Tuesday, November 15, 2016
This semidocumentary play at the Public Theater, from the spoken-word collective Universes, may be the most frightening and exciting piece of theater now up.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PM[SHARE]Monday, November 14, 2016
Imperial Theatre, New YorkIts storyline might come from the second volume of War and Peace, but this adaptation flips convention on its head to create truly unique musical theaterWhen the da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48PM[SHARE]Friday, November 11, 2016
Winter Garden theatre, New YorkWith a book by Julian Fellowes, this adaption of the hit film misses the charisma that Jack Black brought as Dewey FinnPay no attention to the title. School of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 9, 2016
The playwrights Jess Barbagallo, MJ Kaufman and Basil Kreimendahl discuss attitudes toward transgender artists, and their own recent works.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PM[SHARE]Monday, November 7, 2016
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Lynn Nottage's moving play about the decline of industry might be set in the 2000s but its unintentionally topical plot makes it a necessary pre-vote watchThere is a specter haunting Lynn No…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Anna Deavere Smith's latest might be flawed, but there's enough energy and anger to make her exploration of racially motivated imprisonment a standoutEducators, activists, politicians, and a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 30, 2016
Booth Theatre, New YorkThe tale of love and revenge takes an intellectually provocative approach to the 1782 French novel but doesn't always serve the rather more salacious scriptWhen the po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 27, 2016
Walter Kerr Theater, New YorkThe story " about a father who leaves his wife for a man, and finds himself amid the Aids crisis " dates to the 90s, but its psychological truths remain acuteWhe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42PM[SHARE]New York City CenterHats off to Gyllenhall, who leads a triumphant concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's Pulitzer-winning musical about the very process of art-makingLook, Jake Gyllenhaa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 26, 2016
The artistic director of the boundary-pushing New York experimental theater company won a $300,000 prize. Here are the Group's landmark productionsElizabeth LeCompte, the artistic director o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Manhattan Theatre ClubAn exclusively Asian cast, whose members also take on white roles, brings humor and poignancy to a loosely autobiographical play from Qui NguyenThe playwright Qui Nguye…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07PM[SHARE]Monday, October 24, 2016
Lincoln Center Theater, New YorkSamuel D Hunter's latest adeptly questions five young evangelical Idahoans about to embark on a missionary stint in the Middle East without dismissing themIn …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:28PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 23, 2016
Public Theater, New YorkThe Oscar-winner delivers an electrifying performance as a restless woman in postwar England but the play lacks a sense of place, time and purposeFor Susan Traherne, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 22, 2016
Broadhurst Theatre, New YorkThe hacks are cynical, the laughs regular, the Hecht and MacArthur play a familiar joy. But it is Lane's entrance as Walter Burns that really stops the pressIf ev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:50AM[SHARE]Friday, October 21, 2016
As we enter another season of A-listers treading the boards, is attaching a movie star to a stage production a reason to cheer or boo?Do you worship at the altar of Cate Blanchett or kiss a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:58AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 20, 2016
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Roundabout Theatre Company, New YorkTwo narcissistic 60s children go to war with their disgruntled offspring in Mike Bartlett's hilarious and scathing state-of-the-nation family play"All you…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Celebrity performances and monologues highlighted Hillary Clinton's sway within the industry in a musical-themed night in New YorkIf swing state equivocators come across for Hillary Clinton,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:45AM[SHARE]Twelve years after it opened in London, Punchdrunk's take on Macbeth is still packing them in in New York " with a bar and restaurant attached. Has success tarnished the magic " or does it s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:45AM[SHARE]Monday, October 17, 2016
Travelling through brothels, strip clubs and red-light districts around the world, the performer channels the other's experiences into a new show about sex workFor Sell/Buy/Date, her first n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:57AM[SHARE]In-depth look at the hit Broadway musical has an impressively starry lineup but doesn't give us a truly behind-the-scenes peek at the creative processNow that Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 16, 2016
American Airlines theatre, New YorkJumpy actors and an unusual vocabulary are among many jarring elements in a scattered adaptation that never gets out of the woods"I don't know what to make…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:25PM[SHARE]Monday, October 10, 2016
Lyceum Theatre, New YorkThe comic creations of Nick Kroll and John Mulaney hilariously skewer theatrical conventions in an uproarious show that makes Broadway feel like the place to beGil Fa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:16PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 6, 2016
Roundabout Theater Company, New YorkThe songs are a zippy treat, but the clunky dialogue and air of old-time predictability may leave audiences with reservationsWith Holiday Inn, a wan jukeb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Mr. Borle, who won Tonys for his parts in "Peter and the Starcatcher" and "Something Rotten!," soon stars in a "Falsettos" revival and as Willy Wonka on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42PM[SHARE]Monday, October 3, 2016
A take on a classic by Jules Verne at the New Victory Theater uses actors, props and projections to teach children and adults about threats to ocean life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:46PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 29, 2016
Golden Theatre, New YorkEquipping the audience with headphones offering 3D sound, McBurney embarks on a mind-expanding journey into the Amazon jungle " and storytelling itselfThe director, p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 28, 2016
MCC Theater, New YorkJudith Light elevates Neil LaBute's mildly sensational material about a transgressive relationship into a reasonably compelling character studyWho would distrust Judith …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:08PM[SHARE]Monday, September 26, 2016
New York Theater Workshop, New YorkA new drama imagines the slave rebellion leader's final night in prison before being hanged. The result is a static two-hander in which the leads fail to c…
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