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Theater director Ivo van Hove has made a habit of breaching borders.
The post Ivo van Hove on Directing <em>Scenes from a Marriage</em> and <em>Angels in America</em>…
One way to recognize first-rate playwrights is to seek moments of surprising inspiration in their more unambitious plays.
The post Review: <em>It's Only a Play</em> at the Gerald…
generations offers a richer experience than its half"hour runtime would suggest.
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While the visual spectacle brings a grand adventure vividly to life, the transition to the stage isn't entirely rewarding.
The post Review: <em>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the N…
The preternaturally talented Hunter practically defies credulity on stage.
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Ashley has survived many ups and down, both personal and professional, in a career that's spanned more than half a century.
The post Interview: Elizabeth Ashley Talks <em>You Can't Tak…
Cherry Jones loves company, so it's fitting that she plays the proprietor of a bed and breakfast in When We Were Young and Unafraid. You won't find the actress demanding her own dressing roo…
Cherry Jones loves company, so it's fitting that she plays the proprietor of a bed and breakfast in the show.
The post <em>When We Were Young and Unafraid</em> Interview with Che…
Luckily for Tom Kitt, he was in his dorm room when opportunity knocked.
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While the wisdom and logistics of their plot are front and center, affairs of the past are every bit as urgent as those of the present.
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Akhtar is attuned to the issues facing an immigrant generation caught between 21st-century mores and the conservative traditions of their faith.
The post Ayad Akhtar on the Underlying Themes…
The Killer is an everyman play written to resemble a political parable.
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The production makes the experience of entering and exiting the theater more exciting than watching the play itself.
The post Review: <em>Macbeth</em> at the Park Avenue Armory a…
The show's big statement about The Way We Live Now feels a bit expected, more of a foregone conclusion than a hypothesis under consideration.
The post Review: <em>American Hero</em&…
Estelle Parsons has always found something interesting to do.
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If/Then has all the emotional subtlety of a Nicholas Sparks novel.
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The English actor, who's married to playwright Lolita Chakrabarti, talked to us about bringing Aldridge's story, their labor of love, to the stage.
The post <em>Red Velvet</em> I…
The playwright discusses the origins of Tales from Vienna and his interest in carnal activities in the context of world history.
The post <em>Tales from Red Vienna</em> Interview…
Caryl Churchill makes lyrical irony out of our inability to make sense of our universe, even as we haplessly and relentlessly keep trying.
The post Review: Caryl Churchill's <em>Love a…
Robert Wilson's aesthetic is at home in the colossal Park Avenue Armory.
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Robins's 30-year career, with a new leading role season after season, is studded with indelible performances.
The post Interview: Laila Robins on the Public Theater's <em>The Apple Fam…
In David Adjmi's satirical Marie Antoinette, the titular royal doesn't start using her head until she's in danger of losing it.
The post Review: <em>Marie Antoinette</em> at Soho…
We spoke to the actor and director about their long-term friendship, and about the two plays at the Cort Theatre.
The post Interview: Ian McKellen and Sean Mathias on <em>Waiting for G…
Stole has a devoted cult following that dates back to the 1970s, when she became an outrageously wacky fixture in the trash comedies of John Waters.
The post Interview: Mink Stole Talks <…
Unlike West Side Story and many other musicals based on the Bard's work, Michael Kimmel's libretto sticks largely to the playwright's iambs.
The post Review: <em>The Last Goodbye</e…
