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Other picks include a family production of "The Snow Queen," the Broadway-bound "Every Brilliant Thing" and the acclaimed comedy "Sorry for Your Loss."
The national company has a new leader, Jurgita Dronina, and a desire to raise its profile to a troupe that can rank among Europe's best.
Across the arts, these 10 performers took a leap of faith this year and stuck the landing in a big way.
The actress stars in Thomas Kail's luminous revival of Eugene O'Neill's play about a woman whose past threatens her future.
The actor also stars in the Off Broadway production of "This World of Tomorrow," a yearslong project at the Shed through Dec. 21.
Aunt Gladys. Tyler, the Creator. That sex scene in "The Naked Gun." These are the things Culture staffers couldn't stop thinking about this year.
New works by Jamar Roberts and Matthew Neenan had their premieres at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
A new London staging of the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical makes the most of its comedic elements and delivers a visual treat.
The lauded play by Samuel D. Hunter is the first production of Scott Rudin's comeback season. Despite positive reviews, sales have been soft.
His two-character work won a Pulitzer Prize and had a long Broadway run, but he never replicated its success and struggled to get his later work staged.
Lea Michele's star turn in "Chess." Kara Young as an 8-year-old. A 12-minute monologue delivered from a cloud. These are our favorite scenes from this year.
Popping up once a year, works like Dickens's holiday tale, "Amahl and the Night Visitors" and "It's a Wonderful Life" help us gauge where we are in our lives.
"You just feel the history and all the stories that must have happened there and all the people who sat at the bar."
The Tony-nominated playwright was arrested last month on suspicion of attempted drug smuggling. He was released on Monday, Japanese officials said.
June Squibb stars in the Broadway premiere of Jordan Harrison's meditation on grief and the nature of human and artificial intelligence.
Twyla Tharp led the way with her distinct brand of American classicism, along with other artists who stepped it up.
Joyful, melancholy, heroic: Paul Taylor's "Esplanade" celebrates its 50th anniversary and the extraordinariness of ordinary movement.
The first week of the company's annual season at City Center featured "Jazz Island," an earnest premiere by Maija GarcÃa, and a treasure by Alonzo King.
Copo, Diana, Suzy, Tomasa, Lana, Riso and Charlotte dance and prance inside the big tent.
In an interview, he revealed the Indian ragas, indie movies, comedy shows and museums in the city that stayed with him.
This production, which retains many of the charms of its 2019 Broadway staging, has lost some of its necessary darkness.
Everyone loves tiny dancers. Now some artists are considering why they bring us such joy " and what lessons they might have for grown-ups.
The filmmaker Chloé Zhao and the novelist-turned-screenwriter Maggie O'Farrell explained the changes they made in the tale of Shakespeare, his wife and their son.
Before returning to New York to lead Roundabout, Christopher Ashley is concluding his 18-year tenure at La Jolla Playhouse with the new musical "Working Girl."
For one writer, putting together her annual roundup of streaming holiday movies requires open-mindedness " and a high tolerance for candy-coated clichés.
