'Nobody Cares' About Laura Benanti, but They Let Her Entertain Them
While poking fun at her own agreeable malleability, Benanti flexes her talents in a show that will be available on Audible, without the physical dimension.
While poking fun at her own agreeable malleability, Benanti flexes her talents in a show that will be available on Audible, without the physical dimension.
What's it like to attend twelve productions in nine days? Michael Paulson, the Times theater reporter, shared his sprint around Midtown Manhattan.
"I love older theaters in particular," said the actress, who is up for her third Tony for "Cabaret." "The new ones don't have as many ghosts."
The show, inspired by a 19th-century shipwreck, has had previous runs in Berkeley, Calif., and Washington.
Julia May Jonas turns the menacing male siblings of Sam Shepard's "True West" into squabbling pregnant sisters in Vermont.
Improv adds a theatrical dimension to the role-playing game, which has been undergoing a renaissance as it turns 50 this year.
The revival, which had an earlier run at New York City Center, is scheduled to open in August and close in November, followed by a run in Los Angeles.
Broadway is still recovering from the pandemic. A state tax-credit program has helped, but watchdogs say it aids some shows that don't need a boost.
He challenged racial barriers in Hollywood, was a producer of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and earned a Tony nomination for "Home," a paean to his Southern roots.
In uncertain times, religious sisters are often invoked as vessels for collective doubt.
The French writer Laurent Gaudé taps into collective trauma from the Nov. 13, 2015 terrorist outrage and channels it into something like catharsis.
Maia Novi stars in her play about a Hollywood-struck actress from Argentina who stops at Yale's drama school and an inpatient psych ward on her way.
For its Joyce season, the company unveils "Juke," a spiky premiere by Jamar Roberts, along with dances by David Parsons and Penny Saunders.
The musical comedy, which is now running in Chicago, stars Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard. It is based on the 1992 film.
When two actors who have played the Emcee several times finally met, they discussed fear, courage and Berlin's bawdiest nightclub.
Laura Winters's romantic comedy pays careful attention to the dynamics of living with disabilities.
The actress is back in concert mode at 76, and doing new material. She's also looking forward to a bold new take on "Sunset Boulevard."
The actor will star in "Maybe Happy Ending," an original musical set in a future Seoul. It will begin previews in September.
Our chief theater critic names the shows and artists he thinks will win, should win and should have been nominated " and suggests a few new categories.
The choreographers nominated for Tony Awards this year have a broader vision than usual of the possibilities of dance in theater.
Archivists are the heroes of a documentary play about a photograph album depicting daily life among the perpetrators of the Holocaust.
A stage adaptation of the film is planned for next spring, with Clooney playing the journalist Edward R. Murrow.
The actress has received a Tony nomination for "Appropriate," in which she portrays a woman who makes a sport out of verbally eviscerating her family members.
A quirky and joyful play based on J.R.R. Tolkien's books joined weightier works at this year's Theatertreffen drama festival.
Suzan-Lori Parks's play is the latest work by a Black writer seeking to prioritize Hemings's life and perspective to make her fully dimensional.