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As the cast of "Barber Shop Chronicles" gets a (simulated) trim and shave, the audience shares in the genuine, if sorrow-inflected, buoyancy of the piece.
The words and tunes that Woody Guthrie, the Dust Bowl troubadour, made famous are at the center of this high-spirited show at the Irish Rep.
For an adaptation of "The Bacchae," the Stratford Festival hired Tonia Sina, who teaches a codified method of approaching onstage intimacy.
A.R. Gurney's passion for theater spilled over the edges of his work, from "The Dining Room" through "Love Letters"
George Orwell's novel has led to adaptations and variations since its publication in 1949, including a coming Broadway version. Here's an overview.
A British adaptation of George Orwell's classic arrives on Broadway with Tom Sturridge and Olivia Wilde, bringing contemporary political resonance.
Mr. Gurney, whose plays included "The Cocktail Hour," "Love Letters" and "The Middle Ages," leavened his astute social analysis with tart humor.
Paula Vogel's theater-history play, which was nominated for three awards and won two, will close June 25.
Mr. Feiffer's story about a boy who loves to draw makes for a busy musical at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.
After a bracing revival of "The Glass Menagerie" this spring, and last year's "Othello," Mr. Gold takes on another Shakespeare drama.
Advertisers are grappling with social media, increasingly polarized consumer groups and potential ills beyond sex, violence and crude language.
Kevin Spacey makes his hosting debut at the Tony Awards. Niecy Nash stars as a nail salon owner moving uptown in "Claws." And Lorde closes out Bonnaroo.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, which was nominated for three Tony Awards but won none of them, will close on June 25.
The one-acts in Series B of the newest marathon at Ensemble Studio Theater deal with pets, an insomniac ex-con, Walt Disney and girls who used to play in coffins.
In dropping their support for "Julius Caesar," Delta and Bank of America have proved more sensitive than Queen Elizabeth I.
A delicious conceit for a comedy sketch is stretched way too far in Jay Stull's new play.
Despite a celebrity cast including Allison Janney, the play failed to catch on at the box office and will close on June 18.
The Emmy winning actor of "Modern Family" writes about his move to New York, the challenges of acting and an unfortunate moment in Times Square.
The artistic director of the Public Theater and the director of the new Shakespeare production talks about the controversy surrounding the show.
Kirsten Childs's musical at Playwrights Horizons is a picaresque tale about a young woman and her unusual protector.
A production of "Julius Caesar," which features a Caesar styled to suggest President Trump, has created a clash between his supporters and the iconic arts institution.
With assassination at its core, Shakespeare's play is fraught. Totalitarian governments have banned it. And yes, it has inspired violence.
A new play and a coming film are joining the various projects that have reconsidered the class dynamics of the Olympics figure skating controversy from 1994.
This Theater Breaking Through Barriers revival of Charles Ludlam's 1986 comedy is never quite nutty enough.
An adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People," about the discovery of a tainted water supply, was painfully resonant when performed in Flint.
