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Overlooked No More: Margarita Xirgu, Theater Radical Who Staged Lorca's Plays by Kathleen Massara

The Spanish film star and theater director was known for taking chances in her politics, her private life and on the stage.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42pm on May 16, 2018☆⚑

Tom Murphy, Acclaimed Irish Playwright, Is Dead at 83 by Neil Genzlinger

His dark works avoided the stereotype of a rural Irish utopia, instead exploring subjects like the county's famine and its history of emigration.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:48pm on May 16, 2018☆⚑

Leah Napolin, Whose 'Yentl' Adaptation Made Broadway, Dies at 83 by Neil Genzlinger

The play, based on an Isaac Bashevis Singer story, was a tale of empowerment in the midst of feminism's second wave.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:33pm on May 16, 2018☆⚑

Harold Guskin, Acting Coach Who Nurtured Stars, Dies at 76 by Richard Sandomir

Find the character in the words on the page, he instructed Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, James Gandolfini, Rachel Weisz and others.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:18pm on May 16, 2018☆⚑

Works in Progres: A View From the Barge by Helene Stapinski

A Brooklyn theater company is staging the Arthur Miller play on the waterfront of working-class Red Hook.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:48pm on May 16, 2018☆⚑

City Center's 75th Anniversary: 'A Chorus Line,' Balanchine and Broadway by Joshua Barone

The performing arts center plans to assemble some of the world's top ballet companies and performers for its ambitious 2018-19 season.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18pm on May 16, 2018☆⚑

Alanis Morissette Made the Most Woke Musical. Isn't It Ironic? by Joshua Barone

The stage version of "Jagged Little Pill" sets a story steeped in hot-button issues like opiate addition and gender identity to the singer's raw 1995 album.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48am on May 16, 2018☆⚑

New Play About Gloria Steinem to Open Off Broadway in October by Michael Paulson

The first act will depict Ms. Steinem's life and career; the second will be a "talking circle" for the audience.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:18am on May 16, 2018☆⚑

Lesley Manville Has Waited Long Enough by Amanda Hess

England's hardest-working actress finally gets her star moment in America, playing Mary Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey Into Night."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:12am on May 16, 2018☆⚑

Review: In 'Operation Crucible,' Terror and Reassurance by Ben Brantley

Kieran Knowles's gripping play about the Sheffield Blitz, part of the Brits Off Broadway festival, focuses on the interdependent lives of four steel workers.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:48pm on May 15, 2018☆⚑

Critic's Notebook: Ridiculous! Fabulous! On Broadway, Tapping in Quotation Marks by Brian Seibert

What does tap mean in musicals these days? It's often used as a sparkly outfit " a symbol of Broadway's past, danced by nostalgists and drama nerds.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24pm on May 15, 2018☆⚑

Review: Downtown Renewal Means Trouble in 'Paradise Blue' by Jesse Green

In Dominique Morisseau's new play, Detroit's mayor wants to clear "urban blight," but some black jazzmen say, "We the blight he talkin' about."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18pm on May 14, 2018☆⚑

Broadway's 'The Play That Goes Wrong' to Close in August by Michael Paulson

The British farce, which will have its final performance at the Lyceum Theater on Aug. 26, will then go on to tour.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:48pm on May 14, 2018☆⚑

Review: With Help From a Gun, a 'Twelfth Night' Goes Dark by Alexis Soloski

The Acting Company's production, which runs through May 27 at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, nods to violence and hits the play's grimmer notes.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:12pm on May 14, 2018☆⚑

New Musical Version of 'Some Like it Hot' Is Headed for Broadway by Michael Paulson

The new adaptation of the classic 1959 film comedy will be directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw with a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:54pm on May 14, 2018☆⚑

Review: Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville Lead a Hard-Run 'Long Day's Journey' by Ben Brantley

In this highly adrenalized production of Eugene O'Neill's harrowing family portrait, everybody seems to be acting as fast as possible.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 8:18am on May 13, 2018☆⚑

Streaming: Spike Lee's 'Pass Over,' an Offbeat Melding of Cinema and Theater by Glenn Kenny

The director delivers more than just a "filmed play" in this movie, now on Amazon Video, that was adapted from Antoinette Nwandu's street-corner drama.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00am on May 11, 2018☆⚑

London Theater Reviews: Healing and Hurting on the London Stage by Matt Wolf

Matthew Lopez's "The Inheritance" refracts gay American life through an English novel, while two new British plays choose a shorter, satirical path.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:18am on May 11, 2018☆⚑

Lauren Ridloff's Quiet Power: 'My Life Has Changed in Every Way' by Michael Paulson

The Broadway debut of the deaf actress in "Children of a Lesser God" has brought her accolades. But she's not sure what to make of it all.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:18am on May 11, 2018☆⚑

Bikini Bottom by Way of Party City by Elisabeth Vincentelli

How the 'SpongeBob' costume designer used found objects " and yes, sequins " to dress an eye-popping array of singing, dancing sea creatures.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:18am on May 11, 2018☆⚑

Review: In 'The Gentleman Caller,' a Talky Tennessee Williams by Laura Collins-hughes

Philip Dawkins's play blends realism and campy melodrama as it envisions the fumbling beginnings of an affair between Williams and William Inge

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:18pm on May 10, 2018☆⚑

9 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend by Alexis Soloski

Previews, openings and some last-chance picks.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:24pm on May 10, 2018☆⚑

Broadway 'Mockingbird' Is Back on Track, as Court Dispute Ends by Michael Paulson and Alexandra Alter

A legal battle had been waged over whether a stage adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird" strayed too far from Harper Lee's novel. On Thursday, the suits were settled.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:48pm on May 10, 2018☆⚑

Review: A Multiple-Exposure 'Me and My Girl' at Encores! by Jesse Green

A 2018 look at the 1986 Broadway version of a 1937 musical leaves some things blurry and others all too clear.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:18pm on May 10, 2018☆⚑

Bloomberg Expands Arts Grant Program to Seven More Cities by Hilarie M. Sheets

The Arts Innovation and Management Program will invest $43 million in Atlanta; Austin, Tex.; Baltimore; Denver; New Orleans; Pittsburgh; and Washington.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:12pm on May 10, 2018☆⚑
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