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A prolific writer of books and plays as well as screenplays, he won an Academy Award in 2003 for "The Pianist."
That package in your hallway may be an exciting new theatrical experience. Or maybe not.
The coronavirus pandemic has prevented most in-person theater this year, so the prize board is changing the eligibility rules for its annual drama honor.
How can you get your cultural fix when many arts institutions remain closed? Our writers offer suggestions for what to listen to and watch, as well as see in person at a gallery.
Some of the city's major playhouses are presenting pandemic-delayed premieres in sparsely populated auditoriums, with much of the seating removed.
Milo Rau has retold the Passion of Christ through the story of migrant workers in Italy fighting for rights and citizenship.
The Billie Holiday Theater offers a live performance of "12 Angry Men…and Women: The Weight of the Wait" in front of a Black Lives Matter mural.
Readers said "Sweeney Todd" and "Wicked," among other classics, made them fall in love with musicals. One sheepishly confessed: "Starlight Express."
The Pulitzer-winning playwright, whose new book, "Homeland Elegies," comes out this month, succeeds the novelist Jennifer Egan at the literary organization.
She played rebellious types, witches and nuns, and had a gift for comedy. She died of the coronavirus.
A gift of 20,000 pounds will help sustain the Brontë Parsonage Museum, which is facing mounting losses because of the coronavirus.
As chairman of New York's preservation commission, he also oversaw the preservation of St. Bartholomew's Church, the Coney Island Cyclone and Ladies' Mile.
The "Fleabag" star Andrew Scott is the entire brilliant cast of a penetrating play about toxic fathers and sons.
When the pandemic hit, shows across America went dark. A regional theater in New England thinks it has found a way back.
Thrilled for the role, needing a paycheck and confident that the theater was safe, Jessika D. Williams left the actors' union to take the part.
The actors quarantined together all summer to produce Shakespeare's tragedy safely. But they can't overcome the remove of a camera.
Ms. Bey, known as "Canada's first lady of the blues," broke ground in her adopted country by creating opportunities for Black people in the theater.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought various hardships. An artist, bookseller, comedian and five others share their stories of how they are coping with all the uncertainty.
Our critic confesses she discovered musicals via the widely panned film adaptation of "Rent," a flop. We want to hear from readers: What was your first favorite?
How can you get your cultural fix when many arts institutions remain closed? Our writers offer suggestions for what to listen to and watch.
Most plays aren't masterpieces. As audiences emerge from lockdown and return to normal, there's comfort in seeing a show that may not be great, but isn't bad, either.
It was a flop, but the film adaptation of the Broadway smash turned me on to theater. And those starving artists made me want to make art too.
Jonathan Groff tapping a tribute to Sutton Foster? Lin-Manuel Miranda singing Anita's part in "West Side Story"? Watch these videos and see what's possible.
Thrice-delayed and now virtual, this year's scrambled show-tune revue "Miscast" has to entertain while recognizing that casting is political.
Based on the hit 1993 hit film "Sleepless in Seattle," the production is London's first fully staged indoor musical in months. Applause for that, at least.
