Tom Morello Brings Rage to an Unexpected Genre: the Musical
This firebrand guitarist pulled songs from his lesser-known catalog for “Revolution(s),” about family of activists, now playing in Chicago.
This firebrand guitarist pulled songs from his lesser-known catalog for “Revolution(s),” about family of activists, now playing in Chicago.
Why has the genius of these Black innovators been consigned to academic conferences?
The tentative agreement, which still requires ratification by union members, comes five days after a similar agreement with actors and stage managers.
She also had leading roles in “Doctor Dolittle” with Rex Harrison, “Walk, Don’t Run” with Cary Grant and “The Molly Maguires” with Sean Connery.
David Cale’s astonishing one-man show in Brooklyn erects some familiar signposts before swerving into the unexpected.
Adapted for the stage, the baseball rom-com is now less sexy and sophisticated than the ’80s classic.
Like “Stranger Things” and “Harry Potter,” this horror film franchise is branching out with an original story that aims to pull the rug from under theatergoers.
The ticketing company is already a significant player in the two big theater markets of New York and London.
There was a flourish of purple at the State Theater for the debut of a new musical adaptation of the performer’s 1984 movie in his hometown in Minnesota.
Equilibrar una carrera artística y la vida familiar es una tensión a la que se ha enfrentado recientemente en la vida, y ahora, en la pantalla, para una nueva película sobre sus padres.
The Broadway League and Actors’ Equity Association reached a tentative agreement early Saturday. Union members must decide whether to ratify it.
Durante medio siglo, ha llevado su singular talento al escenario y a la pantalla. Ahora, la actriz quiere volver a interpretar el papel que la convirtió en una estrella.
Mr. Pierce, the popular actor from shows like “The Wire,” said time is precious. He spends his shopping in Harlem, walking through Central Park and staying up all night listening to jazz.
Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy and Brandon Uranowitz lead the glorious cast of Lear deBessonet’s inspiriting Broadway revival at Lincoln Center Theater.
An urgent family mission propels Jordan E. Cooper’s pain-spiked supernatural comedy, a very loose riff on the biblical story of Noah.
The French theater maker Caroline Guiela Nguyen brings unheard voices to the stage, like the real and imagined garment workers in her latest work, “Lacrima.”
How to lead an artistic life and be part of a family is a tension he has only recently faced in life and now, onscreen, for a film about his comedian parents.
It’s unusual for an Atlantic Theater Company production to feel so uninspired, but in this set of one-acts, committed actors are let down by juvenile language.
In his solo Off Broadway show “Other,” Ari’el Stachel explores the anxiety that has exacerbated his struggles with being an Arab Jew.
This month’s picks include Clooney’s Broadway run as the CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow and an audio play starring Hugh Jackman.
The “Severance” actor portrays all the roles in a play she wrote with Frank Winters, inspired by her evangelical upbringing.
For her performance piece “The Bride and the Goodnight Cinderella,” which opens in New York later this month, the artist drugs herself as the audience looks on.
Bedlam’s sharply irreverent production of Emily Breeze’s comedy, a riff on “Pride and Prejudice,” has period dress, contemporary vernacular and a magnetic Mrs. Bennet.
A 2012 stroke has largely kept him from acting, but not from writing — and recording — a new memoir. “It was very peculiar not to be able to speak,” he says.
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“Spunk,” a fable weaving together music and movement, is getting its first full staging since being rediscovered in 1997.
Samuel Beckett’s 55-minute contemplation of mortality comes to NYU Skirball in a neat and handsome staging by Vicky Featherstone.
“Quería contar una historia que abarcara todo el espectro de género”, afirma Tonatiuh, quien transformó su cuerpo para interpretar al escaparatista queer Luis Molina.
“Freedom Riders,” a performance featuring monologues about police violence against Black people, played in cities throughout the South before returning to New York.
“I wanted to tell a story that encompassed the gender spectrum,” said Tonatiuh, who transformed his body to play the queer window dresser Luis Molina.
In her bold, funny solo show, the social media influencer details a life of identity-searching, controversy and a determination to be absolutely herself.
Striking plants of deep pinks and dark greens conjure the visual world of “Wicked” this month at the New York Botanical Garden.
