Broadway Reopening Live Updates: Theater Comes Back From Long Pandemic Shutdown by The New York Times

With the return of "Hamilton," "The Lion King," "Wicked" and "Chicago," and the opening of "Lackawanna Blues," one of New York's most important industries is trying to rebound.

Inside Broadway's Reopening: A Times Virtual Event by The New York Times

We visit the "Hadestown" company and a new playwright, share backstage performances, and answer your theater questions in the "Offstage" series finale.

Being Emily in 'Our Town': Readers Share Why the Role Mattered by The New York Times

Embodying the Thornton Wilder character "helped heal something inside me that I hadn't even realized had been broken," says one.

Missing 'The Nutcracker'? How to Get Your Holiday Fix at Home by The New York Times

Many seasonal mainstays have been reimagined for online viewing this year. Here are some of our favorites, from "A Christmas Carol" to Handel's "Messiah."

'I Knew All the Words': Your First Favorite Musicals by The New York Times

Readers said "Sweeney Todd" and "Wicked," among other classics, made them fall in love with musicals. One sheepishly confessed: "Starlight Express."

What Was Your Gateway Musical? by The New York Times

Our critic confesses she discovered musicals via the widely panned film adaptation of "Rent," a flop. We want to hear from readers: What was your first favorite?

Your Outdoor Theater Memories, Starring Hanks, Streep and Rain by The New York Times

Toppling arches, swarming mosquitoes and celebrity encounters are among the singular summer sensations readers can still recall.

'Finish the Fight': A Special Digital Theater Performance Celebrates 100 Years of Women's Right to Vote by The New York Times

Join The New York Times for an original play from some of the brightest young voices working today.

Broadway in Trying Times: Join Us for Conversation and Song by The New York Times

Exploring the season that was, and wasn't, and protests to remake the Great White Way. Plus Mary-Louise Parker and the casts of "Company" and "Six."

You Live Outside New York. Are You Ready to Return to Broadway? by The New York Times

Some readers are primed to take their seats, masks on, but more are hesitant: "My love of theater is not so important to me that I risk dying for it."

Terrence McNally in the Pages of The New York Times by The New York Times

Furious, despairing, yet inescapably entertaining, often in the very same show, featuring Chita Rivera, Nathan Lane and Zoe Caldwell, to name a few.

Great Theater, Dance and Classical Music to Tune Into While Stuck at Home by The New York Times

"The Rosie O'Donnell Show" returns for a night with streaming and the Metropolitan Opera will have a week of Wagner starting on Monday. Here is a list of digital content.

What Are the Stephen Sondheim Songs Close to Your Heart? by The New York Times

What is your favorite Sondheim song and why? 

Broadway, Other New York Arts Events, Canceled Because of Virus by The New York Times

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Opera are among other institutions that have suspended their programs. Here's a list of closures and cancellations.

John Simon, a wide-ranging theater and film critic with a cutting pen, dies at 94 by The New York Times

The Week in Arts: 'Madam Secretary' Returns; a Master Takes On Macbeth by The New York Times

Téa Leoni is president in her series' final season; and the Shakespeare veteran Corey Stoll tackles the Scottish king.

The Week in Arts: Antonio Banderas Returns; 'Transparent' Goes Out Singing by The New York Times

The actor stars in Soderbergh's "The Laundromat" and Almodóvar's "Pain and Glory"; and Jill Soloway's TV series wraps up as a musical.

The Week in Arts: Lalah Hathaway, Clay Play and 'Douglas' by The New York Times

Burt Lancaster is celebrated nearly 40 different ways; "Mum" crosses the pond; and a fierce, fiddling Finn, Pekka Kuusisto, comes to town.

The Week in Arts: CHAI; Merce Cunningham and Reconstructed Chekhov by The New York Times

A new level of kawaii with a Japanese pop group, a triple-threat art option at Bard College and a Riley Stearns movie that takes on karate and fear.

The Week in Arts: Renée Zellweger as aTemptress; Tilda Swinton and her Daughter as Co-Stars by The New York Times

"Mac Beth" actors wear school uniforms, Julia Michaels is at Bowery Ballroom, and Honor Swinton Byrne appears in "The Souvenir."

The Week in Arts: Cher, '42nd Street' and 'At the Heart of Gold' by The New York Times

HBO introduces the documentary by Erin Lee Carr chronicling the abuse Larry Nassar inflicted on girls and women in the guise of therapy.

The Week in Arts: The Criterion Channel, Charlotte Gainsbourg and 'Queens of Mystery' by The New York Times

A classic movie streaming service arrives; a singer tours in Brooklyn; and Acorn TV debuts a new series.

The Week in Arts: Martha Graham, 'Ink' and Let's Eat Grandma by The New York Times

A dance company celebrates the 19th amendment; a play about Rupert Murdoch hits Broadway; and an alt-pop duo returns to the U.S.

The Week in Arts: Dorrance Dance, Janet Jackson, Tintoretto by The New York Times

Michelle Dorrance brings three distinct programs to City Center; Jackson and others are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; and an artist gets a retrospective in D.C.

The Week in Arts: Idris Elba, Taking on War and José González by The New York Times

Elba drives up with both a film and a Netflix series that revisit his other life, that of a D.J.