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Brian d'Arcy James, an actor best known for his role as an ogre, is returning to the stage as an emotionally battered war correspondent just home from Iraq in "Time Stands Still."
Theater previews, once a chance to fix problems quietly, are now widely scrutinized online. A theater tradition bumps up against some 21st-century realities.
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company's revival of "American Buffalo" is as blunt and unsparing as a fist to the kidney, writes Terry Teachout.
A slick Broadway musical that is equally intelligent and enjoyable, "Legally Blonde" now runs in the West End at the Savoy Theatre.
Sir Jonathan Miller, the British opera and theater expert, explores the impact of scientific inquiry on the visual arts.
Sam Mendes, Academy Award winning director of "American Beauty," readies a Brooklyn stage debut amid spy-film rumors.
An introduction to the music of Fela Kuti for audiences who saw the Broadway musical "Fela!"
Which plays were staged most often in the past decade? You may be surprised, says Terry Teachout.
All eyes are on Keira Knightley, making her West End debut in Martin Crimp's updating of Moliere's "The Misanthrope."
Terry Teachout reviews two Florida companies that show how science can be made stageworthy in "The Life of Galileo" and "Copenhagen."
Bringing the film to stage and back again.
Scantily clad dancers and grimly lurid lighting help emphasize the protagonist's "outsider" status in "Les Contes d'Hoffmann," at the Metropolitan Opera.
There's a reason the musical that everyone loves is so seldom staged, says Terry Teachout.
The two best shows of 2009 had two things in common: both shared the same director, and both opened away from Broadway. Terry Teachout looks back at the year in review.
Cameron creates a 3-D planet apart; brassy 'Nine' is, say, a 71/2
It's hard to turn one of Stephen Sondheim's greatest achievements, "A Little Night Music," into something glib and garish-but director Trevor Nunn does just that, says Terry Teachout.
She defined gamine for a generation. Now, at 78, Leslie Caron says she's not done with acting yet.
David Mamet's new play, "Race," features a stellar cast portraying characters charged with manic energy and caught in a struggle for power. It's all a bit too familiar.
A roll call of Second City alumni reads like a who's who of comedy. Joanne Kaufman looks at how the Chicago improv company produced such a stellar cast of comedians.
A mere 54 words, expressing the simple yearning for happier times. Roy J. Harris Jr. explains why Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" endures.
Tracy Letts, the Pulitzer-winning playwright of "August: Osage County" and "Superior Donuts," has a lesser-known role: actor.
The acting methodology developed by Russian director Konstantin Stanislavsky and epitomized by Marlon Brando has been replaced by an acting style more like that of Cary Grant or Bob Hope.
