A stage adaptation of the 1972 movie about a Jamaican singer turned outlaw hero sounds great but falls hard at the Public Theater.
Category: Theater (Off Broadway)
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Review: In ‘Misty,’ a Restless Artist Grapples With a Gentrifying City
At the Shed, Arinzé Kene mixes spoken word, music and comedy to tell a story of racial tension and male identity in a changing London.
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A24, the Indie Film Studio, Buys New York’s Cherry Lane Theater
The studio’s first venture into live performance follows the move by Audible, Amazon’s audio subsidiary, to stage works at the nearby Minetta Lane Theater.
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What to See This Spring in NYC: Broadway Shows, Concerts and More
“Life of Pi” and Laura Linney on Broadway, Lise Davidsen at the Met Opera, SZA on tour: Here’s what we’re looking forward to this season.
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Hari Nef and Parker Posey: Two ‘It’ Girls Whose ‘Humanity Peeks Through’
In a pairing that seems almost predestined, the actresses are sharing a stage in “The Seagull/Woodstock, NY,” a contemporary riff on Chekhov.
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Oscar Isaac, Rachel Brosnahan and the Draw of a Neglected Hansberry Play
The first major New York revival of “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” Lorraine Hansberry’s 1964 Broadway play, comes to BAM this month. What took so long?
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Bridgette Wimberly, Playwright and Librettist, Dies at 68
She had success with a play about abortion in 2001, and in 2015 wrote the libretto for the opera “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird.”
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A ‘Titanic’ Parody Show That Draws Fans Near, Far, Wherever They Are
Some of the devotees of ‘Titanique,’ which recently moved to the larger Daryl Roth Theater after months of sold-out shows, have seen it more than a dozen times.
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‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Will Transfer to Broadway Next Fall
Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe, now starring in an Off Broadway revival, will lead the Broadway production as well.
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Best Arts Photos of 2022
These are the images that defined a remarkable time across the worlds of art, music, dance and performance.
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‘Stomp’ to Close in New York in January
The long-running stage show has been a part of the city’s theatrical landscape for nearly 29 years.
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‘The Wiz’ Aims for Broadway After a U.S. Tour
Schele Williams will direct and JaQuel Knight is choreographing a new production of the show, with additional material by Amber Ruffin. It will start its tour in Baltimore.