Theater
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‘The Robber Bridegroom’ Theater Review: Steven Pasquale Soars But Show Is More ‘Hee-Haw’ Than Southern
Pasquale brings his easy, natural charm to the stage, while the rest of the cast gets lost in the sticks of Ma and Pa Kettle
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‘Blackbird’ Broadway Review: Jeff Daniels, Michelle Williams at Odds in Many Different Ways
Daniels reprises a great performance. Williams is mannered to the point of distraction
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‘Daredevil’ Star Charlie Cox to Lead Off Broadway Drama ‘Incognito’
Actor to star opposite Heather Lind (“Demolition”) in Nick Payne’s new play
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‘Disaster!’ Broadway Review: ‘The Poseidon Adventure’ With Songs and Fewer Laughs
Occasionally a performer breaks through the ice of mediocrity to showcase real comic chops in this jukebox musical homage to the 1970s
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Bill Gates, Steve Jobs Musical ‘Nerds’ Cancels Broadway Run
The production was scheduled to begin previews on April 1 for an official April 21 opening
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‘The Royale’ Theater Review: Jack Johnson Lives to Fight Again Despite Doubts
Marco Ramirez’s play depicts a thinly fictionalized version of the pioneering black boxer from the early 20th century, taking us inside the athletes’ heads
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Forest Whitaker’s Broadway Debut ‘Hughie’ to Close Early
The well-reviewed revival will have its last performance on March 27
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‘A Room of My Own’ Theater Review: Mario Cantone, Ralph Macchio Remember a Meatball Mama
The sleeping arrangement in “A Raisin in the Sun” is luxurious compared to what the Morelli family endures. Also, they’re a lot funnier than the Youngers
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‘Hughie’ Broadway Review: Forest Whitaker Makes Debut in Edward Hopper-Style O’Neill
The Oscar-winning actor delivers a most endearing Erie, right down to the nervous giggle he adds to punctuate the character’s otherwise bottomless despair
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Rachel Weisz to Star in NYC Revival of ‘Plenty’ This Fall
Five-time Tony nominee David Leveaux will direct the production of David Hare’s acclaimed play
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‘Smokefall’ Theater Review: Zachary Quinto Goes from Footnote to Fetus and Back
Noah Haidle’s play takes us inside the womb to give us the inside track on what it’s like to be born. It’s as audacious as it is pretentious
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‘Nice Fish’ Theater Review: Mark Rylance Takes the Plunge as Actor and Author
Rylance offers an older version of Sean Penn in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” in this play about ice fishing, thermal underwear and life up north
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‘Buried Child’ Theater Review: Ed Harris, Amy Madigan Dig Deep Into Sam Shepard Territory
Nat Wolff (“The Fault in Our Stars”) and Taissa Farmiga (“American Horror Story”) also star in revival of a play with no good words for the male sex
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Grammys: Watch ‘Hamilton’ Star Lin-Manuel Miranda Rap the Night’s Best Speech (Video)
Star’s Broadway sensation won Best Musical Theater Album
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‘Smart People’ Theater Review: Joshua Jackson, Tessa Thomson Gets Caught in Racial Crossfire
Lydia R. Diamond’s new play is about racism in the way that Jules Feiffer’s “Carnal Knowledge” screenplay is about sexism. Nothing else is open for discussion
