815 stories by "Dave Itzkoff"
Stage and audience alike at Studio 8H were packed with cast, alumni and other celebrities in a night that was in turns sweet and self-satirizing.
The venerable sketch show is throwing itself a big star-studded party on Sunday night. Here's everything you need to know about it.
The news parody has launched comedy careers and courted controversy. Here, Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase, Tina Fey, Michael Che and others recount its influential history.
Timothée Chalamet, star of "A Complete Unknown," doubled up this week, and, in a cameo, Lin-Manuel Miranda rapped about freedom from royal tyranny.
"The Heart of Rock and Roll," a Broadway show built around the songs of Huey Lewis and the News, has given the singer a reason to "get out of bed."
"I made Nickelodeon," the former "Double Dare" host said. Now he's telling all in his Off Broadway show "The Life & Slimes of Marc Summers."
Ian Shaw plays his father, Robert Shaw, in "The Shark Is Broken," a comedy based on the troubled production of the 1975 film "Jaws."
In adapting a beloved franchise for the stage, the creative team sought to develop the story for new audiences while remaining true to the spirit of the films.
Years before "Will & Grace," Hayes was a classical pianist. In the new Broadway play "Good Night, Oscar," he returns to the piano to portray a famously troubled musician and witty guest …
A fan of musical theater, Rian Johnson had long hoped to land the two stars. But he was already in the editing phase when they agreed to take part.
The actor adds to his body of knowledge with a starry production of the August Wilson play and a once-in-a-lifetime moment with Robert De Niro on "Amsterdam."
The acclaimed British actor explains the links between his tour de force stage turn and a recent string of subdued screen roles.
The comedian is starring in "Mr. Saturday Night," a musical version of his 1992 movie about an aging performer who won't accept that his time in the spotlight is up.
When your whole filmmaking career has been one of unexpected twists and turns, how do you surprise yourself? Adapt a Shakespeare play.
The actor, a star of Broadway musicals like "Dear Evan Hansen," talks about playing the leader of the Jets in Steven Spielberg's remake.
Lily Tomlin, who first performed this comically cosmic play, and Jane Wagner, its author, discuss a new production with Cecily Strong and Leigh Silverman, its new star and director.
Teachers urged him to cultivate a more ethnically ambiguous image. He refused, and now he's having a breakout moment.
The choice to have the Tesla and SpaceX billionaire host "S.N.L." has drawn praise, criticism and some veiled pushback from the show's own cast members.
The star and co-creator of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" wryly explores adolescent angst, adult trauma and musical theater in a new memoir, "I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are."
The musical based on the grandiose Meat Loaf album shines a light on its songwriter, Jim Steinman, and the many twists and turns it took to get both projects made.
A New Jersey high school has found itself the unexpected recipient of online acclaim and viral attention for its recent stage production of the 1979 science-fiction thriller.
For just $3,500, the drama club at North Bergen High School recreated Ridley Scott's 1979 horror thriller on stage, reaching a global audience, too.
The play, called "Bella Bella" and written by Mr. Fierstein, casts him as the outspoken New York congresswoman and activist.
Even the cast and creators are working out what the stage adaptation of the prescient 1976 film means right now.
The Emmy-winning actor, who won accolades in London for playing a deranged anchorman in "Network," isn't so sure his character is wrongheaded.
