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When vocal teacher Bill Schuman works with an aspiring opera singer, he invokes the past, present and future with equal importance.
Lyle Kessler's "Orphans," starring Alec Baldwin, has finally made it to Broadway after being mounted by just about every regional theater in America. And while it's far from perfect, it's st…
Playwright Douglas Carter Beane spent eight years researching groan-worthy zingers for Nathan Lane's character in "The Nance." Five of his favorites.
Alan Cumming's one-man approach to Macbeth comes to Broadway.
A look at Fiona Shaw's preparations for an unusual take on the mother of Jesus in Broadway's "The Testament of Mary."
The Roundabout Theatre Company's new production of "The Big Knife" is so splendidly cast and visually sumptuous that it's possible"almost"to ignore the play's defects. Also reviewed: "The As…
In this show that looks at the early works of Mark Rothko, trying to identify the artist's radical breakthroughs is far less interesting than observing his creative development.
From conducting Respighi to conducting research, the story of Carnegie Hall's archivist.
Nathan Lane shows audiences the real pain of a real man in "The Nance," while Berry Gordy offers a glib vanity production in "Motown: The Musical."
The troubled New York City Opera tries a new production in its original house.
Actor Brandon Victor Dixon is playing the role of the music executive, who also happens to be the writer and producer of the show
The makers of "Matilda" have turned Roald Dahl's popular children's novel into a big-budget musical that is true enough to the book to satisfy its youthful readers, yet sophisticated enough …
An interview with Marin Ireland, who played the lethal Aileen Morgan in "Homeland."
The producers of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" and its original director, Julie Taymor, reached a settlement in their long legal dispute, bringing to an end a public battle over the most e…
This funny yet poignant staging of handel's opera was 4½ hours of theatrical bliss.
On the agenda: A forum in the Palm Beach area "Mary Poppins" composer Richard Sherman, neuroscience mysteries and the future of museums.
Would you pay a hundred bucks to see a Broadway play about Mike McAlary? Especially if it wasn't any good? Such are the questions posed by "Lucky Guy," says Terry Teachout. Plus, "Kinky Boot…
A reunion of the Young Rascals prompts a talk with band members about the genesis of their song "Groovin'."
In "Orphans," the comedic actor takes on a sober role.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's works have a monotony that says more about stunts and posturing than about dance-theater
For Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, the path to comedy success started with blown tryouts for an improv team at New York's famed Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
Nora Ephron's new play "Lucky Guy" features a soundtrack evocative of 1980s New York.
The new play "Head of Passes" updates the Book of Job.
Because of the recession, few U.S. companies nowadays are willing to take a chance on large-cast plays. Might we have lost something by forcing contemporary playwrights to work on a smaller …
Paul Giamatti as Hamlet could conceivably make sense. But not as he's now being presented at Yale Repertory Theatre.
