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Four recent works put plays and the people who make them in a weird spotlight.
Harvey Fierstein, Betty Buckley and more on the sunny songwriter behind "Hello, Dolly!" and "Mame," who hoped that even a flop would find a second life.
A comedy number from the flop "Mack & Mabel" found the unexpected sweet spot between Irving Berlin and Stephen Sondheim.
A brassy celebration of optimism and urbanity, "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" from "Hello, Dolly!" can still stir the emotions.
His rich melodies h powerful lyrics, also heard in "Mame" and "La Cage aux Folles," dazzled critics and kept audiences returning for more.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge. DaBaby. Slime. Tom Hanks. Amy Schumer (naked). The Times's culture photographs revealed striking truths about art and the people who make it.
Yu won the Relentless Award for "Nightwatch," a story based on his family that he wrote as a student at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Elizabeth Strout created the character. Rona Munro put her at the center of a play. And Laura Linney has brought her to life in a solo Broadway show.
More top playwriting programs are preparing students to write for the small screen. And TV writers' rooms are scouting those classrooms for new talent.
A Method Grizabella, a disappointing Macavity and a lot of kitty nuzzling " it's not a satisfying adaptation, but was that even possible?
At their best, the artists who died this year could make us see the world in new ways " even as they made us laugh and cry. Here is a tribute to some of them, in their own words.
Despite a meanspirited neighbor " spoiler alert! " things work out just fine.
The 1956 musical drama, with an acclaimed operatic score, will premiere this summer at Bard SummerScape in Annandale-on-Hudson.
The art center's 2020 season will present work from Claudia Rankine, the choreographer William Forsythe and more.
Previews, openings and some last-chance picks.
The acrobatics in "'Twas the Night Before…" at Madison Square Garden are perfectly diverting, despite an illegible plot.
As a photographer and a playwright, she helped document the rise of a generation of theater artists who wanted to tell their own stories their own way.
The Times's three European theater critics pick their favorite productions of the year " plus a turkey apiece for the festive season.
Music, movies, television, theater, art and dance: Here's who broke away from the pack this year.
Now playing at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the 19th-century operetta is a fairy tale confection you can feel right down to your kishkes.
Without duplicating our critics, there was plenty to champion, from "The Inheritance" on Broadway to "Romeo and Juliet" in sign language in Seattle.
Lois Smith, Estelle Parsons and Vinie Burrows on age, agility, perseverance and steering clear of "self-pitying old" roles.
Love it or hate it, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical is one of the most popular of all time. Before the new movie adaptation comes out, catch up on its four-decade history.
Forget the finale. After the curtain call now comes the megamix, the last dance, the group hymn " whatever it takes to turn an entertainment into an event.
The 1992 feminist sensation "Women Who Run With the Wolves" has returned, as a new generation of artists embrace women's bodies in all their hormonal, bloody glory.
