Andy Bragen revisits the last years of his mother's life in Notes on My Mother's Decline---On some nights, Notes on My Mother's Decline feels as much like a memorial service as a show. Altho…
A new romantic comedy puts live-action role-playing center stage---There are adults who meet for poker; some play chess; others host book clubs. But the protagonists of Liba Vaynberg's new r…
Veteran principal dancer James Whiteside makes his American Ballet Theatre choreographic debut---American Ballet Theatre's fall season is a two-week whirlwind of revelations. The troupe's fu…
Emun Elliott on his steamy Broadway debut in Roundabout's revival of The Rose Tattoo---Scottish actor Emun Elliott came this close to acting on Broadway four years ago. "I did a play called …
After seven years and multiple incarnations, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical hits BroadwaySince 1961, TheaterWorksUSA has touredlit-based showsfor young audiences to 49 states…
Ian Barford on his challenging role in Tracy Letts' Linda Vista on Broadway---Ian Barford realizes that some audience members may view the 50-year-old divorcé he portrays in Tracy Let…
Broadway belter Alysha Umphress on body diversity, romance and her role in Scotland, PA---Alysha Umphress gets the first word in Scotland, PA, a dark musical comedy based on the eponymous 20…
How Ty Jones is running the Classical Theatre of Harlem while acting in The Great Society---The timing was perfect. After a four-year stint on Starz's crime drama Power, Ty Jones' special ag…
Playwright Lily Houghton and director Kylie M. Brown discuss their world-premiere collaboration---Artists often channel their grief into their work, and that's just what playwright Lily Houg…
Jeff Augustin's new play at Manhattan Theatre Club explores multicultural and multigenerational existential dread---Eisa (Kara Walker), the biracial teen at the center of Jeff Augustin's wor…
Why Will Arbery's new play at Playwrights Horizons is not preaching to the choir---Playwright Will Arbery was raised in Texas in a Republican Catholic household. His parents were academics b…
Big companies like ABT and Paul Taylor return, plus ice theatre, dance plays and Misty Copeland!---New York's dance scene reaches a critical mass this month with a slew of impressively varie…
How the new play Mothers is challenging audiences -- and artists -- to rethink how we parent---There aren't any flesh-and-blood children on stage in Mothers, Anna Moench's shattering new pla…
A theatre lover has an unexpected catharsis in the dark---Someone in the audience was crying -- loudly. It took me a while to realize that hysterical sobbing was me. The way the protagonist …
Latinx playwright Alexis Scheer on the origins of her pitch-black comedy Our Dear Dead Drug Lord---Playwright Alexis Scheer dabbles in witchcraft. "It's a spiritual practice for me," she say…
Jonathan Kent on directing Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins in a slippery new drama about memory---Jonathan Kent started out as a painter and actor, but everything clicked into place for him…
Usually the L.A. Law costars act together, but this time he wrote the play---Michael Tucker is an enthusiastic storyteller. Even mundane questions spark amusing tales, which his wife, Jill E…
Why two theatre artists are reclaiming the infamous 1927 film---Although it was once considered a classic and remade twice, the original Jazz Singer is rarely seen these days. While the 1927…
The former NYCB soloist on his circuitous journey from dancer to choreographer for the company that launched his career---The past and present are colliding for Edwaard Liang. The former New…
Patrice Johnson Chevannes portrays a matriarch over the years in runboyrun and IN OLD AGE at New York Theatre Workshop---"Girl, I'm tired," admits Patrice Johnson Chevannes about her latest …
Playwright Jack Thorne talks about his two new shows opening in NYC---When Jack Thorne was 11 years old, he was kicked out of choir for lying. "I was absolutely devastated," recalls the Tony…
The Montreal-based RUBBERBAND makes its Joyce Theater debut---Choreographer Victor Quijada's eclectic background accounts for his signature fusion style. The son of Mexican immigrants, he wa…
Jaclyn Backhaus' new time-hopping play puts the women behind great men center stage---Playwright Jaclyn Backhaus doesn't do straightforward linear narratives, which she describes as "patriar…
Three new works, including Broadway's The Inheritance, explore the impact of the virus on multiple generations---Playwright Matthew Lopez was 10 when he first learned about AIDS from the TV …
How the #MeToo movement made me see my favorite musical from a new perspective---When someone says she has a complicated relationship in her life, she's usually referring to her mother or an…