Theater – Page 46

‘A Face in the Crowd’ Isn’t About Trump. It Just Seems Like It.

Elvis Costello and Sarah Ruhl’s musical adaptation of the 1957 film, a satire about a hustler turned power-hungry TV personality, hits the London stage.

By Rob Weinert-Kendt

Baum, L Frank Erivo, Cynthia Hamilton, Margaret (1902-85) Movies The Wiz (Movie) The Wizard of Oz (Movie) Theater Wicked (Movie)

The Wicked Witch of the West: A Heroine for Our Time

“Wicked,” which arrives to the big screen this fall, redeems the villain who is barely a character in L. Frank Baum’s classic novel.

By Salamishah Tillet

Actors and Actresses Homosexuality and Bisexuality McKellen, Ian Movies The Critic (Movie) Theater

Ian McKellen Has Clapped Back at Critics. Now He’s Playing One.

In the new film “The Critic,” he plays the titular acid-tongued reviewer in 1930s Britain, who is terrified of being outed as gay.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

Loomer, Lisa Lopez, Josefina (1969- ) Noseworthy, Jack (1969- ) Real Women Have Curves (Play) Theater Theater (Broadway) Trujillo, Sergio

‘Real Women Have Curves’ Musical Plans Broadway Bow Next Year

The show, adapted from the play and movie, was first staged last winter at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass.

By Michael Paulson