
Bradley Dean blasted the producers of "Bat Out of Hell: The Musical" when they canceled the tour. But that didn't keep him from the rock-god thrill of his career in the New York run.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PM[SHARE]As one of the world's best magicians he'll fool you, too, even though magic isn't really his thing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AM[SHARE]JoAnne Akalaitis's show at N.Y.U. Skirball assembles messenger speeches from Ancient Greek drama, with a nod to the present.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12PM[SHARE]Kevin McDonald, once part of the Canadian comedy troupe, plays for audience nostalgia in 'Kevin McDonald: Alive on 42nd Street.'
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PM[SHARE]The uptick in hauling older scripts, from Tootsie to Moulin Rouge, to the stage has left playwrights with many hurdles Here is a question from Tootsie, the Broadway musical about an out-of-w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AM[SHARE]Is the fringe ready for the brash standup who used to get paid in nachos and chicken wings? We meet one half of 2 Dope Queens as she fills her shoes with sweat What does Phoebe Robinson want…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PM[SHARE]A post-apocalyptic Peter Pan story with book, music and lyrics by Jim Steinman is a masterpiece of overstatement. But try not to sing along.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:03PM[SHARE]This fluid and nonlinear adaptation of Richard Wright's novel is brisk, but its theatrics upstage its implications.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:32PM[SHARE]The second program of "Summer Shorts 2019," at 59E59 Theaters, is a patchy evening including a contribution by Neil LaBute.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PM[SHARE]An adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" makes a picnic of pentameter, and decadent dining accompanies William Blake in "The Devouring."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36PM[SHARE]Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge grapple with love, grief and vulnerability in "Sea Wall/A Life," paired one-act plays on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:32AM[SHARE]Jacqueline Novak's show, a stand-up comedy set that inclines toward theater, offers a personal and intellectual history of oral sex.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06PM[SHARE]What do two contemporary playwrights have in common with Anton Chekhov? A bunch.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:18AM[SHARE]This play, a response to the rise in the deaths of journalists, is a reminder that imprisonment can happen to anyone.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:48PM[SHARE]After starring together in "The Last Five Years" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott had a "fracture" in their relationship. How do you set that to music?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PM[SHARE]In his musical memory play at the Public Theater, he's no longer being indirect about the violence that shaped, and shadowed, his life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:03PM[SHARE]What happens when the "Mindfreak" unplugs? A little less gore and a tribute to a magician who came before him. Plus: boob jokes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:03PM[SHARE]Chana Porter's absurdist take on "Peer Gynt" finds a young woman trying on new identities but finding that none quite fit.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PM[SHARE]John Lennon and Sam Shepard wrote sketches. The cast was unclothed. And it went on to a two-decade Broadway run. An oral history of one of theater's unlikeliest hits.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:36PM[SHARE]Julia Jarcho's new play is a squirmy, sinister meditation on female desire, with a whiff of ancient Greece.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PM[SHARE]Linda Gross Theater at the Atlantic Theater Company, New York The latest from Spring Awakening's Duncan Sheik is a lush and emotionally impactful production with a smart book from Pulitzer p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AM[SHARE]The upfront standup took down Trump with a blistering routine at the White House correspondents' dinner. But she won't joke about him again Here are some things the comedian Michelle Wolf wo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM[SHARE]With most of the awards landing in predictable hands and a host who failed to add the requisite pizzazz, the annual Broadway love-in felt rather flat The 2019 Tony awards began with James Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03PM[SHARE]In this untidy but often poignant drama, Carla Ching brings together the young and the rootless in Southern California.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PM[SHARE]The Broadway powerhouse talks about trusting Sondheim, hearing others sing her songs and waiting to be taken seriously Cafe Luxembourg, the closet-sized New York bistro Bernadette Peters cho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AM[SHARE]Assaulting the audience with its 'twerking gone wrong', Okwui Okpokwasili's dance-theatre hybrid draws on difficult memories of her childhood Okwui Okpokwasili wants to shake you. Up and dow…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AM[SHARE]Sarah Einspanier's play centers on beleaguered public defenders trying to find ways to nourish themselves and maybe one another.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PM[SHARE]The intrepid young actors from Shakespeare & Company perform on a four month tour, not unlike the traveling players from Elizabethan times.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:32PM[SHARE]The film star is nominated for a Tony for "All My Sons," a play with which she has a personal connection.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AM[SHARE]Laura Eason's adaptation of the Jules Verne novel is a reminder of how to make stage magic from simple elements.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PM[SHARE]The Ensemble for the Romantic Century's production synthesizes dramatic narrative with chamber music and some fantastic puppetry.
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