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Animated shows are finally moving away from letting white actors play characters of color. But even well-intentioned efforts at increasing diversity create complications.
Immersive theater, timed and ticketed, has arrived in virtual reality. Is this a brave new pixelated world for live performance? Or just another app?
The industry's show-must-go-on smile masks a harder truth: that there is no substitute for the live interaction between performer and audience.
Our critics discuss the last four months, which thanks to Zoom (and Meryl Streep) have been full of experimentation and playfulness.
This year, the Kilroys collective turned a spotlight on work by female and transgender writers whose productions were canceled or postponed.
This new Starz drama is set in a strip club but "pulses with the female gaze," said the creator, Katori Hall. Its premise is that sex work is as worthy of exploration as any other kind of wo…
The British government has promised $2 billion to save its cultural institutions, while the American theater, lacking meaningful leadership, is left to fend for itself.
The Disney+ filmed version has fans wondering what's accurate. Historians are fans, too, and they have answers, along with caveats.
Theaters in the Berkshires are planning live shows, "Godspell" and "Harry Clarke," with limited audiences and virus-related protocols in place. One will be indoors, and one outdoors.
The Broadway actor's battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.
After a weekslong campaign, artists in Britain welcomed the move, which will provide support to recipients like "local basement" music venues and museums.
The Broadway actor's battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.
The Broadway actor's battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.
This Lorraine Hansberry play, set in the 1960s in a fictional African country, speaks incisively to the American present.
Watching through windshields. Audiences of two. An elbow bump instead of a kiss. Theaters across the country find novel ways to play in a pandemic.
Even in lockdown, it's still hard to cut a streaming deal for a professional show. Here's what viewers can expect, for now.
Disney+ is streaming a live-capture film of "Hamilton." It's just the latest chapter in a deepening relationship between the company and the musical's creator.
Our culture writers offer suggestions for celebrating Independence Day, and what to watch or listen to without leaving your home.
Richard Nelson's fictional family returns, but for the first time this drama of connection in the age of American bewilderment feels smaller than life.
"She Kills Monsters" is hugely popular in high schools and colleges. Even in lockdown, performers have found novel ways to make the battles come alive.
Playhouses are finding ways to keep drama going, despite coronavirus restrictions.
For weeks, Britain's star artists have begged the government to rescue the arts sector. Will it listen?
The Wilma, seeking to reopen in Philadelphia, says it will erect a new seating structure in which every party is in its own separate box.
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Remembered for his adaptations of "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" and "The Great Santini," he prided himself on knowing his characters inside and out.
