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Charles Busch, Drag Legend, Tells All in His New Memoir

“Leading Lady,” a mosaic of reminiscence and self-analysis, explores the ascent of a man who’s really good at playing women.

By Ben Brantley

Hayes, Helen, Theater Keenan-Bolger, Celia Landau, Tina Lange, Jessica Mother Play (Play) Parsons, Jim Second Stage Theater Theater Theater (Broadway) Vogel, Paula

Jessica Lange Leads Starry Cast in Paula Vogel’s ‘Mother Play’

“Mother Play,” set in the 1960s, will feature Lange as a mother raising two children, played by Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger.

By Michael Paulson

Barrino, Fantasia Bazawule, Blitz Movies Sanders, Scott (1957- ) Spielberg, Steven The Color Purple (Movie) Theater Walker, Alice Winfrey, Oprah

First Look: ‘The Color Purple’ Movie Musical

The director Blitz Bazawule added magical realist elements to his adaptation. But convincing Fantasia Barrino to return after Broadway took some work.

By Melena Ryzik

Bechtel, Alex Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival McLean, Grace Penelope (Play) Steinmetz, Eva Theater Wechsler, Tatiana

Reeling From Heartbreak, and Then ‘Penelope’ Showed Up

Alex Bechtel’s new musical, sort of “a pandemic parable,” gives voice to a mythical character in “The Odyssey.”

By Laura Collins-Hughes