How the master satirist's work speaks to today---Kurt Vonnegut, best known for his acidic novels Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five, only wrote a handful of works for the theatre, all rare…
Director Leigh Silverman helps explore heady questions in Broadway's The Lifespan of a Fact---In this era of #AlternativeFacts and #FakeNews, a show called The Lifespan of a Fact sounds like…
How choreographer John Heginbotham helped revitalize the Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece---Guggenheim Fellow John Heginbotham has been creating his own celebrated contemporary dance-thea…
In honor of the 10th anniversary of the TKTS "red steps," audiences and artists share the shows (and ticket deals) they'll never forget---It's been a year of celebrations at TDF: Our not-for…
Inside David Greenspan's new time- and reality-bending play---The spark for The Things That Were There was ignited the night David Greenspan agreed to auction off his talents. The five-time …
Set and costume designer Arnulfo Maldonado is having a major Off-Broadway moment---An African-American woman is working in her kitchen. She's wearing heels; her hair is elegantly coiffed. Th…
Dumbo Dance Festival returns for its 18th edition---When Young Soon Kim founded White Wave Dance back in 1988, she set up shop in Dumbo, Brooklyn, then a haven for scrappy artists looking fo…
The Tony winner mounts a singular tribute to the legendary writer at Irish Rep---Bill Irwin is not a scholar. He is not a biographer. He is a clown. Whether you know him as Mr. Noodle on Ses…
Dylan Baker tackles three disparate characters in Bernhardt/Hamlet on Broadway---Character actors often end up with scene-stealing roles on stage. But three plum parts in one Broadway play? …
Our series continues with a roundup of theatres in Long Island City, Astoria and Corona---Last month, we spotlighted Asian-American theatres in NYC. For our second installment of 5 Theatres …
After a year hiatus, the New York International Fringe Festival returns with lots of changes---"New York City should have the best Fringe festival in the world -- and that's not what we had,…
Twenty-three hilarious and heartfelt stories about the ways the comedy master impacted their lives---Two weeks ago, we asked our readers to send in remembrances of the late Neil Simon and we…
A dramaturg shares his ideas for making this post-show staple more engaging for audiences and artists---I'm a dramaturg. That term means different things depending upon whom you ask. But in …
Curated by Lar Lubovitch, the perspective-changing dance series returns for its second edition---Even though John Jasperse and his dance company had performed at the Joyce in the past, he ba…
Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors won Corden a Tony. What will his new comedy do for Max Gordon Moore?---Richard Bean's new Broadway romp The Nap at Manhattan Theatre Club is set in the w…
The legacy of the late Russian journalist speaks directly to the turmoil of today---More than a thousand people attended the funeral of Anna Politkovskaya, a respected Russian journalist who…
A new bilingual production at Playwrights Horizons is performed in English and American Sign Language---Craig Lucas' new play I Was Most Alive with You at Playwrights Horizons is about a fam…
The radical inclusiveness of Catya McMullen's Agnes---"I didn't set out to write about autism," says Catya McMullen about her world-premiere play Agnes at 59E59 Theaters. When she started on…
New York City Ballet pays tribute to Jerome Robbins in honor of his 100th birthday---New York City Ballet's month-long fall season kicked off this week, and the eclectic lineup includes piec…
Discover new-to-you theatre companies through our new series of themed roundups ---In life, it's easy to stick with what you know. But you should never do that -- especially when it comes to…
Jay O. Sanders stars in a stripped-down mounting of the Chekhov classic at a brand-new theatre company---Don't be surprised if you find yourself leaning in as you watch playwright-director R…
The actor discusses his new role opposite Edie Falco in The True---Although Michael McKean made his name on TV (he was Lenny on Laverne & Shirley) and in Christopher Guest mockumentaries…
In The Emperor, Haile Selassie's servants tell his story, and they're all played by Kathryn Hunter---The audience never sees His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie in The Emperor, Colin Teevan'…
Hershey Felder examines the legendary songwriter's life and work in his new solo show---Pianist, performer and playwright Hershey Felder has made a career out of chronicling the lives and mu…
Why Sophocles' play speaks to the Black Lives Matter movement---When Antigone in Ferguson opens this week, it will be the second Black Lives Matter-infused take on Sophocles' tragedy to play…