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Stephen Adly Guirgis has a knack for writing dialogue that sounds as if he'd heard it in the street. His new play, "Between Riverside and Crazy," is a kitchen-sink comedy that has serious th…
Shakespeare in the Park's production of 'King Lear' has John Lithgow in the title role. While not a natural choice, he overcomes objections to his casting with a rich performance.
The Metropolitan Opera expects its 2014 deficit to be "significantly larger" than last year's $2.8 million shortfall, according to a newly released financial-disclosure document.
'Code of Silence,' opening Aug. 20 at the Theatre at St. Clement's, seems ripped from the headlines, but had its debut in 1998, inspired by a 1994 case in which Anthony Baez died of asphyxia…
The Metropolitan Opera and two of its unions have agreed to hire an independent financial analyst to assess the company's fiscal situation, postponing a threatened lockout by another week.
The Metropolitan Opera and two of its unions have agreed to hire an independent financial analyst to assess the company's finances, postponing a threatened lockout by another week.
Roman authorities are throwing open some of the papal hiding places in the Castel Sant'Angelo to the public for the first time.
The Metropolitan Opera returned to the bargaining table, with talks expected through the weekend, after agreeing to postpone a threatened lockout.
The Metropolitan Opera put the brakes on a threatened lockout of its union employees Thursday night, agreeing to a 72-hour postponement.
The Shaw Festival's production of Philip Barry's play is enjoyable, but don't hold your breath for any surprises, writes critic Terry Teachout.
The Metropolitan Opera proposed bringing in a mediator to facilitate talks with its unions, a move labor experts said could delay a lockout and which came in response to a request from its s…
The 2014 PEN Literary Awards were announced Wednesday, with playwright David Rabe and critic James Wolcott among the winners.
Rick Sordelet has created fistfights, sword duels, stabbings and gunplay for Broadway, Hollywood, the Met and the Super Bowl. This summer's challenge: 'King Lear.'
Singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson isn't backed by a big record label and has gone years without a hit. So what is the bespectacled indie rocker doing in the Top 40?
The Pilobolus Dance Theater leads its annual season at the Joyce Theater in New York with 'On the Nature of Things.'
The Metropolitan Opera singers union resumed contract talks after a two-month hiatus, but union officials said they had little hope of reaching an agreement before a threatened lockout.
Theresa Rebeck's 'Poor Behavior,' performance artist Cynthia Hopkins plays Union Hall, the Neo-Political Cowgirls in the Hamptons and more in this week's On Stage.
The impresario of futuristic theater marvels at Lady Gaga's perfect diction and Stanley Kubrick's mastery of image and sound.
On Photography: A roundup of notable area gallery shows
Terry Teachout reviews J.B. Priestley's biggest hit, staged by the Shaw Festival with exhilaratingly exact comic timing and performed by the strongest ensemble cast he's seen this year.
Tucked into concert halls and hidden in plain sight across the Lincoln Center campus is a modern-art collection worthy of a museum.
The Metropolitan Opera's general manager said Wednesday that the company would likely lock out union members including singers, musicians and stagehands starting Aug. 1 and advised employees…
Whatever freshness Bolshoi Ballet choreographer Yuri Grigorovich once offered to 'Swan Lake' has grown stale, writes Robert Greskovic.
Just before leaving Moscow, Kristina Kretova"a leading soloist"learned that she'd be dancing the female lead in the adaptation of the Cervantes's novel with the Bolshoi Ballet at Lincoln Cen…
Actors Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn, known for their work in 'My Dinner with Andre,' reunite for a remake of Henrik Ibsen's 'The Master Builder.' Jonathan Demme directs.
