The hard problem in Tom Stoppard's latest erudite play, his first full-length work in nearly a decade, is the challenge facing those who study the brain: How do scientists account for the mi…
Below is the music video of “Loser Geek Whatever,” the previously unrecorded song from the musical “Be More Chill.” In an informal introduction (originally presented …
How well were you paying attention to the theater, and theater news, in November? Answer these dozen questions to find out. Buy tickets to The Band’s Visit via TodayTix Buy tickets to …
"All is Calm" revolves around the powerful true story of the unofficial ceasefires during World War I among British, French and German soldiers in the trenches along the Western Front around…
The greatest thrill of Theresa Rebeck's thriller is seeing Tyne Daly (Cagney and Lacey) and Tim Daly (The Sopranos, Madame Secretary) act together on stage for the first time. Rebeck wrote "…
Sure, you know what mugging is, and ingenue. But what is screlting? Or 2 Dow Shay? What do theater people mean when they use the word “corpse.” Lin-Manuel Miranda explains 15 the…
The day after Springsteen on Broadway closes at the Walter Kerr Theater December 15, 2018, it debuts on Netflix
On this seventh annual #GivingTuesday (created in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation), consider donating to your favorite New York area theaters, theater companies, …
Thanksgiving is technically over, but this one is going to last. There’s much about this past week in New York theater for which we’re grateful. Below watch the full number of &#…
Cyber Monday deals in New York theater tickets and scripts: Ticket Liquidator Cyber Monday Today only on Ticket Liquidator: 10 percent off all orders, using the code: CYBRTL. (Once on…
The choices below are personal favorites; the ranking is somewhat arbitrary. In a political atmosphere that is at the very least fractured, and has often felt just a few steps away from some…
They range in tone from the lyrical to the hysterical, their subjects from grim to fanciful " environmental disaster; an assisted suicide; a self-help spoof " but all four works-in-progress …
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Two women kissed at the end of the performance of “The Prom” at the 92nd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It’s part of the show, but it’s sure to get some…
My seventh annual Broadway gift guide below includes links and information on shopping for theater tickets, theater subscriptions, cast recordings, play scripts, librettos and new and che…
How will you celebrate Thanksgiving? In "The Thanksgiving Play," billed as a satire and running at Playwrights Horizons through December 2 (though not on Thanksgiving Day), playwright Lariss…
This week in New York theater, I seem to have zigged while others zagged, even when it comes to zazz. To explain: 1. I don't completely understand the high level of snark about "King Kong." …
"The Prom" is really two musicals in one. One is a funny, knowing backstage comedy, satirizing the self-regard of theater folk. The other is a loud, fast high school musical. What ties them …
Both King Kong and Olaf, the goofy snow man from Frozen, will loom large on Thanksgiving Day — but not on Broadway; neither current musical is one of the four Broadway shows performing…
We must be silent, here in this secret attic apartment where two Jewish families are hiding from the Nazis. And so, in "The Hidden Ones," a spare and chilling immersive theater piece, the se…
Like a boxer faking out an opponent, Michael C. Hall as Thom Pain plays tricks on the audience: "Now I think would be a good time for the raffle," he says at one point, then shortly afterwar…
Like a boxer faking out an opponent, Michael C. Hall as Thom Pain plays tricks on the audience in Will Eno’s one-character play….For Thom's jousts and jabs to feel like something…
King Kong is spectacular — those dreamy eyes, that expressive sniffing of his nose, the earthquake of a roar. He is such a singular creature that, like Ann Darrow, the damsel he picks …
The heart of Hansol Jung's play at the Public Theater is the relationship between two lonely, awkward people in South Korea who connect through an online dating site. But the play also featu…
In celebration of the Blue Wave " which has grown steadily in the week since Election Day — a silly observation: There have been 51 Broadway shows with "Blue" in the title. I'm relucta…