Playwrights Realm's new show examines the aftermath of a high school sexual assault---You don't expect a play dealing with rape to contain much humor. But little about The Rape of the Sabine…
A guide to 15 upcoming (or recently opened) productions Although the 2017-2018 Broadway season officially began with the opening of 1984 back in June, it kicks into high gear this fall with …
The Flea's first show in its new home is a very strange love story---After 21 years on White Street in Tribeca, The Flea has moved to a much larger and sleeker space four blocks down on Thom…
How Sarah Ruhl's new play is inspired by her own family history---What's the most creative gift you've ever given your mother? For Tony-nominated dramatist Sarah Ruhl, that would probably be…
A theatre fan comes out about his love for vintage LGBTQ characters---What does it mean to be gay? Boy, does that sound passé. But what did it mean decades ago, and what did it look l…
How Shaina Taub turned As You Like It into a 200-person musical---It all started two years ago when composer and performer Shaina Taub got a text message from a number she didn't recognize. …
How William Ivey Long is creating costumes for 17 shows simultaneously---During his 40-year career as a theatrical costume designer, six-time Tony Award winner William Ivey Long has worked o…
Meet Camille A. Brown & Dancers, a dance-theatre company that tells stories about current experiences and political views through social dance, tap, ballet, hip-hop, modern, and jazz. Th…
Does every show really deserve one?---I can't remember the last time I went to a Broadway show that didn't receive a standing ovation -- even though, in my opinion, many didn't earn it. I ge…
A playwright explores the plight of a very unconventional family---Ms. Terry's worried. All of the other kindergarteners have a full set of crayons while Max Myers comes to school with only …
Why Tony nominee Nancy Opel is so excited about portraying a Curvy Widow---Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages' ongoing series on actors and how they create their rolesBefore preview p…
The Battery Dance Festival showcases genres from around the globe---Although the Financial District traditionally inspires images of affluence not the performing arts, Battery Dance founder …
How the soon-to-close 'On Your Feet!' has kept star Ana Villafañe on her toes---After almost two years of encouraging audiences to literally dance in the aisles, the bio-musical On Yo…
We've got a new video in our Theatre Dictionary! (You can browse all our videos right here.)Check out "Site-Specific," which we made with our friends at Kinesis Project Dance Theatre.Want mo…
Here are highlights at various out-of-town culture spots in Hudson Valley, the Berkshires, and beyond---While there are still plenty of shows to see in New York this summer, August is a prim…
Jacob's Pillow debuts a new director and a new studio---One of the busiest and most creative dance destinations during summer is the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in the Berkshires, where de…
Why the Mint Theater continues to champion Teresa Deevy---As the producing artistic director of the Mint Theater Company, which specializes in mounting neglected plays from the past, Jonatha…
This is the Shakespeare show that won't let me go---On Facebook, my friends constantly share which rappers or Real Housewives best reflect their very essence. As for me, I'm not a fan of per…
How a pair of actors are tackling a new time-hopping play---Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages' ongoing series on actors and how they create their rolesHow do actors navigate a play i…
A theatre critic's tribute to 90-minute, intermissionless shows---I wonder how many contemporary playwrights take into account the joy that suffuses a playgoer's heart when an usher intones,…
Why PTP/NYC is presenting Arcadia and Pity In History in rep---On the surface, Howard Barker and Tom Stoppard make an incongruent pair. With vastly different styles and temperaments, the two…
A musical lover remembers the understudy who first captured his heart---On a recent Sunday afternoon, I settled in to my seat in the upper balcony of the Shubert Theatre to watch Bette Midle…
How a pair of ballerinas became emerging choreographers---A welcome biennial tradition for dance lovers, the Joyce Theater's Ballet Festival returns for its third edition this week. The 12-d…
How this Yiddish musical crosses cultural barriers---It's unusual for a theatre company to revive a show just five years after its last mounting. However, when the directors of the century-o…
Six New York Musical Festival veterans share sneak peeks at five new shows ---Every summer, thousands of theatre lovers flock to Midtown Manhattan to feast on dozens of shows presented at NY…