Unknown Edith Wharton Play Surfaces
The 1901 script for "The Shadow of a Doubt" turned up in an archive in Texas, where scholars discovered it after noticing a cryptic reference to it in a letter.
The 1901 script for "The Shadow of a Doubt" turned up in an archive in Texas, where scholars discovered it after noticing a cryptic reference to it in a letter.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's "An Octoroon" reaches London and offers a mixture of disbelief and awe, while John Boyega steps into a troubled role of a German soldier.
Red Bull Theater's rollicking production of this Gogol play finds the cathartic value of satirizing bad behavior.
Scott McPherson's play, a deathbed comedy that premiered Off Broadway in 1991, is inextricable from his struggle with AIDS.
Next season, the theater is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its home on Lafayette Street. Here are some highlights.
On some of best series, the song selections are as nuanced, ironic and transcendent as the acting and writing.
June brings a comedy for those who prefer to be weirded-out; a show for theatergoers with itchy feet; and Kevin Spacey in the role of Clarence Darrow.
The bohemians and aristocrats are gathered in the Sussex countryside in 1914. Guess who's crashing the party?
Ms. Udofia mined her family background for what she sees as a true portrait of immigrant experiences in her ongoing theater cycle.
A dozen military veterans recited Sophocles' poetry and explained their feelings about war and coming home.
"On Your Feet," the musical based on the life of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, will reach 60 cities by 2019, including Miami, Boston and Detroit.
The actor and author recalls a time when clearer communication may have saved a lot of dismay.
A Harlem debutante party becomes a game of one-upmanship in Metropolitan Playhouse's production of Abram Hill's 1940 satire.
The "House of Cards" star is showing his stage roots with a performance as Clarence Darrow " in a tennis stadium " and a gig hosting the Tony Awards.
The audiobook giant announced that it would commission new one- or two-character audio plays, which would be released beginning later this year.
The new musical, with music and lyrics by Ms. Morissette and a book by Diablo Cody, is to be directed by Diane Paulus at the American Repertory Theater.
"Hello, Dolly!" producers and Tony producers seem to be at an impasse over the conditions under which Ms. Midler would sing at the awards ceremony.
How hyperspecific material makes local residents laugh on the national tour of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch."
The musical received no Tony nominations. But nostalgia and smart marketing are filling the seats with the "Jersey Boys" demographic.
Amina Henry's new play at Jack is about a greedy but not particularly bright entrepreneur and four determined dancers who compete in Pittsburgh.
When Beowulf Boritt and his wife bought a prewar fixer-upper, he used all the tricks he learned in the theater to redo it.
Video clips, incense and guided meditation are mashed up in Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble's offbeat exploration of courtship in the age of the app.
A new musical explores the ancient (and continuing) Afghan practice of bacha bazi, the sale of boys to wealthy men.
Ms. Lyng not only inspired the show and starred in its original cast; she also invested her comic talent and meager financial resources in it.
Jon Brittain's play explores the fallout when Fiona announces to her girlfriend that she wants to transition and be called Adrian.