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Mr. Wilder's neurotic comic persona added a special edge to numerous hits like "Blazing Saddles," "Stir Crazy" and "The Producers."
What is true and what is a cultural expectation in this play about a Chinese dissident keep the audience guessing.
The play, which had its premiere in 1907, initially courted controversy with its depiction of homosexuality.
The Broadway actress Melissa Errico on portraying an innocent one more time, and the lack of rich roles for women in musicals.
Katherine Rundell's play set in the trenches of World War I is the winner of the annual Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, which comes with a production in New York next winter.
About two dozen Pflag volunteers, who visit schools to tell their families' stories, got a lesson in public speaking from six cast members of the musical.
The overall portrait in this 1953 play by N.C. Hunter is of an economically comfortable English family in coastal Dorset in the anxious postwar years.
Leslye Headland ("Bachelorette") has written a dark drama about infidelity and its unforeseen consequences, now playing at Second Stage Theater.
A scene from the Mint Theater's revival of a 1953 play by N.C. Hunter.
A guide to movies playing at theaters in the New York City area, as well as select festivals and film series.
Mr. Norman, the first African-American animator on Disney's staff, hand-drew scenes for classics including "The Jungle Book" and "Sleeping Beauty."
A critical guide to productions in New York City, including shows in previews.
Annie Parisse and Adam Rothenberg in a scene from Leslye Headland's play at Second Stage.
"We loved the play so much and feel compelled to make it happen so more people can see it," a producer, Daryl Roth, said of the play, by Paula Vogel.
While the sport takes center stage next week with the start of the United States Open, the sport is also appearing on the theatrical stage with surprising frequency.
A fascinating slice of esoterica at Southwark Playhouse, and a raucous knees-up at the National.
This brisk production from the company Motherlode concerns a village tempted by a stranger to move to new homes down the road.
Michael Feinstein and Marilyn Maye's "Summertime Swing" is an old-fashioned variety show, blending standards, Catskills humor and vaudeville shenanigans.
Our Bay Area getaway was a play, written for us and starring us, too.
Lisa Loomer tackles the politics of abortion in her new play, "Roe."
She will play Shug Avery, a role initially played by Jennifer Hudson.
This program at Theater for the New City will include 19 new works from American and international companies. It runs through Sept. 18.
Mr. Hill appeared in feature films and originated imposing lead roles on television series in the 1960s and in the 1990s.
This movie is a sequel of sorts to Robert Greene's "Actress," which focuses on boundaries between actors playing themselves and fictional characters.
A critic revisits the festival for "The Box Show," "Thud!," a new "Cyrano," "Night of the Living N-Word!!" and "Roadkill."
