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"Donnybrook!" was a flop when it first hit Broadway in 1961, but now the Irish Repertory Theatre has mounted a revival and papered over the show's flaws, bringing its considerable charms to …
Arresting, absorbing and featuring a powerhouse cast, the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Wagner's "Parsifal" is a moving, modern vision. Also reviewed: "Powder Her Face" at the Brook…
To perfect their performances, some of the world's top ballet dancers turn to 73-year-old master teacher Wilhelm Burmann.
Eight cats with dreams of stardom purred their way this week through an open casting call for the role of "Cat" in the Broadway production of "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
Everybody who has seen Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" seems to think it's... well, kind of wordy.
"All in the Timing" established David Ives as one of the top theatrical talents of his generation. Now Primary Stages is marking the 20th anniversary of the play's premiere by giving its fir…
As seaside enclaves work to rebuild their popular promenades, some of the displaced wood has found its way into an art piece to be installed in Times Square.
Ms. Herzog's newest play, a plot-driven thriller called "Belleville," begins New York previews on Feb. 12
New interviews on the Columbine killings widen the scope of a play about the event.
Fifty-four years after its premiere, "A Raisin in the Sun" seems not so much an assault on racism as a history play about black culture in the Eisenhower era. Also reviewed this week: "Othel…
The Barbican's season dedicated to Marcel Duchamp and his collaborators is a glorious circus of art, music, theater, dance and film.
Two former dancers of outsize charm are having difficulty filling their companies with performers of similar audacity.
Joel Grey, Michael York, Liza Minnelli and Marisa Berenson were at the Ziegfeld theater for a special screening of the 40th anniversary restoration of Bob Fosse's "Cabaret."
A guide to the season's best pecs, in "Golden Boy," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Picnic."
Mad Cow Theatre's excellent revival of Neil Simon's "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" is a case study in how to stage punch-line humor.
Minnesota Opera's world premiere of "Doubt" is an uneven production where the score is more a soundtrack to the drama than an independent force. Meanwhile, "Rigoletto""Michael Mayer's compan…
Fifty-six years after it was written, "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" arrives on the Great White Way this week to begin previews for a run at the Broadway Theatre. Producers have tried …
To borrow a song title from the musical, it seems "Impossible" that "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" has never appeared on a Broadway stage. To bring it there this season, producers have…
"Moose Murders," a play that was panned so severely it closed the same night it opened on Broadway in 1983, is getting a revival in New York.
Myrlie Evers-Williams, the civil rights crusader and widow of slain activist Medgar Evers, has realized her ambition to perform music, and is the subject of a new project by documentarian Al…
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein discuss their satirical sketch-comedy TV show "Portlandia" and how the Northwest city's quirkiness compares with San Francisco's.
Playwright Mac Wellman shares his special insight into Julia Jarcho's "Grimly Handsome," which zig-zags between straightforward storytelling and illogical playfulness.
The British actor navigates a foray into blockbusters with Iron Man 3 and an anticipated BBC costume drama while staying true to her West End roots.
Most of the time, Broadway actors are merely annoyed by sniffles and wheezes from the seats. But a virulent New York flu season means performers have more to fear than audiences' badly timed…
First the stage, then the screen, now John Patrick Shanley has written 'Doubt' for a third medium"opera.
