The company’s 2023-24 lineup includes works by Michael R. Jackson, Anna K. Jacobs, David Adjmi and Will Butler of Arcade Fire.
Category: Theater (Off Broadway)
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‘Oliver!’ Review: Tunes, Glorious Tunes, in a Grimly Cheerful Revival
The Encores! production, directed by Lear deBessonet, looks to deepen and darken a musical that resists the change. But it’s still delightful.
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Michael R. Jackson on the Soap Opera Origins of ‘White Girl in Danger’
The New York Times – Movies:The musical’s creator and creative team discuss their influences, including “Days of Our Lives,” “Showgirls” and D’Angelo.
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Final Sondheim Musical Will Be Staged in New York This Fall
The New York Times – Movies:His long-gestating final show, now titled “Here We Are,” is coming to the Shed; it is inspired by two Luis Buñuel films.
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Review: In ‘The Harder They Come,’ Innocence Lost to a Reggae Beat
The New York Times – Music:A stage adaptation of the 1972 movie about a Jamaican singer turned outlaw hero sounds great but falls hard at the Public Theater.
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Review: In ‘Misty,’ a Restless Artist Grapples With a Gentrifying City
The New York Times – Music: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 New York Times – Movies: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
The New York Times – Music:“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’
The New York Times – Movies: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 New York Times – Movies: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
The New York Times – Music: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
The New York Times – Music: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.