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By JASON ZINOMAN
Josie Long and Josh Gondelman are part of a new breed of performers who deliver their monologues without a drop of bile.
Ben Foster as Stanley Kowalski in the 2014 Young Vic production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
In the St. Ann’s Warehouse revival of the Tennessee Williams drama Mr. Foster plays Stanley Kowalski as “an ape: See. Grab. Take.”
Brandon Victor Dixon and Audra McDonald in the musical “Shuffle Along” at the Music Box Theater.
It shares its name and most of its song list with a landmark musical from 1921, so is it old or new?
That means it will have to go head-to-head with the smash hit “Hamilton” and other likely candidates in the best new musical category.
“On Your Feet!,” “Disaster!” and “Something Rotten!” are among the shows that don’t have much in common onstage but share some notable punctuation.
Jessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne, John Gallagher Jr. and Michael Shannon in “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” at the American Airlines Theater.
The production, starring Gabriel Byrne, Jessica Lange, Michael Shannon and John Gallagher Jr., features some heavy-weather acting.
Cynthia Erivo, center, in the “The Color Purple” at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater.
The Tony nominations will be announced on Tuesday, and it’s possible that more African-American actors than ever will be among those chosen.
Josie Long and Josh Gondelman are part of a new breed of performers who deliver their monologues without a drop of bile.
The actress, who made her Broadway debut in March, can relate to the emotional struggles of the character she portrays.
Red Bull Theater’s jaunty new production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s work is directed by Marc Vietor at the Lucille Lortel Theater.
Casey Nicholaw’s Broadway musical avoids flashy tricks and easy sentiment, showing a natural feel for this story about a secret fountain of youth.
After several attempts, producers of this Broadway musical have hit upon a solution to perfume the theater with the scent of baking.
This musical, directed by Michael Greif, stars Ben Platt as a teenager whose life takes a sudden turn.
Becky Mode’s one-man play has moved to Broadway, starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson as the poor guy who arranges five-star restaurant reservations for five-star people.
A Canadian who originated the Broadway role of Abigail in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” she also starred in stage and film versions of Tennessee Williams plays.
Still in previews, this hybrid of theater and acrobatic spectacle brought in more than $1 million in the last week.
This musical, set in a diner and scored by Sara Bareilles, centers on a woman stuck in an unhappy marriage.
On this date — April 23, 1616 — the creator of “Hamlet,” “Macbeth” and “Romeo and Juliet” left the beauty of this world. To us, he bequeathed his tragedies and comedies, his sonnets and verse, which would survive 400 years.
Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his influence on language and culture remains.
Four contemporary writers envision lost and rebooted scenes from some of the playwright’s works.
Theater lovers commemorated the loss of Shakespeare in 1916 too, and long before that.
Recommended shows from Ben Brantley, Charles Isherwood and other theater critics for The New York Times.
Recent show reviews from Ben Brantley, Charles Isherwood and other theater critics for The New York Times.
Top-grossing Broadway shows for the week ending April 24.
Shakespeare shuffled off his mortal coil 400 years ago this weekend. As the world prepares to celebrate the anniversary, test your knowledge of the Bard with this quiz.
Hold on to your Cavariccis: we’ve got a quiz all about ’80s references in the Broadway musical “American Psycho.”
Shakespeare is said to have been born, and died, on April 23. This year, the 400th anniversary of his death has prompted an outpouring of celebrations. Here are a highly curated few.
On one recent Tuesday, we spent an hour each with a dozen upcoming Broadway shows as they worked under looming deadlines. From the costume shop to the first curtain call, here's how the steps and stories, the stitches and salesmanship come together.
Cheap Broadway tickets are not impossible to find — if you have time before a show to pop an entry in a bucket or, increasingly, hit send on your phone.
What’s the story behind a show that’s become a Broadway must-see with no marquee names, no special effects and almost no white actors? Erik Piepenburg explains, in five snapshots, why “Hamilton” has become such a big deal.