Critic's Notebook: There's Magic in the Air, if You Believe
Jason Bishop's "Straight Up Magic" and "The Illusionists: Turn of the Century" offer audiences a chance to feel bewitched, bothered and bamboozled.
Jason Bishop's "Straight Up Magic" and "The Illusionists: Turn of the Century" offer audiences a chance to feel bewitched, bothered and bamboozled.
Wherever we fall on the political spectrum, we're going to see our desires and fears reflected in the art we encounter, especially in theater.
In delivering his plea to Mike Pence after the show, the Broadway actor Brandon Victor Dixon was also speaking to Donald J. Trump, meeting directness with directness.
This year's Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival featured works by Williams and Eugene O'Neill, including a searing "Desire Under the Elms."
Our critic Charles Isherwood prizes epic theater. Here's his take on two inspired long-form works coming to an end in New York at roughly the same time.
Brian Quijada and Sonya Kelly are performing in plays they have written that illustrate the hoops people go through when they join another culture.
What if Cirque du Soleil acrobats took over "Avatar" " and little Norwegian trains just ran across some tracks? Such are the shows "Toruk" and "Bridge Over Mud."
By Marci R. McMahon. Marci R. McMahon writes about the Latina/o Theater for Social Action course she recently taught at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
To tell the truth, The Truth is a thoroughly delightful evening. The play is hilarious, clever, and insightful. That said, I think I would have admired it much more if it wasn't also so deri…
The Deep Blue Sea is a wonderful play by Terence Rattigan, with a wonderful lead role for a woman. Helen McCrory is a wonderful actor who takes full advantage of the opportunities the par…
A critic revisits the festival for "The Box Show," "Thud!," a new "Cyrano," "Night of the Living N-Word!!" and "Roadkill."
Another theater critic roves through the festival, finding an ambitious revival here and many a hapless drama there.
A dozen-show dive into the New York International Fringe Festival, which has nearly 200 shows on offer.
A theater critic with an infant son is going to shows less this summer, but she is managing to stay engaged in her field " sometimes outdoors.
Tennessee Williams devastates afresh, refugees face a treacherous journey and papier-mache masks thrill in a wild and windy festival cityThe Edinburgh fringe is like a game of Scottish whisp…
By Teresa Marrero. Teresa Marrero writes about the successes and learning moments encountered while teaching a Latina/o Theatre Special Topics course.
A decade after Cirque du Soleil's Beatles show, "Love," opened, it is still running strong, presenting a revamped edition for its 10th anniversary last month.
A critic revisiting Cape Cod in the high season muses about "The Kritik," a satire about theater, criticism and the nature of community in a small town.
Operatic performances of these works highlight the Glimmerglass Festival, while "Iris" serves as a kind of preview of the Bard Music Festival.
The first live stream of a Broadway musical, "She Loves You," went smoothly, but not without artistic and technological complications.
Following last season's unprecedented diversity representation, led by 'Hamilton,' the 2016-17 lineup is looking decidedly pallid.
In shows like "Shuffle Along" and albums like "Lemonade," a form of black self-love and empowerment is emerging, in ways not seen since the 1970s.
On a difficult day, the host set the perfect tone at the Tonys.
The host, James Corden, began the show with a short tribute to the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., and a salute to the inclusiveness of the theater world.
Among this year's subjects: an Afghan rapper whose mother tried to sell her and Chinese women seeking justice in the reported rape of six children.