American Sign Language Brings New Layers to ‘American Idiot’
Performed simultaneously in sign language and sung English, a Los Angeles revival of the Green Day musical finds new ways to communicate rage and angst.
By Gabe Cohn and
Performed simultaneously in sign language and sung English, a Los Angeles revival of the Green Day musical finds new ways to communicate rage and angst.
By Gabe Cohn and
James Morgan, who has been with the small New York theater company for 50 years, blamed the effects of a stroke for his behavior.
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The Thornton Wilder classic returns to Broadway, still brutal and avant-garde after 86 years.
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The musical, created by Shaina Taub, announced that it will play its final performance on Jan. 5 and start a national tour next fall.
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Broadway Theater Owners, Facing Backlash, to Dim All Lights for Gavin Creel
The landlords also said they would reconsider their process for determining who to honor with full and partial dimmings.
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6 New Shows Our Theater Critics Are Talking About
The fall season is underway, and our reviewers think these productions are worth knowing about, even if you’re not planning to see them.
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Review: In ‘The Counter,’ a Cup of Joe and an Off-the-Menu Order
A diner patron asks a waitress for an extraordinary side dish in Meghan Kennedy’s sweet but shaggy new play.
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‘The Wind and the Rain’ Review: How Sunny’s Bar Weathered the Storm
On a barge in Brooklyn, the story of a beloved watering hole and a neighborhood’s recovery after Hurricane Sandy.
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Jonathan Groff, Fresh Off Tony Win, Will Return to Broadway as Bobby Darin
“Just in Time,” a new musical about the “Mack the Knife” pop singer, will open next spring at Circle in the Square in Manhattan.
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Mathieu Kassovitz has turned his cult 1995 movie into a stage musical. The France it represents is different — though much hasn’t changed.
By Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic
Her gossipy portrait of singlehood as a celebrity is a sunny contrast to the darker view of her Netflix stablemate Hannah Gadsby.
By Jason Zinoman
Robert Lepage’s latest play, “Faith, Money, War and Love,” runs for five hours, and aims to depict Germany since the end of World War II.
By A.J. Goldmann
Popular literature has often been the source of a big-budget musical, but not every show is a hit. Can you identify these five short-lived productions?
By J. D. Biersdorfer
The goofball spirit that made Marla Mindelle’s “Titaníque” a hit is missing from her equally campy new show drenched in pop-culture references.
By Elisabeth Vincentelli
Your culture and entertainment questions answered by New York Times journalists and experts.
Adapted from the offbeat 2012 movie, this new musical about loneliness and the longing for do-overs is promising but still needs to find its shape.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
A new play from James Ijames, who won a Pulitzer for his “Fat Ham,” has intriguing ideas about identity and community that never fully take shape.
By Maya Phillips
The “Succession” actress will play all 26 characters in a stage production of the Oscar Wilde novel.
By Michael Paulson
David Henry Hwang’s 2007 play, now in a fine Broadway revival, is a pointed critique of identity, masquerading as a mockumentary.
By Jesse Green
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