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‘The Emporium’ Review: Thornton Wilder Doesn’t Make the Sale

This newly discovered play by Wilder is part picaresque, part fable, featuring a Midwestern boy who dreams of working at a department store in the big city.

Bobby Darin Musical Reaches a Rare Broadway Milestone: Profit

“Just in Time,” which for a year starred Jonathan Groff, is the first new musical from last season to make money for investors.

The (Familiar) Sound of Music in ‘Schmigadoon!’

The composer Cinco Paul discusses the clever references to classic musicals everywhere you look (and hear) in his new Broadway show.

In ‘Dad Don’t Read This’ a Playwright (Maybe?) Grows Up

Eliya Smith’s disturbing teen dramedy explores the ambivalence and confusion of life on the brink of adulthood.

A Broadway Star Is the Savannah Bananas’ Phantom of the Bullpen

Derek Klena was a successful actor with a Tony nomination to his name. But he’s found a bigger audience with the barnstorming baseball sensation.

Tonys 2026 Predictions: Who Will Win? And Who Should?

Our chief theater critic looks at this year’s nominees and makes some predictions (and recommendations).

Lisa Ann Walter Dishes It Out

During a midcareer renaissance, the “Abbott Elementary” and “Parent Trap” star is returning to stand-up, propelled by “the insanity of being a grown-ass woman.”

‘New Born’ Review: Let Hugh Jackman Tell You a Story

The actor gives a remarkable performance in a program of monologues at the intimate Minetta Lane Theater. Sepideh Moafi and Marianna Gailus also star.

Free Concerts, Festivals and Events in New York This Summer

In need of good times that don’t cost a dime? You’re in luck: As the weather heats up, the opportunities to have free fun are everywhere in the city. Here are some of our favorites.

Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara in ‘Fallen Angels,’ and More Theater to Stream

The actresses both scored Tony nominations for their hilarious turns in Noël Coward’s 1925 farce. Also catch Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler in “The Last Five Years.”

Beyoncé and Taylor Swift Join National Recording Registry

The collection at the Library of Congress also added works by Weezer and Vince Gill, and a radio broadcast of a fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.

How the Stars of 6 Tony-Nominated Shows Get Into Character

For Nathan Lane, Taraji P. Henson, Daniel Radcliffe and other actors, it can take wigs, group hugs or banishing ghosts to make the transformation.

Elon Musk and Friends in the Den of Oakland’s Literary Lion

Ishmael Reed, provocateur and playwright, has a few words for the billionaires of Silicon Valley.

The Singer Bringing Broadway to Its Feet Every Night

Joshua Henry, a Tony nominee for his thrilling performance in “Ragtime,” credits the demanding role with helping him “feel like I have mastered the voice.”

That Wig, Those Splits: Broadway Scene Stealers, Tonys Edition

Here are some of the brilliant moments our writers can’t shake from this year’s batch of Tony-nominated productions.

‘Paranormal Activity’ to Haunt Broadway This Summer

Inspired by the popular film series, the play has already run in Britain and in four U.S. cities. It arrives in New York in August after a Boston stop.

On Broadway Stages, a New Kind of Fake News

A genre of plays has emerged in which the characters and events are real — even when the dialogue isn’t.

‘The Receptionist’ Can’t Help You Today

A stale revival of Adam Bock’s cog-in-the-office-machine dark comedy lacks specificity and bite.

Her Response to A.I.? Getting Naked Onstage.

The writer Pamela Redmond talks about her new play, “Old Woman Naked,” why her kids won’t see it and whether she’d have done the show without GLP-1s.

When Mark Consuelos Wants to Escape New York, He Goes Here

“The midcentury architecture is fascinating. It’s also a place where I’m outside almost every waking hour of the day.”

How a Not-So-Nice Doctor on ‘The Pitt’ Taps Into Her Softer Side

Isa Briones, who plays Dr. Trinity Santos, is also starring in “Just in Time” on Broadway. She’s still getting used to all the love from her fans.

Why Are So Many Celebrities Co-Producing On Broadway?

Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian and Bowen Yang have all signed on as co-producers of Broadway shows. Our theater reporter Michael Paulson explains why.

Is It an Art Gallery? A Museum? A Theater? A Dream?

The Ministry of Awe, a new immersive experience in a former bank in Philadelphia, aims to help locate the wondrous in the everyday.

‘The Book of Mormon’ Will Close for 2 Weeks After Fire

The long-running musical, one of Broadway’s biggest hits, will be closed through at least May 17 after an electrical fire in its lighting booth.

Revenge, Served Two Ways: Cold in ‘Othello’ and Lukewarm in ‘Hamlet’

Shakespeare’s brooding prince comes off as bored at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. But Bedlam’s lean production of “Othello” is positively thrilling.

Luke Evans Finds His Ballad of Sexual Liberation

What does it take to play Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Show” on Broadway? Fishnets, five-inch heels, and an endless supply of glitter.

María Nieves Rego, Who Helped Spark a Tango Renaissance, Dies at 91

With her dance partner and onetime husband, Juan Carlos Copes, she reinvented tango for a global stage, including in the hit stage show “Tango Argentino.”

Tony Nominations Snubs and Surprises: Stars Are Dethroned, ‘S.N.L.’ Alumnae Reign

Lea Michele, Adrien Brody and other boldface names were left out, while June Squibb, André De Shields and Layton Williams as an iceberg were among the surprises.

New Musicals ‘Schmigadoon!’ and ‘Lost Boys’ Lead List of Tony Nominees

The nominated performers include the film stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rose Byrne, John Lithgow and Lesley Manville.

Tony Awards Nominations 2026: The Complete List

Nominations for the 79th Tony Awards were announced on Tuesday. Here’s who made the list.

‘Liberation,’ a Memory Play About ’70s Feminism, Wins Drama Pulitzer

The prize board called the playwright Bess Wohl’s work “a striking blend of comedy and sincerity.”

Electrical Fire Closes ‘Book of Mormon’ Theater Indefinitely

The New York Fire Department said there was “substantial damage” to a room containing lighting equipment at the Eugene O’Neill Theater in Manhattan.

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Belting

Michele on Streisand. Hudson on Holliday. Chenoweth on Menzel. Ten insiders (and five Times writers) testify to the thrill of the big Broadway sound.

Trading the E.R. or the Kitchen for a Broadway Stage

Audiences are flocking to shows starring Patrick Ball of “The Pitt,” Jon Bernthal and Ayo Edebiri of “The Bear,” Ben Ahlers of “The Gilded Age” and more.

These 5 Actors Are Already Screen Stars. Now They’re on Broadway.

Patrick Ball, Melissa Barrera, Adrien Brody, Tessa Thompson and Ben Ahlers discuss the demands of live performance as they make their Broadway debuts.

‘Moby Dick’ Review: Robert Wilson’s Last Masterpiece

Wilson’s 2024 adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic, with music by the British singer-songwriter Anna Calvi, has a short run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

August Wilson Like You’ve Never Heard Him Before: In Italian

In three U.S. cities, a new production of the playwright’s cabdriver drama “Jitney” will be imported from Italy.

Rachel Zegler Wowed London in ‘Evita.’ Next Stop: Broadway.

A buzzy revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit 1970s musical will transfer to New York next spring, but without its signature outdoor scene.

Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri Are Giving ‘Proof’ a New Meaning

The actors connected quickly as they prepared to make their Broadway debuts in a new revival of David Auburn’s Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play.

Laura Linney to Return to Broadway in New David Hare Play

The Manhattan Theater Club production will bring the actress back to the stage next spring, four years after her last Broadway production.

‘Flower Drum Song,’ Once Overhauled, Returns Changed Again

David Henry Hwang revised the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic 25 years ago. Now he gets to remedy some of his own remake’s flaws.

Obama Has One. So Does a Kardashian. (Check Your Playbill.)

The latest trend on Broadway is celebrity co-producing: A-listers who now have credits as backers of plays and musicals.

Megan Thee Stallion to Leave Broadway Show Early

The rapper will perform in “Moulin Rouge!” for the final time on Friday, though the production didn’t say why she was leaving more than two weeks early.

