Tagging Along With The New York Times's Chief Theater Critic
At a recent performance of "Gutenberg! The Musical!" on Broadway, Jesse Green gave us an inside look at his review process.
At a recent performance of "Gutenberg! The Musical!" on Broadway, Jesse Green gave us an inside look at his review process.
The history of movable type is a terrible idea for a show. Which is why it's so on brand for this satire of theater and its eternal hopefuls.
The show said Thursday that it would play a final performance at the Nederlander Theater on Jan. 14, but did not rule out continuing elsewhere.
After a year of less-than-stellar ticket sales, the German-language translation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's stage hit is closing. But it has helped diversify German musicals.
The festival of experimental work is planning a citywide event at multiple venues in January, after the Public Theater declined to fund the 2024 iteration.
An exploration of how faith intersects with Black womanhood, through a mix of music, movement, ritual and poetry.
A family in exile contends with its future, and its ghosts, in Nathan Alan Davis's new Off Broadway play starring Nicole Ari Parker.
Roberta Pereira, the director of the Playwrights Realm, will lead the library, which is home to more than eight million items relating to music, theater and dance.
The playwright David Adjmi explores the in-studio creation process in a play with new songs by the former Arcade Fire member Will Butler.
The Empire State Building honors New York City Ballet's 75th anniversary by lighting up in blue, favored by George Balanchine as a backdrop.
Recent premieres in the city ranged from a spare take on the recent Broadway hit "Prima Facie" to a dose of sheer artistic lunacy.
Jonathan Groff, supported by Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez, is thrillingly fierce in the first convincing revival of the cult flop Sondheim musical.
Largely left out of commemorations of hip-hop's 50th anniversary, breaking will get a grand stage at the Paris Olympics. B-boys and B-girls wonder if their art will translate into sport.
"Holidays," the first musical to include the pop icon's songs, arrives just days before her "Celebration" tour starts. But matching the star's talents is a challenge.
For one critic, every encounter with this Shakespeare play deepens her understanding of its insights into grief, family and gender.
It's been cathartic to "create art from places of torment," the singer-actor said ahead of the opening of "Sunset Boulevard" in London.
Eliana Pipes's new play is too pat to convincingly explore the societal imbalances resulting from race, class and gender.
New York City Ballet hosted a gala with unfortunate new costumes for Balanchine's "Who Cares?" But the repertory is what matters, and it's been dazzling.
Some dancers have found a niche on TikTok and other platforms imitating video game characters " moving like a machine's idea of a human.
For theatergoers who love uncrowded stages, the coming months bring a range of works, from musical comedies to Shakespearean dramas.
Larry Charles's musical comedy is so hellbent on being outrageous that it just ends up being tiresome.
Olivier Tarpaga's "Once the dust settles, the flowers bloom" is a subtle work of beauty and mystery.
With roles in "Dicks: The Musical" and "Beau Is Afraid," the stage star is now a repertory player for the hot film company. "Who would have guessed?" he says.
A new play by Alexander Zeldin recreates his mother's winding, painful path to a life of her own.
At NYU Skirball, Druid's marathon production depicts the beginning of a free Irish state through the voices of the working class.