41 stories by "Charles McGrath"
The acclaimed biographer's life of the widely admired playwright and screenwriter follows her works about Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton and others.
With "Angels in America" about to reopen on Broadway, the 61-year-old playwright is feeling serene " at least by his own intense standards. Don't get him started on the president, though.
Mr. Rudetsky is so immersed in New York theater, he's sometimes known as the mayor of Broadway. His latest project is a spoof of '70s disaster films.
Fellow novelists host fundraiser for novelist Charles Bock whose wife has leukemia.
Jay R. Tunney, a son of the heavyweight champion Gene Tunney, has written a book about his father's kinship with George Bernard Shaw.
“Gatz,” a seven-hour reading of “The Great Gatsby” now at the Public Theater, harkens back to the days of losing oneself in a good book.
“Gatz,” a seven-hour reading of “The Great Gatsby” now at the Public Theater, harkens back to the days of losing oneself in a good book.
David Lindsay-Abaire’s new play, “Good People,” is set in South Boston, where he grew up, and delves into class distinctions, which he learned about when he left there.
In "Mrs. Warren's Profession" on Broadway, Cherry Jones gets to play yet another strong-willed woman.
Bernadette Peters, a Stephen Sondheim specialist, is the new Desirée in the revival of his “Little Night Music.”
As exciting as hockey can be on the ice, it hasn’t made for compelling dramaturgy. But Victor Lesniewski, an aspiring playwright, tries to get a stick in the game with “Where B…
"Something Rotten!," about two Elizabethan-era playwrights who write a musical, echoes the experience of the brothers behind the production, Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick.
A movie star in Japan, Mr. Watanabe, who still keeps a translator nearby, makes his Broadway debut with a role about a cultural divide.
Michelle Williams, a movie star with practically no experience as a singer and dancer, is making her Broadway debut as the world's best-known second-rate nightclub performer. &nbs…
Frank Langella plays the title role in Angus Jackson's production of "King Lear" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Emilia Clarke of "Game of Thrones" wears the mantle of Holly Golightly in the new stage production of "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
The plays, adapted by Mike Boulton from Hilary Mantel's prize-winning novels, will begin in repertory in December.
Seth Numrich, who stars as a fighter in "Golden Boy" on Broadway, starts his nights with boxing workouts.
The actors will play family members and acquaintances of the elderly woman portrayed by Cicely Tyson in the Broadway production of Horton Foote's 1953 play.
Charles Dickens lived with a secret that overlaps with the mystery in his last, unfinished novel, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." The musical based on that tale is back on Broadway.
The musical version of "Giant" traveled a long road to the stage, becoming a bit smaller along the way.
Simon & Schuster is slated to publish Glen Berger's "Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History" in 2013.
Jessica Chastain, soon coming to Broadway in "The Heiress," paid a visit to her alma mater, the Juilliard School.
A mix of luminaries, theater fans and tourists crowded the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater on West 45th Street in Manhattan on Thursday to pay tribute to Gore Vidal, who died in July.
Mr. Vidal was an elegant, acerbic all-around man of letters who presided with a certain relish over what he declared to be the end of American civilization.
