Stories have a way of opening up on a stage. Elizabeth Strout's bestselling novel "My Name Is Lucy Barton" looks, at first glance, like a curious choice for a theatrical adaptation. It's rum…
Basil Twist, the puppeteer and MacArthur “Genius” Grant winner, began his career way, way downtown. He’s still working there — current example: the 20th anniversary p…
Festivities are certainly in order for this superbly mounted 50th anniversary production of "The Boys in the Band," Mart Crowley's breakthrough 1968 play about Manhattan gay life ̵…
What’s it like to be recognized for a Tony Award compared to an Oscar? Let Andrew Garfield — the actor currently nominated for a Tony for “Angels in America,” and nom…
It's a risky business, making a musical not from a story demanding to be told but from a set of songs merely available to be used. "Jagged Little Pill," American Repertory Theater's world pr…
When Tina Fey was writing her first Broadway musical — “Mean Girls,” now nominated for 12 Tony Awards — she sometimes felt a little at sea. “There were definite…
LaChanze has a favorite Donna Summer song — but you won’t hear it in “Summer,” the Broadway bio-musical for which the actress is currently nominated for a Tony in the…
The scene of "Paradise Blue," Dominique Morisseau's black-and-bluesy play, is the Paradise Club, a drink and dance joint in Paradise Valley, the entertainment district of Detroit's black com…
In the minds of a lot of people, the classic musical “My Fair Lady” is about a man who molds a young woman into society’s ideal of a proper lady — and it seems like a…
To hell with harmony: "Mood Music" is all dischord. The first play in more than five years by Joe Penhall ("Mindhunter") presents a sharp dissection of power in the music industry. A horribl…
No matter how frosty the West's relations with Russia, is there really any reason to roll "Chess" out of cold storage? For all the bangers of its retro score, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulva…
Lynn Nottage is a playwright best known for socially engaged realism (“Sweat,” “Ruined”), so it’s pretty surprising that her new play, “Mlima’s Tale…
Nominations for the 2018 Tony Awards were announced Tuesday morning at the New York Public Library of the Performing Arts in Manhattan. Tony winner Leslie Odom, Jr. (“Hamilton”) …
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” “Frozen,” and “Mean Girls” are ready to make a splash in the 2018 Tony nominations Tuesday morning — but those …
La MaMa E.T.C., the downtown Manhattan theater that was one of the major birthplaces of the Off Off Broadway scene, will receive the 2018 Regional Theater Tony Award. Founded by the late Ell…
"The Writer" has split the critics — as proper writing probably should. Some have dismissed Ella Hickson's new play at the Almeida Theatre, about a frustrated female …
Harry Potter, Tina Fey, Denzel Washington, Panic! at the Disco: They could all end up sitting in the same room in six weeks, because they’re all contenders for nominations for the 2…
"Lettie," a family drama about a woman emerging from prison and addiction with a desire to reclaim the teenage kids who have barely seen her in seven years, is that rare play that manages to…
“To Dust,” Shawn Snyder’s comedy starring Matthew Broderick, and roller-rink documentary “United Skates” have won the top audience awards at the 2018 Tribeca Fi…
With his buoyant air of all-American optimism and innate decency, Denzel Washington is well cast (by helmer George C. Wolfe) as Hickey, the long-awaited bearer of false hope, comforting lies…
“Diane,” writer-director Kent Jones’ drama starring Mary Kay Place, and actors Jeffrey Wright and Alia Shawkat were among the winners of the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival̵…
The Broadway revival of “Carousel” and the new musical “SpongeBob SquarePants” led the list of nominations for the 2018 Drama Desk Awards, with “Carousel”…
"There is something about the girl," say several characters over the course of George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan," now receiving a smart, stylish and engaging Broadway revival by the Manhatt…
Two New York companies that specialize in live, interactive content have joined forces to create a new firm, Immersive Activations Group, with an eye toward scaling up their activities in th…
In the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway revival of “Travesties,” a sign ("Ruhe Bitte") on the show’s set advises us to please be quiet in the Zurich reading room…