A Queer Mountain Lion Leaps From the Page to the Little Island Stage
Henry Hoke’s 2023 novel, “Open Throat,” narrated by an animal in peril in the Hollywood Hills, is adapted for a staged reading.
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Henry Hoke’s 2023 novel, “Open Throat,” narrated by an animal in peril in the Hollywood Hills, is adapted for a staged reading.
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Cole Escola is dressing the part of fashion plate after achieving a new level of fame with the play “Oh, Mary!”
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Fun is the main point of Carl Cofield’s stylish outdoor staging of Shakespeare’s comic fantasy for the Classical Theater of Harlem.
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Years before they ascended to influential leadership roles, they worked at the Public Theater and became cheerleaders for each other’s professional dreams.
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2 Russians Found Guilty of ‘Justifying Terrorism’ in Their Play About ISIS
A theater director and playwright were sentenced to prison, a stark indication of the increasing suppression of free speech since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, their lawyers and critics say.
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At Avignon Festival, Theater’s World Gets Wider
Under its new director, the event is shining a spotlight on countries and performers rarely represented on the biggest European stages.
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Resisting the Far Right at a Festival of French Theater
Tiago Rodrigues said the Avignon Festival, which he leads, would become “a festival of resistance,” juggling activism with the premiere of a new play.
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15 Summer Theaters for That Nearby, Out-of-Town Experience
Easygoing days of drama and comedy are just a few hours away (or even closer) in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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Brooke Shields Has Worn Many Hats. Now She’s a Labor Boss.
The model-turned-actress-turned-businesswoman is the new president of Actors’ Equity. In an interview, she explained what she’s doing there.
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She wrote memorably about her upbringing by a circle of maternal elders and the life lessons they imparted, and of her yearning for the mother she lost.
By Penelope Green
Nostalgia will undoubtedly lure many to a London revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. It has more in common with a theme park than with theater, our critic writes.
By Houman Barekat
The Spanish director and performer Angélica Liddell elicited a standing ovation at the Avignon Festival in spite of her attacks on critics.
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Is moral leadership possible without parliamentary power? Two very familiar congresswomen battle it out onstage.
By Jesse Green
The organization, which won this year’s best play revival Tony Award for “Appropriate,” has chosen Evan Cabnet as its next artistic director.
By Michael Paulson
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Elevator Repair Service’s staged reading of the huge James Joyce novel retains much of its humor, pathos and bawdiness.
By Jesse Green
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By Elisabeth Vincentelli
The play will be produced by Second Stage, which is also planning an Off Broadway production of a two-character drama by Donald Margulies.
By Michael Paulson
British theater recommendations for visitors and residents of all ages — and inclinations.
By Matt Wolf
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He left a career in tech and found success as a producer, winning four Tonys. His mission: staging productions about underrepresented communities.
By Richard Sandomir
Gov. Ron DeSantis gave no explanation for zeroing out the $32 million in grants that were approved by state lawmakers.
By Patricia Mazzei
After an $80 million expansion, the Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening with a more welcoming approach — and all 82 of its First Folios on view.
By Jennifer Schuessler
The playwright Annie Baker shares the artistic influences behind her feature film debut.
By Robert Ito
Resetting the “Memory” musical in the world of ballroom competitions makes for a joyful reincarnation.
By Jesse Green
He turned “an insignificant trade house” into a powerhouse, publishing best sellers like “The Silence of the Lambs” and “All Creatures Great and Small.”
By Sam Roberts
BAM, which has faced cutbacks in recent years, unveiled a reorganization as it announced its Next Wave Festival for the fall.
By Annie Aguiar
Annie Baker’s debut feature film is a tiny masterpiece — a perfect coming-of-age story for both a misfit tween and her mother.
By Alissa Wilkinson
Marin Ireland’s play opens with Tatiana Maslany in a rotating cast of stars, and “What Became of Us” continues its own experiment with changing casts.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
As a journalist and later as a Yale professor, she provided the intellectual tools to help actors, directors and audiences understand challenging theatrical work.
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Maria and Sonia Friedman discussed their long history with “Merrily We Roll Along,” after a bittersweet Tony Awards.
By Michael Paulson
“The Heart of Rock and Roll” is the first new Broadway musical to announce a closing plan following Sunday’s Tony Awards.
By Michael Paulson
The English actor was injured during a performance of “Player Kings,” and the show was abruptly canceled. He is expected to perform again on Wednesday.
By Claire Moses
A new play from the writers of “The Jungle” dramatizes the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, a landmark climate agreement preceded by years of arguments over its wording.
By Alex Marshall
A play from Denmark, with a South African cast, turns the heroic tropes of horse operas into the tools of tragedy at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.
By Jesse Green
As part of a wave of reimagined Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals, a new revival of “Cats” unfolds as a ballroom competition.
By Joshua Barone
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