‘Kenrex’ Review: Plunging Into the Violent World of True Crime

The play, by Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian at the Lucille Lortel Theater, tells the story of a brutal bully who was shot and killed in plain view.

‘The Lost Boys’ Review: Live, Die, Reprise

A Broadway musical adaptation of the 1987 movie gets a lot of mileage from ’80s rocker aesthetics and over-the-top spectacle — until its second half.

The Tears at ‘Death of a Salesman’

Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay by Eric Alterman, about the power of the Arthur Miller play. Also: Patients and chatbots.

‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ Review: August Wilson’s Spiritual Masterpiece

This revival starring Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson may be uneven at times, but it still unlocks Wilson’s mysterious drama.

Can Physics Soften a Mother’s Death?

In the play “Rheology,” a son and his mother grapple, in very different ways, with what her eventual death will mean.

How Jesse Tyler Ferguson Is Showing His Range

Mr. Ferguson, best known for starring in the sitcom “Modern Family,” has leaned back into his theater roots with a turn as Truman Capote.

6 Shows Our Theater Critics Are Talking About

Rose Byrne in “Fallen Angels,” a couple trapped in the musical village of “Schmigadoon!” and “The Rocky Horror Show” at Studio 54: These productions are worth seeing.

‘The Rocky Horror Show’ Rewards Your Sense of Antici…pation

Sam Pinkleton’s new revival at Studio 54 gives us the big gay mayhem we want while also maintaining some order via Rachel Dratch’s droll Narrator.

‘Beaches’ Review: A Classic Weepie Dries Its Tears

A new musical version of the 1980s tear-jerker comes to Broadway, but the production is too muddled to make an emotional impact.

Clowning Around With Fascists, in ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’

Mark Gatiss plays a Charlie Chaplin-like dictator in a timely Royal Shakespeare Company revival.

Business as Usual at T Magazine, Aside From the Dancing on the Desks

“Live From the 10th Floor,” a video series, invites actors, musicians and other artists to perform at The Times’s Midtown Manhattan headquarters.

In ‘The Balusters,’ Neighborly Dysfunction Is on the Agenda

David Lindsay-Abaire’s comedy about a wealthy homeowners association thrown into disarray makes a case for the same social compact it skewers.

‘What Happened Was …’ Review: Alone in New York, Together at Dinner

Cecily Strong and Corey Stoll star in this two-hander about connecting over a meal that becomes much deeper than two colleagues socializing out-of-office.

This True Story Brought Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson to Broadway

“The Fear of 13,” about a man who spent two decades on death row for a murder he didn’t commit, is a story that the playwright says she “couldn’t shake.”

‘Schmigadoon!’ Review: Oh, What a Beautiful Sendup

Cinco Paul’s loving spoof of Golden Age musicals, adapted from a TV series, comes to Broadway, where its charming musical numbers can really shine.

Shakespeare compró una propiedad en Londres. Ahora sabemos exactamente dónde

Al confirmar la ubicación precisa de la casa de William Shakespeare en Blackfriars, una académica británica plantea nuevas preguntas sobre qué pretendía hacer con ella.

They May Be ‘Fallen Angels,’ but This Comic Duo Is Heavenly

Lust is the comic engine driving the action of a riotous revival of one of Noël Coward’s early plays, with Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara, at Todd Haimes Theater.

Why Wallace Shawn Stepped in to Play ‘the Other Woman’

When an actress in Shawn’s play “What We Did Before Our Moth Days” got Covid, he took on the role.

As Regional Theaters Struggle, Some Defy the Odds

Naples, Fla., and Milwaukee are quite different, but have one thing in common: They are home to regional theaters that are thriving.

5 Years After Covid Closed the Theaters, Audiences Are Returning

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.

Off Broadway, Labor Tension Heats Up

Stagehands and other backstage workers have gone on strike against a prominent theater, and two productions have been canceled.

Stratford-Upon-Lake-Michigan: Royal Shakespeare Company Plays Chicago

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.

