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The company's 85th season features underdog stories of upstarts, outsiders, and emigrés.
This morning at 11:30, TV and stage star Justin Guarini (American Idol; Once Upon a One More Time) and Tony Award winner Roger Bart (The Producers; Back to the Future: The Musical) announced…
Mary Queen of Scots' life was full of drama. Crowned at six days old and executed at age 44, she was party to international intrigues, political plots, religious strife, bloodshed, bad roman…
I hate using terms like comedy and drama together, but they aptly describe Christopher Chen's The Late Wedding. The play, inspired by the whimsical stories of Italian writer Italo Calvino, e…
This rarely performed work, with music by John Adams and text by June Jordan, is an experience not to be missed.
Madeleine George's whirlwind play imagines Dionysus returned to earth as Diane, a lesbian permaculture gardener from Vermont.
Director José Zayas keeps the show humming and the humor coming.
The comedy is sprinkled with amusing lines and entertaining bits, and the actors' characterizations are as exaggerated as advertised.
Passionate performances and magic realism depict immigrants' quest for the American dream.
The energy brought by these actors is impressive, and their joy is infectious.
March 12, 2020, was the day the COVID theater shutdown began, including the show I was booked to see that night: Hexagon's 65th annual satire revue. This intrepid all-volunteer organization …
With the COVID-19 closure of theaters on March 12, 2020, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, a Pulitzer Prize winner and The Public Theater's Writer-in-Residence, decided to put the time in lockdow…
The Expats Theatre founder tells why she is directing a play about the weaponization of rape in war.
The actors sing with power, capturing both the emotional and the comic moments, and the show is great fun for children of all ages.
As Reno Sweeney, Emma Mangiacotti embodies a level of coolness that is magnetic.
The groundbreaking, heartbreaking musical features a refreshingly off-kilter Cam Shegogue as the titular punk rocker.
On Your Feet! on tour at Capital One Hall is a jukebox musical that celebrates the life and music of Gloria Estefan. With hits like "Conga" and "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You," Estefan and the Mia…
As with its Tony-winning predecessor The Play That Goes Wrong (still playing an open-ended Off-Broadway transfer at New World Stages), Mischief's latest Broadway offering, Peter Pan Goes Wro…
A seminal Spanish opera ('El retablo de maese Pedro') followed by a new Derek Goldman piece starring David Strathairn and Robin de Jesús.
The 1995 'songplay' by John Adams and June Jordan created a new genre of musical theater and boldly confronted systemic issues of the 1990s.
The magic of Genie and Aladdin can make any day better, and this North American tour is no exception.
Playing an open-ended engagement at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, the new Broadway revival of the bloody 1979 musical thriller Sweeney Todd, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a boo…
'Audrey: The New Musical' explores the real life of the woman behind the iconic little black dress through song, dance, and a technicolor wardrobe.
Student and faculty artists nationwide are recognized for outstanding work.
The theater's production of 'Pride@Prejudice' was selected as Outstanding Production by Eastern States Theatre Association.
