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In Sylvia Khoury's suspenseful new play, the characters sometimes feel too much like wheels in a machine, but it's a tense thrill to watch it work.
The actor, who died at the age of 72, was known for his commanding performances of Shakespeare's Richard III and the Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi.
The new family-friendly musical, adapted from the hit movie, ends up cowering in the original film's shadow.
In his long career, most of it with the Royal Shakespeare Company, he played everyone from King Lear to Primo Levi to Ringo Starr.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to New York City Center with stage premieres by Robert Battle and Jamar Roberts and a stunning "Lazarus."
As Carmine Ragusa on the hit sitcom, he got to show off his singing, tap-dancing and gymnastic skills " and to croon "Rags to Riches" many times.
Digital innovation continued this year, but experiencing plays in isolation grew tiring. Then came an in-person season as exciting as a child's first fireworks.
René Pollesch is the fourth boss of the Volksbühne in four years. The Berlin theater is pinning hopes of a return to its former vibrancy on his collaborative approach.
By asking the singer Bertrand Cantat to contribute to his latest show, the director Wajdi Mouawad has overshadowed his own production.
The Emmy-winning "This Is Us" actor received a double-lung transplant after a secret battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Now he's back onstage in "Clyde's" on Broadway.
In a strategic feat of survival, the Lab, a Los Angeles dance studio stalwart, has transformed itself into a creative agency and "lifestyle brand."
Mark Shanahan remixes Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens into a clever, crowd-pleasing holiday comedy that happens also to be a murder mystery.
Days before he died, Stephen Sondheim and the director Marianne Elliott chatted about a Broadway revival of his 1970 musical. With a gender swap, it has a "different flavor," he said.
In Big Dance Theater's new work, premiering at BAM Fisher, Annie-B Parson melds her sensibility with that of the Conceptual artist Guy de Cointet.
A year of uncertainty was capped by a happy ending: a rush of performances this fall, including standouts by masters (Twyla Tharp) and breakout stars (LaTasha Barnes).
Encouragements to mask up are hardening into mandates. But the new rules are coming from the playhouses, not the government.
The comedy legend responsible for "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein" has written a memoir with the cheer and zip of a one-liner.
He wrote great shows, but Stephen Sondheim was also a mentor, a teacher and an audience regular. And, oh, the thrill of getting one of his typewritten notes.
With the Steven Spielberg film coming soon, three critics, a playwright and a theater historian weigh in on whether the musical deserves a new hearing " and how.
The actress talks about sports, her latest film and return to the stage, and why a clean, white pair of Converse All Stars is the shoe for almost any occasion.
Celebrating 10 years as the artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Battle says he is most proud of the chances he has taken.
In the postponed premiere of "Wednesday" at New York Live Arts, Raja Feather Kelly asks: "Who has the right to tell anyone's story?"
Slowed but not stopped by the pandemic, Wilson has had a busy fall that continues with his production of "Turandot" at the Paris Opera.
The most important living American playwright has a number of new projects on the horizon " and plenty more to say about how to make and enjoy art in an era of ongoing turbulence.
The experimental festival at the Public Theater will return in person with fewer shows and, for the first time, performances outside New York City.
