Abigail and Shaun Bengson muse on death in their latest work, but its looseness makes it hard to get a handle on.
Category: Theater
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Sting on Setting His Music to Dance in Message in a Bottle
In “Message in a Bottle,” a dance show opening at City Center, Sting’s songbook helps tell the story of a family fleeing conflict.
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A Starry Cast Navigates ‘Uncle Vanya’ and ‘Every Emotion Under the Sun’
Steve Carell, William Jackson Harper, Alison Pill and Anika Noni Rose discuss the new translation of Chekhov that brought them to the farm.
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Review: Steve Carell as the 50-Year-Old Loser in a Comic ‘Uncle Vanya’
Sleek, lucid, amusing, often beautiful, it’s Chekhov with everything, except the main thing.
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‘Mary Jane’ Review: When Parenting Means Intensive Care
Amy Herzog’s heartbreaker arrives on Broadway with Rachel McAdams as the alarmingly upbeat mother of a fearfully sick child.
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Was Shakespeare Really Born in This Stratford-upon-Avon House?
Every year, millions flock to Stratford-upon-Avon, England, to visit the house known as Shakespeare’s Birthplace. But was he really born there? A whole industry depends on it.
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Huey Lewis’s Music Makes ‘The Heart of Rock and Roll’
The new musical doesn’t take itself too seriously and has many winning moments — almost enough to eclipse the weaknesses of its story.
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How ‘Stereophonic’ Made Musicians Out of Actors
The new Broadway play conjures a group as dazzling as peak Fleetwood Mac. This is how five actors with limited training (one never held a bass) became rock stars.
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‘Cabaret’ Review: Dancing, and Screaming, at the End of the World
Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin star in a buzzy Broadway revival that rips the skin off the 1966 musical.
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Alfred Molina on the Museum He Never Misses When He’s in New York
“Every time I’m in the city, I make a visit,” said the actor, who is performing on Broadway in “Uncle Vanya.”
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‘Stereophonic’ Review: Hitmakers Rendered in Sublime Detail
In David Adjmi’s new play, with songs by Will Butler, a ’70s band’s success breeds tension, and punches up the volume on Broadway.