Melissa Rauch and Zosia Mamet star as the current and former first daughters, respectively, in a staged reading of the new comedy 'The Secret Lunches of Chelsea & Ivanka.'read more
Questions of identity are explored through song in three shows at the New York Musical Festival.
The new podcast "36 Questions" sets a standard for the future of musical theater.
Gender inequality remains a problem, but it's heartening to see playwrights and performers argue for more opportunities.
By Eddy Alvarez. Eddy Alvarez shares his work with students using SWAPA, a pedagogical tool combining performance and activism.
Two outstanding performances in a "Children of a Lesser God" revival are a Berkshires highlight.
Why aren't there more American productions of Canadian plays? Judging from a Toronto theater company's offerings, the quality of the work isn't the obstacle.
Annie Baker and Heidi Schreck wrote an episode of Amazon's "I Love Dick" that our critic calls the best 20 minutes of television she has seen in years.
The actor squanders the opportunity to successfully reprise his London solo hit, 'Clarence Darrow,' by presenting it in a ridiculously inappropriate venue. read more
A staged reading at Town Hall revisited confirmation hearings for President Trump's cabinet nominees, with charismatic stars as the politicians.
A superb cast including Alec Baldwin (not playing you know who) and Ellen Burstyn (playing Elizabeth Warren) appeared in this one-night-only staged reading of excerpts from Trump's cabinet c…
Learn how the Tony-nominated book writer crafted the opening scene of the Best Musical Tony nominee.
What a missed opportunity. A little over 100 days into the presidency of Donald J. Trump and political satirists are riding high on the fact that so many of their viewers are feeling very lo…
By Trevor Boffone. Trevor Boffone writes about teaching Emilio Rodriguez's Swimming While Drowning in an Intro to LGBT Studies class at the University of Houston.
According to the Telegraph, a 17th-century notebook containing notes from one of the first Shakespeare scholars left experts 'trembling.' The notebook, entitled Shakespeare Comedies and Trag…
"Beneath the Gavel" gets some things right as it dramatizes an auction. But the subtleties of the art market remain beyond most writers' skills.
Some people are calling Sam Gold's "The Glass Menagerie" manipulative. I call it vital theater.
Yes, the three-ring circus can seem like a relic. But something irreplaceable will be lost when this tent is closed for good.
Sizing up the Long Wharf Theater's sharp and unsettling production, starring Brian Dennehy, and the meandering "Imogen Says Nothing," at Yale Repertory Theater.
"Her Opponent," at the Provincetown Playhouse, reconsiders the 2016 campaign had the candidates' sexes been flipped.
By Adrianna M. Santos. Professor Adrianna M. Santos writes about assigning a performance project to the undergrads in her Latina/o Literature survey class.
The film moves through the present moment " political, racial, representational " with blinders on, our critic writes.
When the nominees for the 2017 Academy Awards are announced on Tuesday, January 24, there's a strong possibility that Ryan Gosling will find his name listed as one of the nominees for Best A…
To watch all three of Richard Nelson’s plays about the Gabriel family in one sitting is to open yourself up to as much pain as pleasure. The pleasure is the total immersion in the live…
"Hairspray Live!" and its musical predecessors have shown us what works in these TV productions. And what doesn't.