On Broadway, a Covid Switcheroo: Marsha Mason in for Mia Farrow

Mason, an associate director of “The Roommate,” which opened on Broadway last week, stepped in as Patti LuPone’s counterpart.

Does a Smash Hit Like ‘Lion King’ Deserve a $3 Million Tax Break?

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.

Audience Snapshot: Four Years After Shutdown, a Mixed Recovery

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.

Is Earlier Better for Theater Start Times?

In an effort to entice audiences back after the pandemic, Britain’s National Theater is testing a 6:30 p.m. curtain.

Off Broadway, a Vital Part of New York Theater, Feels the Squeeze

The small theaters that help make the city a theater capital are cutting back as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.

Luring Theater Audiences Back After Covid

Readers discuss the decline in theater subscribers after the pandemic. Also: Northern Ireland; food allergies; a Covid playmate; anti-China bias.

72 Regional Theaters, One Shared Crisis

Michael Paulson spoke with producers and artistic directors at nonprofit theaters across the country about the crisis their industry is facing.

A Crisis in America’s Theaters Leaves Prestigious Stages Dark

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.

In ‘Plays for the Plague Year,’ the Soundtrack of Our Lives

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.

As Presenters Cut Back on Streams, Some Disabled Arts Lovers Feel Left Out

When shuttered venues embraced streaming during the pandemic, the arts became more accessible. With live performance back, and streams dwindling, many feel forgotten.

‘Covid Vortex Anxiety Opera’ Review: Gloom, Zoom and a New Bloom

The veteran performance artist Karen Finley leads the audience through the troubles that plagued New York City at the peak of the pandemic.

Obie Awards Honor ‘English’ as Best New Play

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 Bounces Back With ‘Best Week Since the Before Times’

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.

‘Broadway Rising’ Review: Surviving the Pandemic

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.

Onstage, It’s Finally Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Again

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.

Lynn Nottage’s ‘Clyde’s’ Is the Most-Staged Play in America

An annual survey, suspended during the pandemic, resumes and finds theaters nationally doing fewer shows and torn between escapism and ambition.

Did Fauci Lead America Astray on Covid?

Responses to an essay that criticized Anthony Fauci’s handling of the pandemic. Also: Migrants as props; abortion rights; David Milch; theater’s lessons.

To Mask, or Not to Mask: Theaters and Concert Halls Face a Dilemma

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.

‘It’s My Tradition Too’: A Town’s Centuries-Old Passion Play Evolves

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.

On Broadway, One Show Decides to Keep Masks. No, It’s Not ‘Phantom.’

“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.”

You Don’t Want to Wear a Mask? Do It for Hugh Jackman

Beginning in July, Broadway will no longer require audiences to mask up. Actors and theater workers aren’t loving the idea.

You Don’t Want to Wear a Mask? Do It for Hugh Jackman.

Beginning in July, Broadway will no longer require audiences to mask up. Actors and theater workers aren’t loving the idea.

Broadway Will Drop Mask Mandate Beginning July 1

Most theaters stopped requiring proof of vaccination this spring. Now they are going “mask optional.”

‘A Strange Loop’ Wins Best Musical as Tonys Celebrate Broadway’s Return

“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.

‘Come From Away’ to Close, the Latest Broadway Show to End Run

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.

Broadway theaters will continue requiring patrons to wear masks at least through June 30.

The decision comes at a time when New York City has declared a “high Covid alert.”

The Twisting Trail to the Tonys: ‘Can You Believe That We’re Here?’

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.

‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ to Close on Broadway, After Reopening

The musical, which shuttered temporarily in January as the Omicron variant spread, has struggled with the slow return of tourists to the theater.

Your Monday Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

Most Broadway theaters have ended vaccination checks as coronavirus cases are rising.

Most of Broadway Ends Vaccine Checks as Cases Rise in New York

While for-profit theater owners and operators agreed to stop checking proof of vaccination this week, several nonprofit Broadway theaters continue to require it.

Manhattan Springs Back to Life

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.

‘For Colored Girls’ to Close on Broadway, Reflecting Tough Season

The revival, directed by Camille A. Brown, received strong reviews but struggled to attract audiences and overcome challenges posed by Covid.