Category: Theater

Micaela Diamond, From Broadway’s ‘Parade,’ Sings Her Favorite Joni Mitchell Song

The New York Times – T Magazine:
The actor, who learned to love music at her local temple, has developed a different relationship to her Judaism onstage.
A Conductor Arrives at Encores! With Jerry Herman’s ‘Dear World’

The New York Times – Music:
Mary-Mitchell Campbell, the series’ new music director, will lead a restored performance of “Dear World,” starring Donna Murphy.
Review: In ‘Misty,’ a Restless Artist Grapples With a Gentrifying City

The New York Times – Music:
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.
‘A Doll’s House’ Review: Jessica Chastain Plots an Escape

The New York Times – Movies:
Jamie Lloyd’s compelling, surgically precise revival of Ibsen’s 1879 drama throbs like an episode of “CSI: Norway.”
Topol, Star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on the Screen and the Stage, Dies at 87

The New York Times – Movies:
Wide acclaim for the role of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, “Israel’s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.”
‘Phantom’ Ends. For Musicians, So Does the Gig of a Lifetime.

The New York Times – Music:
Broadway’s longest running musical, set to close next month, has been a source of stability for orchestra members, many of whom have grown up with the show.
Who Needs a Shave? ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Back.

The New York Times – Music:
Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford and a starry creative team are hoping there’s an appetite for Broadway’s first full-scale revival of Sondheim’s Grand Guignol masterpiece in 43 years.
The New Black Canon: Books, Plays and Poems That Everyone Should Know

The New York Times – T Magazine:
A guide to some of the undervalued 20th-century works that testify to the richness of the Black American literary archive.
‘The Outsiders’ Review: Growing Pains Both Brutal and Poetic

The New York Times – Movies:
At La Jolla Playhouse, the musical adaptation of the novel and film has considerable appeal, but is weighed down by too many characters and themes.
A24, the Indie Film Studio, Buys New York’s Cherry Lane Theater

The New York Times – Movies:
The studio’s first venture into live performance follows the move by Audible, Amazon’s audio subsidiary, to stage works at the nearby Minetta Lane Theater.
Building a New Canon of Black Literature

The New York Times – T Magazine:
What older novels, plays and poems by African American writers are being — or should be — rediscovered?
Why Willem Dafoe Can’t Slow Down

The New York Times – T Magazine:
For nearly 50 years, the actor has made himself go toward places other artists hardly ever seek.