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Curtain Raisers: Sound designer Fitz Patton views production of 'Macbeth' with Alan Cumming at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
At the San Francisco Opera, a gay- and female-friendly Jesus, and the luckless lover Hoffmann.
"A Picture of Autumn" is impressive in every way, and the Mint's staging, directed with quiet intelligence by Gus Kaikkonen and acted by a top-drawer ensemble cast, is so strong that in a pe…
Even as he approaches 80, Woody Allen remains one of the most prolific filmmakers working today. He opens up about playing the romantic lead and why he just can't quit the business.
"Me and Jezebel," opening next month, is the latest in a spate of productions about Bette Davis.
Crowdfunding has revolutionized art-world financing. But the phenomenon has led to an awkward social dynamic as would-be Scorseses pressure friends for cash.
Tap dancer Savion Glover returns to New York's Joyce Theater for a three-week engagement.
When he's not conceiving new performances, like the Joyce-bound "STePz," the most famous tap dancer of his generation keeps busy at his school in Newark, where local kids pay $5 for lessons.
Sure, the quintessential Bette Midler tear-jerker is schlocky. But it has something to say about our primal longing for the shore.
For Tony award-winning costume designer Catherine Zuber, working on the off-Broadway production of "Far From Heaven" is a never-ending challenge. That's because lead actress Kelli O'Hara is …
American Ballet Theatre's season has so far been marked by the fine artistic rewards of its mixed bills of multiple one-act works.
Terence Blanchard isn't the first jazz musician to take on an opera, but it's a logical next step for the five-time Grammy winner, who has scored more than 50 films and composed for Broadway…
The 67th Tony Awards will be remembered for the close race for Best Musical"between the winner, "Kinky Boots," and "Matilda: The Musical""and, more important, as a major night for women in t…
Stars of Hollywood (Tom Hanks) and Broadway (Nathan Lane) alike turned out for the 67th annual Tony Awards Sunday night at Radio City Music Hall.
Patina Miller on how she built up her stamina for a challenging role on Broadway: the Leading Player in 'Pippin.'
Crew, actors and sets lift costs, but an appearance can save a troubled show.
On Sunday, the Tony Awards will mark the end of the Broadway season. Of course, many of the shows that opened this spring are still playing. What does a director actually do once a show is u…
Andrea Martin talks about her Tony-nominated role in "Pippin" and how it was part of a conscious decision to embrace life in her 60s.
A new Philip Glass work at London's English National Opera embraces the complexities of its protagonist.
Audiences have responded favorably to the New York City Ballet's offerings this season, the 30th under ballet-master-in-chief Peter Martins. But is it any good?
Bertolt Brecht was a bad man but a great artist, and the play in which it is most difficult to attend exclusively to his greatness is "The Caucasian Chalk Circle."
Curtain Raisers: Last Tuesday, actor David Morse opted to see "Pippin," directed by Diane Paulus, at the Music Box Theatre.
How not to win a Tony Award for Best Musical.
On Monday night, Glamour magazine pried several stylish scenesters"Zosia Mamet, Emma Roberts"from their smartphones and on to the stage for a night of monologues, "These Girls," at Joe's Pub.
With his first play in four years, "Old-Fashioned Prostitutes (A True Romance)," running at the Public Theater, the pioneering theater-maker talks about his fondness for disorientation and h…
