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Easygoing days of drama and comedy are just a few hours away (or even closer) in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The rise of the soloist Chloe Misseldine is part of the artistic director Susan Jaffe's master plan: Start them young and give them time to grow.
She wrote memorably about her upbringing by a circle of maternal elders and the life lessons they imparted, and of her yearning for the mother she lost.
Nostalgia will undoubtedly lure many to a London revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. It has more in common with a theme park than with theater, our critic writes.
The model-turned-actress-turned-businesswoman is the new president of Actors' Equity. In an interview, she explained what she's doing there.
The Spanish director and performer Angélica Liddell elicited a standing ovation at the Avignon Festival in spite of her attacks on critics.
Tap festivals have been pivotal in passing on tradition. But New York's has been canceled and the institution that supports it faces an uncertain future.
Jonathan Tunick, Stephen Sondheim's longtime collaborator, unveiled a grand orchestration of "A Little Night Music" that deserves more than a concert.
Fifty years ago, Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union. He discusses that day, the war in Ukraine and the challenges facing Russian artists today.
Is moral leadership possible without parliamentary power? Two very familiar congresswomen battle it out onstage.
The organization, which won this year's best play revival Tony Award for "Appropriate," has chosen Evan Cabnet as its next artistic director.
"BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical" had a run in Chicago late last year. It is slated to open at a Shubert theater in April.
Wayne McGregor's 2015 work, making its New York debut with American Ballet Theater, fails to make dance poetry of Virginia Woolf's novels.
"The Who's Tommy," which has a rock score by Pete Townshend, will end on July 21. A national tour is in the works.
The awards, which celebrated excellence in high school musical theater on Monday, have become a launchpad for future stars and Tony nominees.
Elevator Repair Service's staged reading of the huge James Joyce novel retains much of its humor, pathos and bawdiness.
A family gathering fuels Crystal Finn's new play, in which an excellent cast teases out the many complications of inheritance.
The festival, the final one for its longtime director, started with a bravura work by Wayne McGregor that was at once otherworldly and deeply human.
The play will be produced by Second Stage, which is also planning an Off Broadway production of a two-character drama by Donald Margulies.
British theater recommendations for visitors and residents of all ages " and inclinations.
American Ballet Theater brings Wayne McGregor's "Woolf Works," which evokes elements of three novels and the writer's biography, to New York.
He left a career in tech and found success as a producer, winning four Tonys. His mission: staging productions about underrepresented communities.
The English actor was injured during a performance of "Player Kings," and the show was abruptly canceled. He is expected to perform again on Wednesday.
Annie Baker's debut feature film is a tiny masterpiece " a perfect coming-of-age story for both a misfit tween and her mother.
After an $80 million expansion, the Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening with a more welcoming approach " and all 82 of its First Folios on view.
