739 stories by "ERIK PIEPENBURG"
With "The Lost Boys" on Broadway and Cynthia Erivo in "Dracula" in London, our horror expert looks at how bloodsuckers sunk their teeth into pop culture.
In David Cale's "The Unknown," the actor plays 11 characters including a writer suffering the horrors of writer's block and an unraveling mind.
"Prince Faggot," "Figaro/Faggots" and other productions use the word to shock, provoke, reclaim it for gay men or all of the above. Does that make it OK?
Laurie Metcalf, Gary Sinise and other members of the Chicago company reminisce about unexpected performances, stunning monologues and career-changing roles.
Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris talked about paintings that made an impression and, like their characters in "Art," had questions about one another's taste.
The British performer is bringing "My Son's a Queer (but What Can You Do?)" to City Center this week, after an earlier run was canceled.
In this mentalist show, the magician asks his audience: "What is most meaningful to you?"
Backstage at the Broadway play, they're frying up the aroma of breakfast " part of a long tradition of adding scents to plays and movies.
The campy supernatural movie comes to Broadway as a big, bawdy musical starring Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard.
The televangelist defended gay men during the AIDS crisis. Now she's getting perhaps the gayest tribute: a Broadway show led by Elton John.
Nearly 30 years after being let go from the Broadway-bound show, this Tony Award winner is taking a lead role in a new revival at City Center.
The creators of "Inspired by True Events" wanted their new immersive theater piece to convey ominousness, not a haunted-house riff on "Noises Off."
For this year's nominees, some of their most rewarding " and realistic " work was in the smaller details.
Michael R. Jackson is helping adapt the darkly comic horror film into a musical. But can a show about a teenager with vagina dentata sing?
"Oh, Mary!," which follows a boozing, romance-starved first lady, is the latest entertainment about the Lincolns, illustrating their staying power as irreverent genre figures.
In a first for Broadway, openly autistic actors are playing the autistic characters in this new musical about a doctor helping neurodiverse clients.
Ring in the holiday just like the old days " in person.
Here are six brunches that, after a long pandemic pause, are entertaining and feeding weekend crowds in Manhattan and the Hudson Valley.
The Village Halloween Parade is back. Haunted houses have reopened. And we've rounded up movies that are not-so scary or are downright horrifying.
Movies, podcasts, cemetery walks and more: Our guide to enjoying a socially distant fright fest.
Writers, directors and other creators share recommendations for how to spend the scariest night of the year.
The designer Paula Scher talks about her artwork for a revival of the Thornton Wilder play at the Pasadena Playhouse.
What worked " and didn't " for Disney's coming Broadway show.
New plays are portraying and exploring opioid addiction, using the theater industry's response to the AIDS epidemic as a model.
From "The Three Musketeers" to "Macbeth," here's our guide to summer theater that won't cost you a dime.
