
"It's almost like a movie set," said the actor, now in the Christmas film "Oh. What. Fun.," "and I have to pretend I'm working, too."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:01AM[SHARE]James Bundy leads the theater program at Yale while directing his own revival of "Hedda Gabler." He told us about a week in his cultural life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AM[SHARE]A new production at the Public Theater takes up five hours of stage time to tell the story of a group of friends from their first day to graduation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02PM[SHARE]Adult actors play fierce middle-school spellers in a wonderful revival of William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AM[SHARE]This new revival, starring Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher and Aaron Tveit, is a reminder why the erratic yet rewarding show has endured all these years.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:06PM[SHARE]This month's picks include a ravishing Nyong'o in the return of Shakespeare in the Park, and an audio play starring Liev Schreiber and Maggie Siff.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02AM[SHARE]The Oscar winner takes on a lovely yet tricky role in a Stephen Schwartz musical that never made it to Broadway back in 1976.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AM[SHARE]Prince was mysterious, sexy. This adaptation of his 1984 film, onstage in Minneapolis, explains too much and comes off as disorienting.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AM[SHARE]The Off Broadway shows "Hannah Senesh," "Jewish Plot" and "Playing Shylock" take stock of discussions around casting and storytelling.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:42AM[SHARE]Drew Droege's newest play Off Broadway is a lot like his others, skewering the entitlement of wealthy, oblivious gay men in Manhattan.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:48AM[SHARE]This movie adaptation has a couple of laughs, but could have been better served by expanding its reach.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AM[SHARE]Tom Hanks returns to New York theater alongside Kelli O'Hara, and Ariana DeBose leads "The Baker's Wife," a cult musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AM[SHARE]For its gala, New York City Center revives an antic show about a half-man tabloid sensation, with catchy music and lyrics by the versatile Laurence O'Keefe.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:06PM[SHARE]Bess Wohl's play, about a consciousness-raising group in 1970s Ohio, transfers to Broadway where it remains powerfully moving " and funny.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PM[SHARE]This firebrand guitarist pulled songs from his lesser-known catalog for "Revolution(s)," about family of activists, now playing in Chicago.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02AM[SHARE]David Cale's astonishing one-man show in Brooklyn erects some familiar signposts before swerving into the unexpected.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:12PM[SHARE]Like "Stranger Things" and "Harry Potter," this horror film franchise is branching out with an original story that aims to pull the rug from under theatergoers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24AM[SHARE]This month's picks include Clooney's Broadway run as the CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow and an audio play starring Hugh Jackman.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42AM[SHARE]Jen Tullock's Off Broadway play, "Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God," delves into growing up in a Christian family.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24AM[SHARE]Jennifer Lopez comes up just a little short in a movie about the escapist power of musicals.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02AM[SHARE]The actor Tim Blake Nelson has penned a dystopian drama set in an unspecified future that puts forth lofty themes. Too bad it's short on specifics.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:36PM[SHARE]James Graham's Broadway play tells the true story of how restorative justice brought together a young man who threw a fatal punch and the parents of the victim.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:48PM[SHARE]Natalie Palamides's mind-scrambling work oscillates between big laughs and pathos. Her show "Weer" is the first long run at the renovated Cherry Lane Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:31AM[SHARE]James Corden, Bobby Cannavale and Neil Patrick Harris star in a revival of Yasmina Reza's comedy about an inscrutable abstract painting.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06PM[SHARE]This month's picks include a 1974 adaptation of the Eugene Ionesco play "Rhinoceros," starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, and a behind-the-scenes look at Disney.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24PM[SHARE]"Saturday Church" taps into music from several genres, as well as Sia, to tell the story of a teenager struggling with his sexuality and faith.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12AM[SHARE]Henrik Ibsen's "The Wild Duck," an early Celine Song play and John Leguizamo's new family drama " here's what's on New York stages this month.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32AM[SHARE]The musical, just like the Abba songs that inspired it, has become an everlasting part of the pop-culture landscape.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:03AM[SHARE]"It's very liberating to take off that psychological corset," the actress said of portraying the rambunctious Hollywood star Ava Gardner onstage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:03PM[SHARE]Northern Sky Theater in Door County programs original musicals steeped in local history, archetypes and customs.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24AM[SHARE]Betsy Wolfe shines as the inventor of the Miracle Mop in a largely dull Off Broadway show.
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