The screen star is making her London stage debut in Tracy Letts’ portrait of embattled womanhood.
The reimagined “Jellicle Ball” version of the musical is set in the ballroom scene — the queer subculture built around dance competitions.
Jen Tullock’s Off Broadway play, “Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God,” delves into growing up in a Christian family.
Long the leading Asian American playwright, he was writing autofictional works about identity politics decades before those were cultural obsessions.
For half a century, she’s brought her singular talents to the stage and screen. Now, the actress wants one more shot at the role that helped make her a star.
For T’s annual celebration of the people changing the culture, we profile three artists united in their dedication to taking risks.
Twenty-two people in a broad spectrum of the arts and sciences were awarded the fellowship, which comes with an $800,000 stipend.
The Broadway League and unions representing actors, stage managers and musicians are trying to negotiate new contracts, but workers are increasingly frustrated.
In Thompson’s latest film, she plays an unhappy housewife who blows up her life. In reality, the actor and producer has left relationships with much less fallout.
Critics initially panned it, but public love for the musical with songs like “One Day More” and “On My Own” has kept it going strong for four decades — and counting.
The Serbian artist’s latest piece is a four-hour exploration of folklore and sexuality, featuring singers, dancers, musicians and film.
Natalie Palamides and Julia Masli are among the stars of a new clowning movement that revels in the comedy of failure. How did these fools become prestige?
George Steinbrenner’s theater-loving granddaughter Haley Swindal is taking a big swing with a revival of the musical, slightly retooled for a new generation.
Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris talked about paintings that made an impression and, like their characters in “Art,” had questions about one another’s taste.
In this dark comedy about climate change, a meteorologist meant to maintain a “happy voice” can no longer reassure viewers that it’s going to be all right.
André De Shields does Molière, Romy and Michele take the stage and Bat Boy makes his return just in time for Halloween.
As director of Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, one of France’s top playhouses, Julien Gosselin is facing strong budgetary headwinds. But he’s keeping his vision big.
Before she became known as the snooty suburbanite Hyacinth Bucket, Ms. Routledge was an acclaimed stage performer, appearing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and on the West End and Broadway.
For a British soldier, a fatal night out breeds a hunger for revenge in Leo McGann’s suspenseful play at Irish Repertory Theater.
After his Tony win, Jonathan Spector returns with a dark, cerebral comedy involving academics and Stalin’s daughter.
The actress stars in a closely observed new drama by Preston Max Allen about addiction, class and the safety of a transgender 9-year-old.
Jon Stewart, Atsuko Okatsuka and Pete Davidson are just three stars making us laugh this month, while cosplayers and fans assemble for the ultimate geek fest.
The actor Tim Blake Nelson has penned a dystopian drama set in an unspecified future that puts forth lofty themes. Too bad it’s short on specifics.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” returns to New York in an immersive spectacle, as silly as it is thrilling.
James Graham’s Broadway play tells the true story of how restorative justice brought together a young man who threw a fatal punch and the parents of the victim.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonathan Groff and Kieran Culkin were among the headliners who came out to support Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter’s new collaboration.
Natalie Palamides’s mind-scrambling work oscillates between big laughs and pathos. Her show “Weer” is the first long run at the renovated Cherry Lane Theater.
Jamie Lloyd’s pristinely chic Broadway revival of the existential tragicomedy casts the “Bill & Ted” stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter as Samuel Beckett’s clowns.
Kevin Carillo dreams up an unlikely combination, with results that are delirious and often persuasive, but also excessive.
A stage adaptation of the Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s “The Unwomanly Face of War” gives Soviet women credit for their complex roles in World War II.
The Broadway play “Punch” retells the true story of a fatal blow and how restorative justice brought healing to the parents and to the young man who threw the punch.
From now to the end of October, spooky season takes hold in the five boroughs and beyond with parades, horror films and celebrations of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at 50.
For the first play he’s written, the actor stars as a striving Colombian American patriarch in the mold of Willy Loman or Walter Younger.
No phones, no street clothing. The artist Rashid Johnson has returned to the Russian and Turkish Baths with Amiri Baraka’s incendiary play “Dutchman.”
