Review: In ‘Dad Don’t Read This’ a Playwright (Maybe?) Grows Up
Eliya Smith’s disturbing teen dramedy explores the ambivalence and confusion of life on the brink of adulthood.
Eliya Smith’s disturbing teen dramedy explores the ambivalence and confusion of life on the brink of adulthood.
Ferrell, the “Saturday Night Live” alum, appears with James Austin Johnson as President Trump in a sendup of “A Christmas Carol.” Paul McCartney provides the music.
Our chief theater critic looks at this year’s nominees and makes some predictions (and recommendations).
Derek Klena was a successful actor with a Tony nomination to his name. But he’s found a bigger audience with the barnstorming baseball sensation.
For a short time, Rauschenberg made dances. He used roller skates, pointe shoes and parachute wings for “Pelican” (1963), now reimagined by Trisha Brown’s company.
Her mother put her on TV at 11 months old. She lost custody of her own daughter. The “Nashville” star has a lot to reckon with in her new memoir.
Aleshea Harris won acclaim for her drama “Is God Is.” When it came time for a film adaptation, she saw cinematic possibilities far beyond her play.
The actor gives a remarkable performance in a program of monologues at the intimate Minetta Lane Theater. Sepideh Moafi and Marianna Gailus also star.
Kara Young and Mallori Johnson play twins bent on revenge in the playwright Aleshea Harris’s powerhouse film debut.
The actresses both scored Tony nominations for their hilarious turns in Noël Coward’s 1925 farce. Also catch Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler in “The Last Five Years.”
For Nathan Lane, Taraji P. Henson, Daniel Radcliffe and other actors, it can take wigs, group hugs or banishing ghosts to make the transformation.
The collection at the Library of Congress also added works by Weezer and Vince Gill, and a radio broadcast of a fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.
“Of course, at 93 I am not as good at memorizing as I used to be,” the Oscar-winning actress and author says. “But it is good exercise.”
His “Ring” trilogy helped create a genre known as J-horror and spawned a multimedia franchise, including one of the highest-grossing horror films ever made.
Erik Fleming, a licensed drug addiction counselor, had admitted to selling 51 vials of ketamine to the actor, including the dose that killed him.
Jade Manns is part of a generation of young dance artists who dig deep inside the body’s inner landscape. Nature leads the way.
Joshua Henry, a Tony nominee for his thrilling performance in “Ragtime,” credits the demanding role with helping him “feel like I have mastered the voice.”
The comedian is contributing some 20,000 documents and photos covering his career, including his time in the Army and the lyrics for “Springtime for Hitler.”
Jada Manns is part of a generation of young dance artists who dig deep inside the body’s inner landscape. Nature leads the way.
“Well, well, well, looks like the Sleepy Joe-er has become the sleepy Joe-ee,” Klepper said after President Trump was seen with his eyes closed during an event in the Oval Office.
Breaking down the choreographic allusions in “Schmigadoon!” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” two gotta-dance, Tony-nominated shows.
Here are some of the brilliant moments our writers can’t shake from this year’s batch of Tony-nominated productions.
Inspired by the popular film series, the play has already run in Britain and in four U.S. cities. It arrives in New York in August after a Boston stop.
A genre of plays has emerged in which the characters and events are real — even when the dialogue isn’t.
Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian and Bowen Yang have all signed on as co-producers of Broadway shows. Our theater reporter Michael Paulson explains why.