A POST-PANDEMIC RECKONING WITH ISOLATION AND MENTAL HEALTH A moving character study elevated by a nuanced central performance The oddest thing about Kirsten Greenidge's Morning, Noon, and Ni…
Joshua Harmon's play offers numerous instances of familial turbulence, moments of rhapsodic relief and -- to avoid spoilers -- revelations of how guilt and hostility fuse to create irreparab…
By JESSICA NEU Before renowned singer and actress Jessica Vosk took the Cabaret stage, the theater staff introduced her as a “secret superstar.” If that’s the case, it seems that the…
Laura Benanti's luminous evening at 92NY reaffirmed the power of cabaret as storytelling, memory, and joy. With Todd Almond and a stellar ensemble, she reminded audiences why live performanc…
A new London production of the playwright's masterpiece has extra poignancy just months after his death.
When Broadway's tireless chronicler Harry Haun joined Observer's roster in 2012, he was already a legend in arts journalism.
Connections forged over five decades gave him insider access to everyone from Jessica Chastain and Harvey Fierstein to the late Broadway publicist Susan Schulman and the legendary Lynne Mead…
By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) " Dior turned the Musée Rodin into a celebrity waiting room " then into a garden " on the first day of Paris Couture Week. Guests packed into the museum as the …
Thornton Wilder's classic American play is transposed for the inaugural production of National Theatre Wales. The result is heartfelt, though its emotional bite can feel uncertain A revival …
Jodie Foster said in a new interview with NPR that she was "saved" from Hollywood sexual abuse because she earned power in the industry at such a young age. Part of that power came from scor…
Suffused throughout the epic length, depth and breadth of the masterpiece The Inheritance Part 1 gifted here by Zoetic Stage is a profound sense of searching, With fierce anger, incisive wit…
A new documentary reveals how the comedian overcame her insecurities to reach the top in a male-dominated industry
Scholars and artists at Sorbonne University trained artificial intelligence to imitate the French playwright's themes, structures and sense of humor. The result is a new play.
The Toronto Theatre Review: Crow's Theatre's Rogers v. Rogers By Ross Walking into Toronto's Crow's Theatre for Rogers v. Rogers, I was already annoyed, borderline hostile, if I'm being hone…
By JESSICA NEU Directed by Hal Chambers and written and performed by Richard Marsh, Yippee Ki Yay The Parody Celebration of Die Hard is a clever one-man show that brings the iconic 1988…
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter Tom Stoppard: a life in pictures A b…
That "Zootopia 2" is as fresh, funny and densely packed as the first film feels like a miracle, but the truth is that there's nothing miraculous about it: it's just made by humans who put a …
When Madeline Austin saw a live adaptation of "Pride & Prejudice" last year, Jane Austen's humor and wit leapt from the stage.
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THREE WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL In 1978, five women gather in an upper-middle-class home in Karaj, Iran, to primp and prepare themselves; one of them is getting married and being that they are …
The TIFF Film Review: Gus Van Sant's "Dead Man's Wire" By Ross NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE " United States of America | 2025 | 104m | English The smooth radio tones of Roberta Flack and such dri…
By Alix Cohen "Dotty had a mind like a steel trap- and a tongue to match." Robert Benchley Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) was a poet, short story writer, screenwriter, critic, and satirist known…