902 stories by "Laura Collins-Hughes"
A new play by J.T. Rogers goes behind the scenes of the shady "news-gathering" that rocked Rupert Murdoch's British media empire over a decade ago.
The creators of "The Band's Visit" return with this mischievous ghost story of a musical based on an odd slice of Old West history.
John Patrick Shanley's new play, starring Cecily Strong and David Zayas, is a romantic comedy with a penchant for the resolutely dismal.
Dael Orlandersmith's slender new solo play is a meditation on living that seems also like a curveball response to loss.
If Taylor Mac and Matt Ray's four-hour rock opera were aiming to succeed on aural gorgeousness and visual spectacle alone, there would be no cause to quibble.
Gabby Beans shines as a time-hopping protagonist tracing her trauma in Rachel Bonds's slip-slidey new Off Broadway play.
A meditation on mortality and renewal, "The Following Evening" presents mirror images of two married pairs of theater makers.
Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James are superb as a midcentury-modern couple free-falling into addiction in Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel's musical.
A once-powerful clan gathers for a family wedding and muddles through the facts and fiction of their past and present.
After years of fighting to win parity and recognition for women in theater, Julia Jordan said: "Everybody gets produced now. There's much more competition. In a good way."
Melanie La Barrie, who brought the role of Angélique from the West End to Broadway, flew back on New Year's Eve with "Hadestown" on the horizon.
A musical adaptation of "Curves" and a play about two Asian women becoming friends both look at immigrants' experiences, with mixed results.
In Sandra Tsing Loh's zany play, the stage is star-studded but familiarity alone can't sustain this story about a group of old college friends.
Harrison David Rivers's new drama, featuring a strong cast, is having its world premiere at Yale Repertory Theater.
In his new show, Gavin Creel sings about the wonders of visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but sticks too close to the surface.
A stage adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's novel "Life & Times of Michael K," about a man's struggles during a fictional South African conflict, includes actors alongside a puppet version of M…
A new musical from National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene stitches together music written and performed in Eastern Europe in the 1930s and '40s.
Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks star in Arin Arbus's pandemic-delayed production at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center.
At Irish Arts Center, the actor delivers the final installment of his solo plays about the cobbler Pat and his eccentric beloved.
La MaMa Puppet Festival and other stage works this fall highlight the power of storytelling through puppetry.
Hansol Jung's new play riffs on Greek dramas, the Restoration comedy "The Country Wife" and Tony Kushner's "Angels in America."
Irish Repertory Theater's season-long survey of the playwright's work prompted our reporter to seek out the Irish town that inspired the imaginary site of so many of his plays.
At La MaMa, Caitlin George's new play uses comedy to counter the legend of Helen of Troy.
In this Off Broadway production, the actor is most fascinated by human fallibility and Shakespeare's nuanced understanding of it.
At NYU Skirball, Druid's marathon production depicts the beginning of a free Irish state through the voices of the working class.
