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In his latest magic show, Helder Guimarães shuffles an old genre into a new technology with mixed results.
The musical "Six" and a concert version of "Les Miserables" are among the shows that will close because of rising coronavirus cases in the city.
"A Christmas Carol" is a favorite of Maya Phillips, but this year, she writes, she found in it "a timely study of what it truly means to be a decent person in a community."
Stream productions of reimagined fairy tales and Christmas standards like 'A Christmas Carol' being staged at theaters around the world.
Like her character, Jo Ellen Pellman identifies as queer, and she is making her film debut in the Netflix musical alongside A-listers like Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman.
Netflix's inspirational documentary follows talented theater kids who are devoting themselves to Wilson's writing.
Coronavirus restrictions have shut playhouses and concert halls. So our critic went to Mass to get her fix of music, choreography and drama.
Ryan Murphy takes on the Broadway hit "The Prom," with help from Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Keegan-Michael Key.
Cobbled together from songs and scenes inspired by the Disney-Pixar movie, the online performance will benefit the Actors Fund.
Theatermakers are devising new, immersive ways to engage children, with a few sending boxes of props and set pieces to your home.
For nine months, the hit musical about the wives of Henry VIII has tried to keep the show going. But that's not easy in a pandemic.
Nine months covering a devastated art form have changed one critic's habits, and tastes.
Black artists didn't wait around for institutional change. They are making it happen.
The joy of "A Christmas Carol" isn't merely the story; it's the ritual of communion and reflection with family and fans. This year that's not possible.
Charming performers, elegant design and a smart video capture bring a bittersweet chamber play about the artist and his wife to the screen.
Serious new plays are always in danger of disappearing " never more so than now. But inventive virtual productions, such as "The Wolves" and "Heroes of the Fourth Turning," offer hope.
Leaders say economic challenges prompted the move, and they promise a new residency program that pays. Artists who urged change feel betrayed.
One day, we'll look back on this year and bawl. But we should also remember that there were professionals out there who dared to bring joy to our screens.
The show must go on, despite a second lockdown, with livestreamed premieres and recent recordings.
Audra McDonald stars as Blanche DuBois in a radio-like production of the Tennessee Williams classic that still has a way to go.
Richard D. Parsons, the former Time Warner chief executive who led the Harlem nonprofit's board for 19 years, will be succeeded by Charles Phillips.
Perhaps no playwright has asserted the richness and complexity of everyday Black lives and language so deeply. Now, two screen projects affirm his legacy for new audiences.
Kemp Powers is the co-director of "Soul" and screenwriter of "One Night in Miami," but his collaborators may not know just how much of himself is in those films.
Open-air shows. Joint productions. Filmed dress rehearsals. Here's a faraway close-up on how one theater community has stayed reasonably robust in adversity.
Alan Cumming and Patti LuPone add their voices to this season's tidings, plus a gender-bending Scrooge and a live broadcast of "The Grinch Musical!"
