readings at Classic Stage Company will present the fruits of a project that charged people with "translating" Shakespeare into accessible (and faithful) modern English.
