Critic's Pick: The African Toll of the Great War, in Song and Shadows
A fiercely beautiful historical pageant by the South African artist William Kentridge commemorates a million Africans who died in World War I.
A fiercely beautiful historical pageant by the South African artist William Kentridge commemorates a million Africans who died in World War I.
The Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall, a site-specific "Christmas Carol" and more concerts, plays and events this holiday season.
Three productions in London look at pairings (romantic and otherwise) that come to grief, including a retelling of the myth of Orpheus in the underworld.
In Krista Knight's muddled dramedy, an abusive husband and his fearful wife are joined by a mythological sea creature.
Heckerling, the pioneering director behind "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," is turning "Clueless" into a musical. Will she finally get her due?
The revival of Harvey Fierstein's Tony-winning play will mount a national tour with Michael Urie continuing in the lead role.
A familiar face for years in movies, on television and especially on Broadway, he had a particular affinity for the work of George Bernard Shaw.
A new play mocks the gender and racial ickiness of the 1933 movie " on a one-paw budget.
The storied Harlem institution will create spaces intended to incubate works by up-and-coming artists.
His star rose in the 1950s and '60s, when Broadway was ripe for experimentation. But he died in 2015 far from the limelight, and little notice was taken.
It was a year when classics were reincarnated in deceptively modest interpretations, conventional story forms were tossed aside and strong voices roared.
In the middle of the opening-night performance on Monday, the actor who plays Sonny Bono criticized Mr. West for looking at his cellphone. The rapper apologized.
The three faces of Cherilyn Sarkisian Bono Allman are the subject of a new Broadway jukebox musical that's big on sequins, low on insight.
Decades into the 21st century, the Rockettes remain a nostalgic institution, evoking a time when white women had the spotlight but were expected to stayed in line.
What's it like seeing your misunderstood profession onstage, with Daniel Radcliffe as a version of you?
Martin Moran's radiant memoir of a play recalls an experience of sexual abuse with a sense of luminous mystery.
A new musical illuminates the obscure history of American women who were recruited to the Signal Corps in Europe. It's rather thrilling, until Act 2.
Two Iranians and a Syrian were allowed entry to perform "The Jungle," a play about refugees, after urgings by Sting and an ex-archbishop of Canterbury.
Showing in just 34 theaters, "The Favourite" had early results in line with two of last year's Oscar-season hits, "Lady Bird" and "The Shape of Water."
Regional productions of the Broadway hits are the subject of a legal dispute between competing theater operators.
Thanks to a new musical, Cher's favorite designer may finally get the respect he deserves.
What you need to know from this week's TV, music and movie news.
Classical Theater of Harlem reimagines the Charles Dickens tale with the holiday curmudgeon as a real estate predator in need of reclamation.
Off Broadway productions in December consider migrants from Africa, the Middle East and Manhattan, plus one well dressed emissary from Beverly Hills.
A gorgeously illustrated stage version of the classic essay about 1960s California ennui may miss the point.