On City Strolls, 'Fat Ham' Writer Was Inspired by 'Ghosts of Absence'
Walking around downtown Philadelphia, James Ijames reflected on his new play, "Good Bones," gentrification and the absence that "haunts the cities."
Walking around downtown Philadelphia, James Ijames reflected on his new play, "Good Bones," gentrification and the absence that "haunts the cities."
Original cast members look back at George Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova's staging of the 19th-century ballet. "Everyone knows when something is good," one said.
Holding tightly to the Dublin accent of her character, the actress talks about starring in Nancy Harris's feminist thriller at Irish Rep.
Revivals of a Michael John LaChiusa musical and an early work by the "Past Lives" filmmaker toy with and challenge audience expectations.
Dancers said De Keersmaeker, a "godmother of contemporary dance," ran her company in a tyrannical style that endangered staff members' health.
Marikiscrycrycry examines fresh territory in "Goner," but his ideas remain theatrically inert.
From its perch way Off Broadway, the long-running satire slings its affectionate arrows at Patti, Audra and the rest.
The 10-day festival at City Center opened with a program of works by Alexei Ratmansky, Tiler Peck and Andrea Miller.
Answering hatred with glitter is a time-honored drag tradition that France's answer to "RuPaul's Drag Race" is keeping alive in a new stage spectacle.
Atri Banerjee has channeled his own experiences into a new production of John Osborne's groundbreaking 1956 work "Look Back in Anger."
At the touring dance party Broadway Rave, the playlist is all show tunes. But don't worry, no house remixes of "I Dreamed a Dream" here.
Elvis Costello and Sarah Ruhl's musical adaptation of the 1957 film, a satire about a hustler turned power-hungry TV personality, hits the London stage.
The show, which had a previous run at Atlantic Theater Company, is scheduled to begin previews in February at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.
The plucky London City Ballet collapsed in 1996. Now it's getting a second life with a new mission: to stage little-known, small-scale works.
National Ballet of Ukraine dancers will perform Alexei Ratmansky's "Wartime Elegy" in New York. Touring is "like taking a break," one said, "because we can finally sleep."
In an impoverished orphanage in Sierra Leone, she longed to dance ballet. After being adopted by American parents, her improbable dream came true.
Mason, an associate director of the comedy, which opened on Broadway last week, will step in as Patti LuPone's counterpart.
"Wicked," which arrives to the big screen this fall, redeems the villain who is barely a character in L. Frank Baum's classic novel.
Arts & Leisure's fall preview connects readers with the season's noteworthy cultural works. And there are many.
Gibbons move with rhythm and intention. Dare we say style?
No theatrical wizardry is needed for this compelling drama about a woman's journey to Australia from war-torn Sri Lanka and the generations that follow.
A Bronx grifter and an Iowa homebody share a house and eventually learn from each other in this Broadway star vehicle.
The duo behind the Broadway hit follow it up with a meta reflection on finding love online that is relatable and fun but lacking narrative drive.
By presenting "The Orphan of Chao" and "Snow in Midsummer," the Shaw Festival is helping "the past to smash its way into the modern world."
The show, adapted from the play and movie, was first staged last winter at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass.