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Actor Daniel Radcliffe will spend the better part of this year in his native London, but ask him when he'll return to New York, and his blue eyes grow wistful.
On big and small screens, the juicy Yank parts are going to people with names like Day-Lewis. How to fight back.
In "Hands on a Hardbody," Broadway gets a new musical that touches the heart without insulting the intelligence, says Terry Teachout. Plus, an exceptional revival of "Happy Birthday" and a f…
Architect David Rockwell, known for designing high-end restaurants and hotels, says his true passion is designing for the theater.
When we asked the Roundabout Theatre's director of education, Greg McCaslin, to provide us with some figures associated with the nonprofit institutions' education initiatives, we were struck…
The move from Broadway to off-Broadway is extremely rare, but it's not unprecedented, and New World Stages"where "Peter and the Starcatcher" will open"is part of the reason why.
If a theater's life is measured in acts, then the Vineyard Theatre, celebrating its 30th anniversary, is writing its third one. A look at five productions that helped shape the theater.
In the new musical "Hands on a Hardbody," cast members must keep one hand on a pickup truck during almost the entire performance.
A new Broadway play hews closer to Truman Capote's original novella.
The show itself is a gem, with virtually every aspect of this production right on target. There's just one thing that has ruined "Cinderella" beyond repair.
Renée Fleming gets another chance to star in André Previn's opera of "A Streetcar Named Desire."
Maggie Smith on being directed by Dustin Hoffman in "Quartet" and forming attachments"amid fresh fame"on "Downton Abbey."
Peter Morgan's new play, "The Audience," starring Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II, lacks plot but is a great showcase for one of Britain's favorite actresses.
The "American Horror Story" star is taking on Broadway in a revival of Lanford Wilson's "Talley's Folly."
Each week in Curtain Raisers, we invite a local theater artist to attend a show of his or her choosing and then discuss the work. On Tuesday, director Daniel Aukin opted to see "The Wild Bri…
The musical based on Roald Dahl's tartly magical story has been a smash hit in London and now will try to match that success on Broadway, amid stiff competition.
It will be a long time before we see another staging of "Passion" that speaks so eloquently of the black mysteries of the human heart. Also reviewed this week: "The Madrid."
From Alamo Drafthouse to the Nitehawk Cinema, mixing restaurant meals and bar drinks with films is a tricky business, but a growing one.
After two difficult years away from the Metropolitan Opera following a spinal injury, music director James Levine is planning his comeback in May.
Tony-winner Harriet Harris has made a career out of playing characters with a bit of edge. Just don't call them "eccentric."
From its 1957 beginning through its incarnations in 1965, 1997 and now on Broadway, "Rodgers + Hammerstein's 'Cinderella'" is a story of transformations.
The Martha Graham Dance Company's current run at the Joyce Theater in New York explores the role of mythology in the choreographer's work.
Whether you're A) currently obsessed with it B) sheepishly late to it, or C) already sick of it, the meme has set a new benchmark in participatory web culture.
HBO's "Parade's End" is a triumph for screenwriter Tom Stoppard and star Benedict Cumberbatch. Also reviewed this week: "Golden Boy."
Behind the scenes as young actors rehearse "The Turn of the Screw," New York City Opera's 1980s-set version of the Benjamin Britten opera.
