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Dungeons & Dragons role-playing serves as the backdrop for Qui Nguyen's sweetly earnest show, which often feels like an ABC Afterschool Special that's been heavily laced with specializ…
Director Richard Eyre's insistence on naturalistic acting rooted in emotional truth pretty much does the current Broadway production of Noël Coward's archly delirious comedy in.
Austin has emerged as more than just a base for music. In fact, it has become a mecca for theatrical and visual arts as well. So what makes the city such a bastion of creative energy?
A hit in London's West End, the play will open at Broadway's Music Box Theatre on April 18, with preview performances to begin on April 6.
Disney Theatrical Productions said Tuesday that the show will begin a limited run at the Nederlander Theatre beginning in March. It had a critically acclaimed debut in September at the Pap…
Like so many New Yorkers making the move from Manhattan to Queens, the Theatre Development Fund was after one thing: closet space.That's a serious concern when your wardrobe includes 75,000…
Writer-director Ryan Kiggell tries hard to make this adaptation of George Orwell's first novel theatrical, but the results make for a pretty tough slog.
After a lethargic first act, this revival of a musical that premiered in 1997 wakes up and delivers almost enough heartfelt performances to make us forget its tepid first hour.
By the time you read this, publisher Samuel French will have begun offering 400 plays for download, sold through Apple's iBookstore.
Confidently staged in a Midtown bar, this moody, site-specific play transcends its potential gimmickry thanks to a sharp script, dark humor, and first-rate performers.
"An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin" rolls into New York, making its Broadway debut at the Barrymore Theatre for 63 performances starting Nov. 21.
I was looking forward to composer Nico Muhly and librettist Stephen Karam's new opera, so it's with great disappointment that I have to report that it's an awfully wan piece of work.
For its fifth anniversary, "Mary Poppins" invited me to be a chimney sweep for a day to experience the inner workings of the production at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
The New Group brings downtown provocateur Thomas Bradshaw to the world of uptown theater, but his peculiar mix of sincerity and satire is no more persuasive here than it was Off-Off-Broadw…
A superbly entertaining show for all ages, this stimulating introduction to tap features five appealing male dancers backed by a three-piece rock band and a beat boxer.
Actors' Equity Association will present the Broadway musical "The Scottsboro Boys" with its fifth annual Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs Award for outstanding Broadway chorus on Frida…
Directors Peter Brook and Marie-Helene Estienne strip down five already-spare Samuel Beckett works for an hour of existentialist angst and tearful comedy.
A hardened gangster attempts to renounce his violent past for the sake of love and honor in this bracing post-modernist revival of a 1929 Japanese play.
The Foundry Theatre's new production feels like an unusual group therapy session that though at times forced and treacly manages to be quite powerful in spite of itself.
Eight playwrights deliver an in-depth examination of gay marriage, providing laughter and tears while handily avoiding propaganda. Richard Thomas and Harriet Harris stand out in a fine ens…
Walt Disney Co. and Sony Pictures are being sued by a woman who claims her autobiography was the inspiration for the film and the subsequent stage musical.
Matthew James Thomas, who plays the title role for two performances each week, is the latest to be sidelined from the Broadway production.
Staged with absurd panache and true-to-life humor, this blithe send-up of four ineffectual climatologists hilariously addresses the hypocrisy and gridlock that have plagued the environment…
Chris Perfetti, who graduated from SUNY Purchase in May, is making his New York and professional stage debut in Roundabout Theatre Company's critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production of…
Jennifer Lim still can't quite believe her journey with David Henry Hwang's "Chinglish," which bowed at the Longacre Theater on Broadway on Oct. 27.
