In “Tao of Glass,” Phelim McDermott, who has directed three Glass operas, turns to his personal history with the composer’s work.
Category: Theater
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‘Camelot,’ Beloved but Befuddling, Gets the Aaron Sorkin Treatment
The Golden Age musical is back on Broadway, with a new take by one of the nation’s great screenwriters. Walk with us.
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‘Shucked’: A Broadway Musical That Doubles Down on the Corn
For their debut, the country-music songwriting team Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark embraced puns, heartfelt songs and campy performances. Here’s their story.
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Catching Up With Hillary Clinton at “Bob Fosse’s Dancin’”
The former secretary of state celebrated the opening on Broadway and shared her thoughts on those drag show bans.
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Broadway’s ‘Room,’ Starring Adrienne Warren, Postpones Run Indefinitely
The show, scheduled to open in April at the James Earl Jones Theater, was adapted from Emma Donoghue’s best-selling 2010 novel.
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Final Sondheim Musical Will Be Staged in New York This Fall
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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The Female Artisans Honoring, and Reinventing, Japanese Noh Masks
In taking on the male-dominated theatrical craft, contemporary women carvers are changing the face of a centuries-old tradition.
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Review: In ‘The Harder They Come,’ Innocence Lost to a Reggae Beat
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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The Unsinkable Marilyn Maye
Nearing 95, the inimitable singer is about to make her Carnegie Hall solo debut. In an eight-decade career, it’s a crowning moment — and just another gig.
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Micaela Diamond, From Broadway’s ‘Parade,’ Sings Her Favorite Joni Mitchell Song
The actor, who learned to love music at her local temple, has developed a different relationship to her Judaism onstage.
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A Conductor Arrives at Encores! With Jerry Herman’s ‘Dear World’
Mary-Mitchell Campbell, the series’ new music director, will lead a restored performance of “Dear World,” starring Donna Murphy.
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Review: In ‘Misty,’ a Restless Artist Grapples With a Gentrifying City
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.