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Theater: In London, Young Playwrights, Including O’Neill
Friday, July 30, 2010 10:13:11 PM CST
Ben Brantley in London considers “Spur of the Moment,” written by a 17-year-old, and early works by Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams.
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Neil Simon’s ‘Second Avenue’ Hits Home on West End
Friday, July 30, 2010 11:19:46 PM CST
Stark economic times, and perhaps star power, have made a hit of the West End production of “The Prisoner of Second Avenue.”
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Theater Review | 'The Late Henry Moss': A Sam Shepard Play at the 45th Street Theater
Friday, July 30, 2010 10:32:05 PM CST
In Sam Shepard’s play “The Late Henry Moss,” at the 45th Street Theater, the family that yells together is, well, stuck together.
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Zach Braff in Paul Weitz’s ‘Trust’ at Second Stage
Friday, July 30, 2010 9:26:40 AM CST
Zach Braff follows “Scrubs” with a dream job Off Broadway, in Paul Weitz’s new play, “Trust,” at the Second Stage Theater.
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Theater Review | 'Twelfth Night": Sonnet Repertory’s ‘Twelfth Night,’ at St. Clement’s
Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:21:54 PM CST
The bed is the thing in a new rendition of one of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies.
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Theater Talkback: Preaching to the Choir on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'?
Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:30:57 AM CST
The actor and writer Marc Wolf wonders if his solo show about gay men and women in the military can, or should, change people's minds.
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Cherry Lane Won’t Produce Plays for a Year or More
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:16:15 PM CST
The Cherry Lane Theater in Greenwich Village says a shortfall of roughly $167,000 means it won’t produce plays for a year or more.
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Up Close and Personal: Theater for Audiences of One
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:23:56 AM CST
High-concept works performed for one person at a time, long popular in Europe, are coming to New York.
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Theater: ‘You Me Bum Bum Train’ in London Is a Wild Ride for One
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:23:50 AM CST
In London, “You Me Bum Bum Train” thrust audience members — one at a time — into challenging situations.
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Theater Review | 'Notice Me': Blair Singer’s Teenage Drama at Wild Project
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:30:02 PM CST
Blair Singer’s “Notice Me” seems like so many other portraits of anxious teenagers, with very little to distinguish it outside of a wrong-headed commitment to being noticed.
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Theater Review | 'Bachelorette': Wedding Trash Talk in Leslye Headland’s Comedy
Monday, July 26, 2010 10:11:19 PM CST
“Bachelorette,” the sensational new comedy by Leslye Headland, is as witheringly funny as it is bitterly sad.
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On the London Stage: Onstage Risks and Rewards
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:00:04 PM CST
The year's busy theater season allows audience members to see the greatness of some performers -- like Roger Allam's Falstaff -- as well as the limitations of others, or to take center stage themselves.
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Theater Review | 'In God's Hat': Richard Taylor’s Vision From the Gates of Jail
Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:06:11 PM CST
“In God’s Hat,” Richard Taylor’s noirish tale of loutish people, feels downright thrilling.
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Theater Review | 'Red Over Red': At St. Marks Church, Shannon Sindelar’s Explores Air Travel
Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:06:19 PM CST
“Red Over Red,” a downtown thriller about plane crashes, stimulates the senses but leaves the mind alone.
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Taymor's 'Tempest' Will Be Showcased at New York Film Festival
Friday, July 30, 2010 1:15:33 PM CST
Ms. Taymor's take on the Shakespeare play stars Helen Mirren as the sorceress Prospera.
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London Theater Journal: All Aboard
Friday, July 30, 2010 10:31:54 AM CST
Reviews of "Railway Children" and "Welcome to Thebes"
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Ben Brantley Takes Readers' Questions on London Theater
Friday, July 30, 2010 8:30:12 AM CST
The chief theater critic for The New York Times is taking readers' questions about the city's theater scene.
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It’s Been a Gloomy Summer on New York Stages
Thursday, July 29, 2010 9:10:04 PM CST
It may be the season for breezy entertainment, but you wouldn’t know it from New York’s theaters.
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Theater Listings: July 30 — Aug. 5
Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:40:53 PM CST
Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.
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Theater Review | 'Viagara Falls': Bernie Kopell and Lou Cutell at Little Shubert Theater
Monday, July 26, 2010 10:16:26 PM CST
“Viagara Falls” is a painful geriatric comedy that traffics in lazy, predictable, exhausted gags.
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Theater Review | 'See Rock City & Other Destinations': Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias’s Musical at the Duke
Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:06:28 PM CST
The unconventional logistics at “See Rock City” surround a fairly conventional work of musical theater.
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Theater Review | Long Island: ‘Altar Boyz’ in Bellport Spoofs Sin and Boy Bands
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 2:59:56 PM CST
Many of the songs in this musical about a soul-saving Christian male group address real Roman Catholic issues.
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Theater Review | New Jersey: ‘Good Counselor’ Puts a Mother, or Two, on Trial
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:07:55 AM CST
In the drama “The Good Counselor,” a public defender goes to bat for a woman accused of killing her son while re-examining his own mother’s parenting.
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Theater Review | 'Hater': An Updated ‘Misanthrope’ at the Ohio Theater
Sunday, July 25, 2010 9:53:20 AM CST
The writer and director Samuel Buggeln updates Molière’s comedy “The Misanthrope” in his play “Hater.”
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Theater Review | 'Freud’s Last Session': Freud and C. S. Lewis Debate Faith in Mark St. Germain’s Play
Sunday, July 25, 2010 9:53:25 AM CST
Mark St. Germain’s play imagines a meeting between Freud and the writer C. S. Lewis.
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Theater Review | 'The Battle of Stalingrad': At Lincoln Center, Souls Suspended in a Siege
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 9:05:29 PM CST
Rezo Gabriadze’s puppet play, returning to the Lincoln Center Festival, is less a dramatization of a battle than a poem on the vagaries of life.
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David Babani’s Chocolate Factory Shines Up Old Shows
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 1:58:31 AM CST
The Menier Chocolate Factory in London is the rare commercial theater operation that pumps out critically acclaimed hit shows on shoestring budgets.
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Elaine Stritch and Other Matrons of ‘Night Music’
Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:12:18 PM CST
Elaine Stritch has moved into the role of Madame Armfeldt in “A Little Night Music,” a role earlier inhabited by the likes of Hermione Gingold and Margaret Hamilton.
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Arts, Briefly: A Town House for ‘Hedda Gabler’
Sunday, July 25, 2010 10:10:02 PM CST
A new adaptation of Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” will be staged in a Manhattan town house.
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Paper Mill’s ‘New Voices’ Showcases Young Talent
Saturday, July 24, 2010 10:50:01 PM CST
About 120 New Jersey show business hopefuls ages 10 to 18 will perform as part of an annual program that has produced a number of professional entertainers.
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Larry Keith, Television and Stage Actor, Dies at 79
Monday, July 26, 2010 8:33:06 PM CST
Mr. Keith was the first American to play Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady” on Broadway.
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Summer Stages: Theater
Sunday, May 16, 2010 1:07:29 AM CST
A user’s guide to a season’s worth of theater festivals.