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How many British impresarios can you honor in a single evening in New York? In this case, two: Sam Mendes by the Roundabout Theatre Company and David Heyman by the Hasty Pudding Institute of…
'Beauty and the Beast,' 'Heathers: The Musical,' Suzan-Lori Parks's new work-in-progress and more in this week's On Stage.
In the new Broadway play "All the Way," with Bryan Cranston starring as Lyndon B. Johnson, the playwright Robert Schenkkan explores what he calls 'the butcher shop of politics.'
Gerard Mortier, the Belgian opera impresario who died on Saturday, made it his mission to shake up the staid opera world in Europe. He almost shook up American opera too.
The young nonprofit charged with building a performing-arts center at the World Trade Center faces an uphill battle.
The celebration for Tom Gold's handpicked dance company was a welcome and somewhat more casual and boisterous addition to the social calendar.
The 10th anniversary celebration of 826NYC featured a roster of adults speaking about major career moments. Among them were actor Chris O'Dowd, Questlove and Fred Armisen.
Bryan Cranston gives a totally assured performance as Lyndon B. Johnson in "All the Way," an overwrought production that fails to bring any of the supporting characters to life.
How an unknown piano player helped turn a Leiber and Stoller song into one of rock 'n' roll's most enduring standards.
The production at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall featured Oscar winner Emma Thompson opposite bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, the huge and hugely popular opera singer. As these singers and th…
During the stage between idea and the big time, nonprofits generally experience growing pains. Philanthropist Marissa Sackler has stepped in to help them get through what she calls the "teen…
Baritone Thomas Hampson, who plays a murderer in a Metropolitan Opera production to open Thursday, defends the character, who he believes isn't a psychopath but a rather deeply tragic human.
On Stage: A roundup of musical and dramatic productions in Greater New York.
Leading up to the Oscars, a new philanthropic event showed up on the calendar, a dinner for unite4:humanity, but the Oscar Wilde Awards have always taken place a few nights before the Oscars.
The Metropolitan Opera is proposing in contract talks to cut compensation for its union-represented workers for the first time in its 134-year history, as it attempts to trim its budget and …
Terry Teachout says 'Middle of the Night' is a cultural period piece that still has the power to touch the heart.
Veteran pros like Jefferson Mays, star of 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder,' are succumbing to illness this winter.
The Oscars isn't unlike the Super Bowl. Both get massive TV ratings, there's a lot of group viewing with pithy comments and mediocre nachos. Jason Gay provides tips for a memorable Oscars vi…
The Radio Operas series includes six new audio-only operas to be presented live, sans sets, costumes or other visuals at Abrons Arts Center. Subjects include stamp collecting, skateboarding …
Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's 'Appropriate,' Nina Arianda in 'Tales From Red Vienna, Jessica Hecht and Dominic Fumusa in 'Stage Kiss' and more in this week's On Stage.
For the better part of six decades, the Waldorf Astoria's grand ballroom has reverted to the 1800s for the Viennese Opera Ball in New York around this time of year.
It was the opening night of "Werther" at the Metropolitan Opera, and Rose Callahan was there, camera in hand, searching the spiral staircases for style.
The score is lush, the sentiments starry-eyed, and if you're the happy owner of one of the 12 million copies of 'The Bridges of Madison County' that are currently in print, this Broadway sho…
The new show for Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara could be her riskiest one yet. Ms. O'Hara, 37 years old, plays the lead role of Francesca in a Broadway musical adaptation of "The Bridges of Madis…
A listing of theater productions in New York City that includes Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and "Mothers and Sons," by Terrence McNally.
