Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner’s pioneering “Love Life” was thwarted by circumstance. Now, it is coming to Encores! at New York City Center.
Category: Theater
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Jury Duty, but Make It Fun
Immersive theater productions are taking jury service, which most consider a burden to be avoided at all costs, and packaging it as entertainment.
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‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Brings the Thrill of Music Making to Broadway
A new musical inspired by the 1997 hit album gives a fictional back story to the veteran performers of the Havana music scene.
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Review: Eight Andrew Scotts in a Heartbreaking Solo ‘Vanya’
Playing all the characters in an update of Chekhov, the Irish actor turns what could be merely a stunt into a tour de force.
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Trump Reimagines the Kennedy Center: Elvis, ‘Cats’ and Babe Ruth
A recording of President Trump’s private remarks at a Kennedy Center board meeting shows that he mused about bestowing honors on dead celebrities and people from outside the arts.
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Why Black Satire Is the Art Form for Our Absurd Age
Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing political realities.
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With $921 Seats, Denzel Washington’s ‘Othello’ Breaks a Box Office Record
Demand to see Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal play Shakespeare has set a record in a year when big stars have been driving up the prices of Broadway plays.
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Theater to Stream Now: ‘Beckett Briefs’ and One of Gavin Creel’s Last Shows
Also available for streaming: A masterful F. Murray Abraham in “Beckett Briefs,” and Christopher Walken and Susan Sarandon in a take on “Streetcar.”
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‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Is Haunted by Brando and Ghosts of Actors Past
With a revival starring Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran in Brooklyn, a look at the carefully weighted balance that actors playing Blanche and Stanley need to strike.
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A Ferocious Paul Mescal Stars in a Brutal ‘Streetcar’
Desire comes a distant second to violence in a Brooklyn revival of the Tennessee Williams classic.
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‘Operation Mincemeat,’ a Very British Hit, Lands on Broadway
Now in previews, the musical comedy about an outrageous World War II spy mission is working to adjust to the particular sensibilities of its New York audience.
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Just Before It Was a Cult Film, ‘Rocky Horror Show’ Was a Broadway Flop
Tim Curry and colleagues recall the musical’s misadventure at the Belasco Theater in 1975.