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1,898 stories from The New Yorker

An Extremely Laudatory Oral History of Your High-School Theatre Program by Graham Techler

A lot of people are completely delusional about their high-school theatre programs being special, but not us.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on January 14, 2023

Three London Productions Stretch the Boundaries of Reality by Helen Shaw

Getting lost with "Orlando," "My Neighbour Totoro," and "The Burnt City."

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on January 6, 2023

Lively Experimental Theatre, in Under the Radar

The return of the Public's annual festival includes "LatinXoxo," by the Venezuelan-born performance artist Migguel Anggelo.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on January 6, 2023

Did Black Lives Matter Change Broadway?

After George Floyd's murder, Black artists like Britton Smith forced Broadway to acknowledge structural racism in the industry. Now Smith looks at what has changed"and what hasn't.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on January 2, 2023

John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres's Portraits of the South Bronx by Hilton Als

"Swagger and Tenderness," at the Bronx Museum, brings back the beauty of a struggling community.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on December 26, 2022

Robin Coste Lewis's Family Album by Hilton Als

The poet's new book of photographs and verse is haunted by the dead who will not stay dead.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on December 19, 2022

A Witching Hour with Sarah Ruhl by Helen Shaw

The playwright and author discusses preshow rituals, throbbing anger, tenderness, and her new play, "Becky Nurse of Salem."

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on December 18, 2022

"Merrily We Roll Along" and "Some Like It Hot" Bring Blockbuster Energy to the Stage by Helen Shaw

Brilliant casting and a palpable sense of joy make old stories feel new.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on December 16, 2022

Teen-Age Religion, in "Your Own Personal Exegesis" by Vinson Cunningham

A very funny, moving new play looks at the foibles of a Protestant youth group. Plus: Adrienne Kennedy's Broadway début, with "Ohio State Murders."

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on December 12, 2022

The Most Memorable Theatre of 2022 by Vinson Cunningham, Helen Shaw, Alexandra Schwartz

The shows we couldn't stop thinking about had a way with words.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on December 12, 2022

"KPOP" Makes an Uneasy Transition to Broadway by Helen Shaw

Even when the scenes drag, the songs soar.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 10:00am on December 2, 2022

"Evanston Salt Costs Climbing," a Pitch-Dark Comedy About Municipal Workers on the Brink by Helen Shaw

Will Arbery tackles the climate crisis with a funny nightmare about human and environmental fragility.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 21, 2022

"Some Like It Hot" Dresses Up for Broadway

A new musical, based on Billy Wilder's classic man-in-a-dress comedy, splices old-school fun with contemporary gender politics.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 18, 2022

Haunted Houses in "Catch as Catch Can" and "A Delicate Balance" by Helen Shaw

Mia Chung's drama, by turns comedic, bitter, and ineffable, shows how racism soaks through an American family.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00pm on November 12, 2022

Audra McDonald Stars in "Ohio State Murders"

Adrienne Kennedy's 1992 one-act play, which revisits the playwright's time in college, has its Broadway début, directed by Kenny Leon.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 11, 2022

Who's Afraid of Going to the Theatre? by Jesse Eisenberg

Shouts & Murmurs by Jesse Eisenberg: This production contains strobe lights, nude people whom you don't want to see nude, and a didactic speech about Lenin.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 7, 2022

Winter Dance Preview by Marina Harss

The return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, the tap wiz Michelle Dorrance, an unusual ballet by Alexei Ratmansky, and more.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 4, 2022

Winter Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford in "Sweeney Todd," Aaron Sorkin's revised "Camelot," Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat together onstage, and more.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 4, 2022

A "Hamlet" That Isn't a Bummer by Helen Shaw

In a full-tilt production at BAM, Lars Eidinger gives the sad prince a punk, chaotic edge and turns familiar tragedy into Dionysian revel.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 1:09pm on October 31, 2022

Two Views of New York, from Edward Hopper and a Historic Black Gallery by Hilton Als

Museum shows capture the great realist painter's vision of the city and, at Just Above Midtown, the work of artists of color from the seventies and eighties.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on October 24, 2022

Curtain Call, with Zamboni by Zach Helfand

Victoria Clark and the cast of "Kimberly Akimbo" turned into rink rats to prepare for their Broadway opening.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on October 24, 2022

How Samuel Adams Helped Ferment a Revolution by Adam Gopnik

A virtuoso of the eighteenth-century version of viral memes and fake news, he had a sense of political theatre that helped create a radical new reality.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on October 24, 2022

"A Little Life" Is a Little Much by Helen Shaw

A stage adaptation, at BAM, crams Hanya Yanagihara's sprawling novel into a single evening"not without some violence.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 7:01pm on October 22, 2022

"Topdog/Underdog," Back on Broadway, Still Has Its Eye on the American Long Con by Helen Shaw

The director Kenny Leon puts a realistic spin on Suzan-Lori Parks's allegorical tour de force.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on October 21, 2022

A "Piano Lesson" with No False Notes by Helen Shaw

LaTanya Richardson Jackson directs a stunning encore of August Wilson's most enigmatic work.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on October 14, 2022
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