
One of the wonders of this glorious-sounding new Broadway production is how far from claustrophobic this Kentucky cave saga feels.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24PM[SHARE]The maternal embrace of young men and their battles figures in two very different plays, one a solo work and the other a Brechtian riff starring Jessica Hecht.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PM[SHARE]With the Off Broadway debut of his 1958 play "The Swamp Dwellers," the Nigerian Nobel laureate looks back on the writer he was when he was starting out.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24AM[SHARE]Mona Pirnot's comic ode to the downtown artist doubles as a meditation on the precariousness of playwriting as a creative life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:18PM[SHARE]New short plays by Caryl Churchill, a comedy with one erstwhile Derry Girl and a musical starring Anika Noni Rose " here's what's on New York stages this month.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42AM[SHARE]On stages across the country, there is no shortage of adventurous work, including plays by Lauren Yee, Larissa FastHorse and Zora Howard.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:54AM[SHARE]On stages across the country, there is no shortage of adventurous work, including plays by Lauren Yee, Larissa FastHorse and Zora Howard.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AM[SHARE]The protagonist of Chisa Hutchinson's new play is proud of his racial heritage, until he gets some unexpected test results.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:06PM[SHARE]Nia Akilah Robinson's new play, for Soho Rep, digs into an ugly historical practice.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:36PM[SHARE]Tim Curry and colleagues recall the musical's misadventure at the Belasco Theater in 1975.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AM[SHARE]Enda Walsh's formal experiment, at St. Ann's Warehouse, finds him in pared-back mode.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:42AM[SHARE]Todd Almond wrote an oral history on Conor McPherson's "Girl From the North Country" and its passage through Broadway's pandemic shutdown.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:42PM[SHARE]Matthew Gasda directs his new play, which was inspired by Sam Altman's 2023 ouster from OpenAI.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:12PM[SHARE]With their Tent Theater Company, Tim Sanford and Aimée Hayes want to raise the profiles of older artists and keep them from being sidelined.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AM[SHARE]Also onstage in February: Calista Flockhart in a Sam Shepard revival, boldface names in Joy Behar's "My First Ex-Husband" and a marionette made of ice.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PM[SHARE]Three new plays onstage in Manhattan, "Kowalski," "Mrs. Loman" and "Nina," mine treasures of theater history.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:54PM[SHARE]Shakespeare's overstuffed late play gets an entertaining refresh Off Broadway, where Irish Rep is also offering a program of Samuel Beckett shorts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AM[SHARE]In a new solo play about ordinary people under bombardment in Gaza, a woman rehearses how she would escape her building if Israeli forces were to strike.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:32PM[SHARE]Mischa Berlinski's shrewd comic novel finds a veteran actress reconnecting with her deposed mentor while facing the challenge of playing Cleopatra.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AM[SHARE]Onstage, the flip-side of filial devotion has often been contempt. But a wave of forceful and multidimensional mothers suggests that may be changing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:03AM[SHARE]Several festivals, including Under the Radar, are bringing a tantalizing breadth of new work to stages across New York.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AM[SHARE]Thornton Wilder's classic, starring Jim Parsons, wraps up, as does Leslye Headland's angsty family drama. Catch these and other plays while you can.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02AM[SHARE]Pernicious patterns figure heavily in two thought-provoking plays on small Manhattan stages.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AM[SHARE]In a just sweet enough production with a strong cast, the "View" host delivers a performance that reaffirms her savvy as a comic actor.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32PM[SHARE]Making his Broadway debut as the show's Emcee, the singer is reveling in what he calls "a thinking piece of musical theater."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AM[SHARE]Box-office sales, discount booths, same-day rush: Here's everything you need to know about nabbing seats to plays and musicals in Manhattan.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42AM[SHARE]A guide to every show on Broadway, including new musicals, Tony winning-dramas, quirky hits and veterans like "Hamilton" and "Chicago."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:18AM[SHARE]The musical, starring Grey Henson, has gotten Buddy delightfully, entirely right. But he is trapped inside a creaky adaptation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:24PM[SHARE]Many Tony Award-winning musicals and starry plays (Robert Downey Jr., anyone?) are wrapping up their runs in January. Catch them while you can.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PM[SHARE]Tiago Rodrigues's play is intentionally a work of provocation, but it is also stylized to create a helpful distance from events and ideas.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AM[SHARE]In this first-date comedy, Michael Zegen and Heléne Yorke play people who might just be willing to settle for each other.
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