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In the Tony-nominated "Mother Play," the writer conjures warm memories and thorny ones, not to judge her mother, but to understand " and to forgive.
A reworked opening number, less historical bulk and a general push to "have fun with these women" helped a musical find its way.
"Floyd Collins," a musical about a trapped spelunker and the media circus surrounding his failed rescue, had a brief Off Broadway run in 1996.
An Arabic production of Wajdi Mouawad's 1991 work, planned to open in Lebanon, was canceled because of his perceived ties to Israel. It found a home in France.
To produce this Tony-nominated show's climactic rumble, the creators, cast and crew gave it everything they've got.
"We have to really become creative about everything we do," said Jaffe, as the company works to address financial woes and carve a modern identity.
At St. Ann's Warehouse, a collaboration between a Danish director and a South African troupe that questions the tropes of Western films.
From Broadway to the city's smaller stages, a flurry of shows with wide-ranging appeal, familiar faces and rising talent.
Andy Cohen, Fran Lebowitz and hundreds more gathered at Little Island, Barry Diller's one-of-a-kind park on the Hudson River, for a new dance performance by Twyla Tharp.
Five students from the School of American Ballet perform an excerpt from George Balanchine's classic "Serenade."
The show, expected to arrive on Broadway in 2026, will be called "Hello, I'm Dolly."
Benjamin Millepied, an organizer of La Ville Dansée " a daylong event in Paris and its environs " wants "to tell the invisible stories of the city."
Samm-Art Williams's 1979 play about the uprooting of a Black farmer returns to Broadway for the first time.
Early records reveal that his sumptuous voice and longing lyrics were there from the start. Out of print since 1977, "This Close to You" will be available Friday.
Shayan Lotfi's topical play about a family building a new life in a new country leaves the details vague, deliberately.
The choreographer's "Navy Blue" is the rare work to express the emotions of life in pandemic lockdown.
Zack Winokur, an ambitious dancer-turned-director, now has a New York stage to call his own as the park's artistic leader.
Maggie Siff plays a war journalist facing the most dangerous assignment of her life: domesticity.
The play, about a group of English sisters who reunite at their mother's deathbed, plans to open in New York in September. It ends a London run this month.
The Delacorte Theater is being renovated, so a musical version of "The Comedy of Errors" is touring some of the city's outdoor spaces.
She first made her mark in the all-star 1944 movie "Hollywood Canteen" before finding acclaim on the musical stage. Movie and TV roles followed.
Adaptations of films will be a factor at the Tonys this year. Surprisingly the best of these shows are not always the most faithful.
Leading off the summer season at Little Island in Manhattan, the choreographer presents "How Long Blues," with T Bone Burnett and David Mansfield.
Madison Ferris and Danny J. Gomez star in the meet-cute "All of Me" " proof that depictions of disability onstage don't have to be "a buzz kill," as Ferris puts it.
In "The Playbook," James Shapiro offers a resonant history of the Federal Theater Project, a Depression-era program that gave work to writers and actors until politics took center stage.