Nicki Hunter will succeed Lynne Meadow in December, taking charge of a major nonprofit that stages shows on and off Broadway.
Broadway is almost back, and pop music tours and sports events are booming. But Hollywood, museums and other cultural sectors have yet to bounce back.
Stagehands and other backstage workers have gone on strike against a prominent theater, and two productions have been canceled.
With less touring, it’s been a while since all the world has been its stage, but the troupe is working with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater — where it has family ties.
Mason, an associate director of “The Roommate,” which opened on Broadway last week, stepped in as Patti LuPone’s counterpart.
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.
Covid brought live performance to a halt. Now the audience for pop concerts and sporting events has roared back, while attendance on Broadway and at some major museums is still down.
In an effort to entice audiences back after the pandemic, Britain’s National Theater is testing a 6:30 p.m. curtain.
The small theaters that help make the city a theater capital are cutting back as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.
Readers discuss the decline in theater subscribers after the pandemic. Also: Northern Ireland; food allergies; a Covid playmate; anti-China bias.
Michael Paulson spoke with producers and artistic directors at nonprofit theaters across the country about the crisis their industry is facing.
As they struggle to recover after the pandemic, regional theaters are staging fewer shows, giving fewer performances, laying off staff and, in some cases, closing.
Suzan-Lori Parks wrote one play a day for 13 months during the pandemic. Those stories come to life onstage in the form of monologues, dialogues and songs at Joe’s Pub.
When shuttered venues embraced streaming during the pandemic, the arts became more accessible. With live performance back, and streams dwindling, many feel forgotten.
The veteran performance artist Karen Finley leads the audience through the troubles that plagued New York City at the peak of the pandemic.
A ceremony for the awards, celebrating work Off and Off Off Broadway, will be held Monday, but organizers decided to announce the winners in advance.
Broadway shows grossed $51.9 million during the holiday week, the most since 2019, and “The Lion King” set a record for the most earned by any show in a single week.
Stakeholders including Patti LuPone and Lynn Nottage share their real-time reactions to New York theater’s shutdown and reopening in Amy Rice’s documentary.
After one holiday season lost to the pandemic and another curtailed by Omicron, seasonal staples including “The Nutcracker,” “A Christmas Carol” and “Messiah” are back in force.
An annual survey, suspended during the pandemic, resumes and finds theaters nationally doing fewer shows and torn between escapism and ambition.
Responses to an essay that criticized Anthony Fauci’s handling of the pandemic. Also: Migrants as props; abortion rights; David Milch; theater’s lessons.
Some audience members are turned off by mask mandates. Others won’t attend indoor performances without them. Arts presenters are taking different approaches this season.
After a two-year pandemic delay, villagers in the German town of Oberammergau are once again re-enacting the story of Jesus’s life and death, with some changes.
“American Buffalo,” at Circle in the Square, is sticking with masking till it closes, July 10, citing the “proximity of the audience to the actors” and “the staging in the round.”
Beginning in July, Broadway will no longer require audiences to mask up. Actors and theater workers aren’t loving the idea.
Beginning in July, Broadway will no longer require audiences to mask up. Actors and theater workers aren’t loving the idea.
Most theaters stopped requiring proof of vaccination this spring. Now they are going “mask optional.”
“The Lehman Trilogy” won best play, “Company” won best musical revival and “Take Me Out” won best revival of a play at the 75th Tony Awards.
The musical, which opened in 2017, is the third to announce a closing in two days, as many shows struggle in a pandemic-softened marketplace.
The decision comes at a time when New York City has declared a “high Covid alert.”
At times it felt like a game of survival. But during a Broadway season unlike any other, productions showed their resourcefulness while learning how to live with Covid.
The musical, which shuttered temporarily in January as the Omicron variant spread, has struggled with the slow return of tourists to the theater.
While for-profit theater owners and operators agreed to stop checking proof of vaccination this week, several nonprofit Broadway theaters continue to require it.
Broadway enthusiasts, art aficionados and food lovers will find new offerings in and around Times Square and in neighborhoods below 42nd Street, heralding the promise of a vibrant recovery.
The revival, directed by Camille A. Brown, received strong reviews but struggled to attract audiences and overcome challenges posed by Covid.