Carrie Robbins, Costume Designer for Dozens of Broadway Shows, Dies at 81
She made a classic wig and poodle skirt for "Grease" (using a bath mat and a toilet cover) and turned actors into Spanish inquisitors, British highwaymen and more.
She made a classic wig and poodle skirt for "Grease" (using a bath mat and a toilet cover) and turned actors into Spanish inquisitors, British highwaymen and more.
The pandemic dealt a major blow to the once-thriving comedy form, but a new energy can be seen in performances throughout the city.
In "Searching for Goya," at the Joyce Theater, the troupe uses the painter's images as frames for flamenco dances.
Cole Escola's madcap comedy about the former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln will begin performances in June.
Stanislav Olshanskyi has had to battle homesickness and adjust to Miami City Ballet's style: quick, light, constantly in motion. He's also the prince in "Swan Lake."
In this revival of Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of the Woolf novel, now starring Taylor Mac, the flashes of comedy can't make up for the loss of poetry.
Amy Herzog's heartbreaker arrives on Broadway with Rachel McAdams as the alarmingly upbeat mother of a fearfully sick child.
He was the only Black actor on "Combat!" and "The Phil Silvers Show," then made well regarded documentaries on luminaries like Duke Ellington and Katherine Dunham.
One of Shakespeare's most coveted roles for women gets different interpretations onstage in New York and Washington.
The new musical doesn't take itself too seriously and has many winning moments " almost enough to eclipse the weaknesses of its story.
A party for the buzzy revival of the Broadway musical was held at a theater that has been transformed to look like a 1930s-era nightclub.
Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen shine as a kingmaker and his creature. But in Peter Morgan's cheesy-fun play, it's not always clear which is which.
At St. Ann's Warehouse, this documentary play about a London fire is blood-boiling and aggrieved.
The new Broadway play conjures a group as dazzling as peak Fleetwood Mac. This is how five actors with limited training (one never held a bass) became rock stars.
The vampire ballerina in the new movie "Abigail" has a long pop culture lineage. She and her sisters are obsessed, tormented and likely to cause harm.
Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin star in a buzzy Broadway revival that rips the skin off the 1966 musical.
The retooled jukebox musical, with its top-notch performances and exciting choreography, "stands out as one of the rare must-sees" in a crowded season.
"Every time I'm in the city, I make a visit," said the actor, who is performing on Broadway in "Uncle Vanya."
Despite a juicy premise, this Colt Coeur production, starring Tim Daly and Jayne Atkinson, never manages to take off.
His new play "Patriots," now on Broadway, follows Putin's rise to power and the Russian oligarchs who mistakenly thought he'd be their puppet.
In David Adjmi's new play, with songs by Will Butler, a '70s band's success breeds tension, and punches up the volume on Broadway.
Under the banner "American Legacies," the Martha Graham Dance Company dusted off a classic, "Rodeo," premiered a companion piece and welcomed FKA twigs for a guest solo at City Center.
Dozens of theater, film and media stars turned out for the opening of the new musical "Suffs" on Thursday night.
Two dancers from the Russian company were set to perform at a benefit for a prestigious competition for young dancers, but they were sidelined after protests by pro-Ukrainian activists.
Living with a disability, I shielded myself from dance. Then I met him.