Michael Kimmelman writes about the long-planned International African American Museum, to be located at the wharf on Charleston's waterfront where close to half of all African slaves brought…
"Quick quiz. Which of the following makes sense? a) Three pirate ships on a river in a landlocked country in the Balkans; b) A 47-foot-high bronze statue of an ancient warrior that is Alexan…
Mr. Legend, Sara Bareilles, Alice Cooper and Brandon Victor Dixon, the lead actors in NBC's upcoming live performance of "Jesus Christ Superstar," discuss the play, their faith and musical t…
A story of obsession plays out in "Wilde Salomé" and "Salomé," as Mr. Pacino veers into Camp.
Restrained stagings of Schiller and Shakespeare are vital and exciting, but a production based on the New Testament falls flat.
Simon Stone's latter-day riff on Lorca's poetic tragedy dares to go to extremes, in this portrait of a journalist trying to conceive a child.
The comedy, about a ghost trying to scare away a family, is based on Tim Burton's movie. Alex Timbers is directing, and it is to open in October in Washington.
"The list of prominent authors mired in harassment scandals has grown in recent months, and now includes best-selling children's book authors, prominent political journalists and a National …
"Kirill S. Serebrennikov ... [is] accused of embezzling 133 million rubles, or about $2.3 million, in government funds allocated to a festival he ran. For many in Russia and abroad, however,…
Its patrician days behind it, a struggling theater troupe on the Upper East Side of Manhattan is hoping to reach 100.
There's weird fun to be had in mash-ups of classical and rock music. But this show sticks to an overly familiar playlist.
A stripped-down version of George Bernard Shaw's 1913 drama, which is just fine without the music that "My Fair Lady" had.
For these creators, a trade isn't just about paying the bills; it's something that grounds them in reality. In 2017, a day job might perform the same replenishing ministries as sleep or a lo…
Frances McDormand, RuPaul and Glenn Close were among those who spent their entire Sunday at the theater.
Ms. de Mille's work on the 1945 production is considered an important development in musical theater, and it will be noted in Playbills starting next week.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar chose Ms. Nanako Winkler's play "God Said This" from more than 1,600 submissions.
A German residency for the Gogol Center, a leading Moscow avant-garde group, drew attention to the plight of its leader, Kirill S. Serebrennikov.
"For decades, visitors to the world-famous tomb of King Tutankhamen in Egypt have noticed ugly brown spots covering the wall paintings lining the burial chamber. And for years the Egyptian a…
This astutely acted revival of Kenneth Lonergan's play presents conversation as an ongoing act of deception and betrayal.
The Broadway revival of the seven-and-a-half hour masterwork opens with a starry crowd.
A French cook demonstrates the art of living in the moment in this adaptation of an Isak Dinesen short story.
Yvan Alagbé: "What I'm interested in is work that renders visible what has previously been invisible. ...But you need to look long and hard before that can happen."
Nicholas Nixon, known for his series "The Brown Sisters" - portraits documenting the same siblings over the course of 40 years- "abruptly retired from the Massachusetts College of Art and De…
Arin Arbus's new production at Theater for a New Audience makes a powerful case for one of Shakespeare's strangest works.
Marianne Elliott's London-born production of Tony Kushner's masterwork is blazingly reimagined with a cast including Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield.