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Food for the Gods is about the killing of black men; Exodus addresses the current refugee crisis; Blind is a solo work about disability. These may not sound like typical subjects for puppet …
Six shows are opening on Broadway in November. And yes, one of them features a giant ape feeling unwelcome in New York City, and another marks the annual holiday stopover for a perennial…
How well were you paying attention to the theater, and theater news, in October? Answer these 10 questions to find out.
This has been a wonderful week for theater " with openings for terrific Broadway shows The Ferryman, The Waverly Gallery, The Lifespan of a Fact. And not just on Broadway: The 21st New York …
"India Pale Ale," a play by Jaclyn Backhaus running Off-Broadway, suddenly becomes shockingly timely with the killing of 11 Jews in a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Halfway through the play, a cha…
By the time “The Ferryman” has ended, we have been treated to a breathtaking mix of revenge action thriller, romance, melodrama, family saga, and a feast of storytelling " ghost …
Elaine May is back on a Broadway stage after more than 50 years, and making the most of it in The Waverly Gallery, Kenneth Lonergan's meticulously observed, funny and sad play about a woman'…
Elaine May is back on a Broadway stage after more than 50 years, and making the most of it in The Waverly Gallery, Kenneth Lonergan's meticulously observed, funny and sad play about a woman'…
Last year, James Franco's lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to a theater that was going to present Kevin Broccoli's play "James Franco and Me," insisting they stop marketing the movie s…
The first fact that fact-checker Jim (Daniel Radcliffe) argues about in the essay by  magazine writer John (Bobby Cannavale) is how many strip clubs there are in Las Vegas. Adult Industry…
I take “The Lifespan of a Fact” personally. On the one hand, Cherry Jones, Bobby Cannavale and Daniel Radcliffe, are three of my favorite actors in the universe, performing in a …
Currently on New York stages are several shows starring beloved actresses that offer decidedly different takes on the role of women in society (see reviews below): Two reports released this …
Carmel Dean had worked closely with celebrated musicians and theater artists ranging from Green Day to Chita Rivera, but she panicked when she met Stephen Sondheim, not because she revered h…
Gloria Steinem herself came out in the last twenty minutes of Gloria: A Life to lead the "talking circle," an unscripted conversation with the audience. This was the officially design…
Gloria Steinem herself came out in the last twenty minutes of Gloria: A Lifeto lead the "talking circle," an unscripted conversation with the audience. This was the officially designated Act…
The Rev. Charles Emmanuel Grace, a hero of the Civil Rights Movement, and his pregnant wife Olivia, who writes his stirring sermons for him, seem to find great joy in one another when he lif…
A man stands in front of the army tanks during the Tiananmen Square protests. A woman helps topple a dictator, with surprising results. A man tries to rescue a child in a plane crash. Ano…
During the 2017"2018 season, the average age of Broadway theatergoers was 40.6, the lowest since 2000, according to a newly released report by the Broadway League, the trade group for the Br…
Genghis Khan had a mother; so did Amelia Earhart and Dwight Eisenhower. Perhaps Mother of the Maid, starring Glenn Close as the woman whom Joan of Arc called Ma, will start a trend of of…
Genghis Khan had a mother; so did Amelia Earhart and Dwight Eisenhower. Perhaps Mother of the Maid, starring Glenn Close as the woman whom Joan of Arc called Ma, will start a trend of offeri…
Theater is often awesome, even when in need of repair, and this week is no different. Scenes from @FringeNYC Hub on a Tuesday in October pic.twitter.com/5uECyWnkjj " New York Theater (@NewYo…
In Apologia, the well-acted, finely directed Off-Broadway production of Alexi Kaye Campbell's 2009 play, Â Stockard Channing portrays Kristin Miller, a long-time activist, American expatri…
In this well-acted, finely directed Off-Broadway production of Alexi Kaye Campbell's 2009 play,  Stockard Channing portrays Kristin Miller, a long-time activist, American expatriate a…
"Opening Night" begins with hilariously feuding twin sister Hollywood stars, who are brilliantly named Margo Nightingale and Joan de Tuileries, each presenting what they thought was a one-wo…
Emma and Max are the toddlers in the care of a Barbadian nanny, Britney, who is fired by their parents in the awkward first scene of "Emma and Max," a jarring play about racism written and d…
