Basketball is central to the plot in new shows, including “Flex” and “The Half-God of Rainfall.”
Category: Theater
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A Reporter’s Unexpected Love Affair With ‘Notre Dame de Paris’
One reporter is hooked on the French spectacle that mixes acrobatics with a rock opera score.
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Movie Stars and Broadway Veterans Share Theater Camp Memories
In honor of “Theater Camp,” a new movie about a fictional sleepaway site, we asked Broadway veterans and movie stars for their favorite camp memories.
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A Revival of ‘The Who’s Tommy’ Seeks a New Generation of Followers
In staging the storied rock opera in Chicago, its creators argue that the show’s exploration of celebrity worship and childhood trauma is more relevant than ever.
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Review: Ted Hearne’s ‘Farming’ Is a Sweet, Sad American Elegy
“Farming,” a choral work that had its New York premiere at Caramoor, is a chaotically ambitious reflection on colonization, consumption and marketing.
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For Filipino Audiences, ‘Here Lies Love’ Offers Emotional Rip Currents
For viewers as well as the all-Filipino cast, the musical about the Marcoses’ rise to power is a rare chance to commune, and revisit, together, a not-too-distant past.
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Lorraine Toussaint on Living in Hudson Valley After Fire Burned Her Malibu Home
After losing her California home in the 2018 wildfires, the actress bought an early-19th-century farmhouse near Rhinebeck, N.Y.
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Alan Arkin, Comic Actor With a Serious Side, Dies at 89
He got laughs and won awards on Broadway in “Enter Laughing” and in movies like “Little Miss Sunshine.” But he also had a flair for drama.
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Frederic Forrest, 86, Dies; Actor Known for ‘Apocalypse Now’ and ‘The Rose’
He appeared in a string of films directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and his performance as Bette Midler’s love interest earned him an Oscar nomination.
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‘Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music’ Review: Wish You Were There
Only 650 people got to experience one of the 21st century’s artistic feats, until this documentary. Unfortunately, it misses some of the performance’s key aspects.
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Brooklyn Academy of Music Lays Off 13 Percent of Its Staff
The organization, which made Brooklyn a destination for pathbreaking performances, is reducing programming next season as it seeks to rebound from the pandemic.
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A Séance With Ryuichi Sakamoto at the Shed
“Kagami,” a new mixed-reality presentation, features a virtual likeness of the late composer. It becomes, mostly despite itself, an affecting meditation on grief.