321 stories by "Jason Zinoman"
If you're looking for high-energy fun, head to Union Square, where the high-flying acrobats from "Fuerza Bruta: Wayra" will splash around in giant pools over your head.
Toshiki Okada discusses his new play, "The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise," and how he writes for an audience that does not share his language or culture.
It's hard to believe that Kenneth Branagh is only now making his acting debut on a New York stage, in "Macbeth" at the Park Avenue Armory.
The scantily clad Skivvies have built a following with musical mashups blending obscenity and innocence.
Nicky Silver is back with a new play about a celebrated actress, played by Linda Lavin, having a whole lot of trouble with the pressure of playing Medea.
Vinny DePonto's solo play "Charlatan" features sleight of hand card tricks, mind-reading and sideshow stunts.
The National Theater of China is performing a Mandarin-language "Richard III" at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch," with Neil Patrick Harris, is one of the most anticipated revivals of the season.
Idina Menzel's new Broadway show, "If/Then," is an ambitious effort by the musical team behind the Tony-winning "Next to Normal."
The comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade has a new manual for improvisation that adds further discipline to the Second City lessons on the form.
John van Druten, a mid-20th-century playwright of romantic comedies, is enjoying a burst of interest Off Broadway.
"Bob Marley's Three Little Birds," at the New Victory Theater, blends Marley's music with a narrative about a boy who prefers to stay home and watch TV.
David Henry Hwang's new play, "Kung Fu," uses martial arts, Chinese opera and dance to tell the story of Bruce Lee's life.
"Outside Mullingar" is the 10th John Patrick Shanley play to be produced by the Manhattan Theater Club.
There's plenty of Shakespeare on stages from Broadway to community theater, and that's not always a good thing.
The solo performer Daniel Kitson doesn't say a word, at least not live, in his new show "Analog.Ue," at St. Ann's Warehouse.
Fiona Shaw stars in a new staged reading of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
Billy Crystal returns to Broadway with lots of familiar material in a revival of "700 Sundays," his one-man show about growing up on Long Island.
Terrence McNally's new play, "And Away We Go," is a time-traveling backstage drama.
The 2006 indie hit "Little Miss Sunshine" seems like a nice fit for the composer and lyricist William Finn.
"Arguendo," a staged re-creation of a 1991 case about the right of strip clubs to feature performers who are totally nude, is being mounted at the Public Theater by the Elevator Repair Servi…
New York's best known white-collar criminal explores the underworld in "A User's Guide To Hell Featuring Bernard Madoff," by Lee Blessing.
"Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play," by Anne Washburn, tackles global disaster, adaptation and the peculiar power of stories passed down over generations.
The year on Broadway was light on comedy, with a few notable exceptions.
In "Unconstitutional," his stand-up show at the Barrow Street Theater, Colin Quinn digs deep into the historical weeds while keeping the audience in tow with jokes and barroom metaphors.&nbs…
