In a Gender-Flipped Production of Cinderella, a Princess Rescues
For the Scottish Ballet production of Cinderella, titled "Cinders!," some performances flip the traditional gender roles. The dancers "were all kind of like: 'OK. How does that work?'"
For the Scottish Ballet production of Cinderella, titled "Cinders!," some performances flip the traditional gender roles. The dancers "were all kind of like: 'OK. How does that work?'"
At Abrons Arts Center, a hilarious family show in the British holiday tradition that runs "like a steam train when it goes well."
The five dance selections that are part of the Dance Reflections festival take varied approaches to piano exercises written by Philip Glass.
Rébecca Chaillon's "Carte Noire Named Desire" provoked harassment in France this summer, leading one actor to pull out of a new run in Paris.
Jen Silverman's noir play considers the role of artists in the making of propaganda.
Times theater critics sing the praises of two shows about fraught collaborations
A stage adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's novel "Life & Times of Michael K," about a man's struggles during a fictional South African conflict, includes actors alongside a puppet version of M…
In a Dance Reflections program, Malou Airaudo and Germaine Acogny's duet "common ground[s]" precedes Pina Bausch's "Rite."
Rebecca Frecknall, whose "Cabaret" is heading to Broadway, steers Federico GarcÃa Lorca's play to its tragic finish with genuinely shocking force.
Her Tony-winning Broadway career included "Driving Miss Daisy," "On Golden Pond" and "The Heiress." On TV she had maternal roles in "Cheers" and "Sex and the City."
Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born's hybrid show, "Adaku, Part 1," about a precolonial African village, mixes dance theater, song and drama.
At 21, he already has two Broadway leads under his belt. On Thursdays, he sheds Marty McFly's signature vest for a bowling shirt.
A new musical from National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene stitches together music written and performed in Eastern Europe in the 1930s and '40s.
Battle, the artistic director who brought Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater into a new century, resigned just before the company's new City Center season.
A company of dancers from across Africa perform Bausch's canonical work around the world. "I've always felt that this was an African dance," said Germaine Acogny.
The show, which toggles between the 17th century and the early 21st, arrives on the island on which it is largely set.
After establishing herself as a teacher, she started a prolific screen acting career in her 50s that included roles in "Goodfellas" and "The Sopranos."
Siblings, a Soldier from Ukraine and a New Prince: Children are the heart of this New York City Ballet classic. We hung out with four in this year's production.
He was a villain in "Lethal Weapon 2," C.S. Lewis on TV in "Shadowlands" and Falstaff onstage in "Henry IV" " and had a cameo in a Pet Shop Boys video.
Christmas classics, comedic musicals and a star-studded Sondheim revival: a guide to the shows to see this season.
The best-selling album turned veteran Cuban musicians into global stars and inspired a documentary almost 30 years ago. Now it's an Off Broadway musical.
Lameece Issaq's "A Good Day to Me Not to You" strives for intimacy, but that is not necessarily the aim of works by Alexandra Tatarsky, Milo Cramer and Ikechukwu Ufomadu.
Michael John LaChiusa's beautifully sung tribute to sisterly admiration, starring Priscilla Lopez, was inspired by the early life of the show's director, Graciela Daniele.
Deepali Gupta offers a meandering and muddled take on the trial of Rajat Gupta, a former head of McKinsey & Company.
Two creative people in two different fields in one wide-ranging conversation. This time: the actress and the comedian.