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David Rooney The Oscar-nominated actress will play the Baker's Wife this summer in the Public Theater revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's 1986 musical fairy-tale mashup.read more
A gutsy performance trapped in a one-note play that gives us the broad outline of the tragic star but lacks the insight to penetrate her heart.
A deluxe cast breathes fresh life into this entertaining round of political marksmanship by a keen-eyed observer whose experience in the D.C. swamp informs every line.
After the commercial disappointments of "Tarzan" and "The Little Mermaid" on Broadway, Disney scores by keeping it simple, spirited and engagingly old-fashioned in this winning rethink of th…
A revival of "Lost in Yonkers" at the Beckett Theater is warmly satisfying, with a depth of character, humanity and personal investment.
The 1971 religious rock opera remains a psychologically lite relic of its time, but it gets propulsive treatment in this energized, vocally robust revival.
The stage adaptation of the 1982 MGM film will premiere in San Francisco in the fall before bowing in New York in spring 2013 in a production directed and choreographed by Tony winner Kathle…
THR's theater critic looks at the questions raised by NPR's revelations concerning the veracity of Mike Daisey's monologue, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs."
As much a song cycle as a musical, this bittersweet fairy tale has a spellbinding charm.
Mike Nichols' psychologically resonant production of this American classic is sure to rank high among the major theatrical events of the season.
The Emmy-winning actor will play Chastain's emotionally distant father in the stage adaptation by Ruth and Augustus Goetz of the Henry James novel, "Washington Square."
The recent Oscar winner reprised the acclaimed role that earned him a Tony Award in 1997 last year in Canada in this bio-play, which was captured on film by director-adapter Érik Canuel.
The former Disney Channel star will make her Broadway debut in the musical adaptation of the 1992 Touchstone comedy, stepping into the role originally played onscreen by producer Whoopi Gold…
As a pair of self-centered Boston blue bloods, Kathleen Chalfant and John Cunningham are the heart of Tina Howe's "Painting Churches," a Keen Company revival now at the Clurman Theater.
A classic of the gross-out comedy genre, the 1978 John Landis feature, "National Lampoon's Animal House," will join the long list of movie hits being retooled as theatrical musicals.
"I ♥ Alice ♥ I," at the Irish Arts Center, takes a look at the intricacies of the relationship of a lesbian couple over a 30-year period.
An infamous Broadway flop becomes just another insipid teen-angst musical in this well-intentioned but misguided revision.
"Bachelorette" writer-director Leslye Headland says her play about long-suffering executive assistants is not a tell-all, but the notoriously irascible personality of her former boss, Harvey…
The two will star in stage comedy "Lonely, I'm Not," premiering Off Broadway as a Second Stage Theatre production.
In the age of the blogosphere, in which everyone's a critic and in which informed, impartial analysis often takes a backseat to gleeful off-the-cuff savagery or unrestrained gush, the death …
Mr. Mann was a founder of the influential Circle in the Square Theater, and a driving force in the rise of Off Broadway theater in the 1950s.
The Oscar-winning 1994 crime caper will become the first of Woody Allen's films to get a screen-to-stage musical makeover.
Lauper joins forces with writer Harvey Fierstein and director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell for a Chicago test run of their stage adaptation of the 2005 Miramax release.
Cynthia Nixon's unsparing performance makes Margaret Edson's celebrated play a powerfully moving experience.
Playwright Leslye Headland makes her debut as writer-director with this screen adaptation of her 2010 Off Broadway hit, starring Kirsten Dunst
