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Situational ethics and moral ambiguity take center stage in “KENREX,” the true crime thriller currently running at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. On July 10, 1981, in Skidmore, Missouri (po…
Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins joins the cast of La Cage Aux Folles (running June 17 – 28, 2026) as Jacqueline, along with Peter Francis James as Edouard, and Rachel Webb as Anne. They jo…
The prologue to “The Lost Boys,” the new musical adaptation of the 1987 Warner Bros. film now at the Palace Theatre, immediately signals Michael Arden’s dark ambitions for this materia…
Joe Turner was real. Brother of the Tennessee Governor, he would swoop down on Black men in the early 1900s – gambling, preaching, just walking down the road – and keep them enslaved on …
Balusters are the decorative posts that support a porch railing – without them, the whole structure collapses. In David Lindsay-Abaire’s wickedly sharp “The Balusters,” now at Manhat…
The play "Fallen Angels" written by Noel Coward, originally premiered on Broadway nearly one hundred years ago in December of 1927. The second Broadway revival that is currently on stage at …
In Samuel D. Hunter's "Little Bear Ridge Road," currently playing at the Booth Theatre, James, an astrophysics graduate student, explains to his boyfriend Ethan that the three stars forming …
After garnering mostly rave reviews in London's West End and Stratford-upon-Avon, "Kyoto" by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson is currently running Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi …
It is very rare that a revival of a musical is imagined better than the original production and exceptional that its message is more relevant now than when it first opened on Broadway nearly…
With HBO's "The Gilded Age" drawing record-breaking viewership, it's clear America remains fascinated by the elegance, extravagance and traditions of that dazzling era. Now, food writer and …
Jen Tullock's "Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God" has been hailed as a searing examination of how evangelical Christianity wounds its queer children. Critics have called it "the best…
A new solo show has opened at the Greenwich House Theater, written and performed by Ari'el Stachel, who won the Tony award for best supporting actor in the musical, "The Band's Visit." It is…
Jordan E. Cooper's "Oh Happy Day!" at The Public Theater promises to explore whether a queer man rejected and abused by the church can choose his own happiness on his own terms. It's a radic…
The latest production to open at Atlantic Theater Company is "Let's Love," a trio of one-acts penned by Ethan Coen. No surprise the subject matter addressed is love, what love is, how to exp…
The question asked in the title of the new play being presented by Bedlam Theater is "Are the Bennett Girls OK?" Well, the simple answer is, "Yes!" They are doing just fine in a new adaptati…
"Was I sleeping, while the others suffered?" Vladimir asks this question in Act II of "Waiting for Godot," and it hangs in the air of the Hudson Theatre like an accusation. It is the questio…
Actor and comedian John Leguizamo makes his playwrighting debut at The Public Theater with "The Other Americans", which may certainly be billed as a new American Tragedy. Although it may dra…
"You always step in," Jacob Dunne (Will Harrison) tells us from the stage of the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, explaining the code of the Meadows housing estate where loyalty means throwing fi…
"You could be dead tomorrow," young Dave (Daniel Marconi) tells his army buddy Bobby (Harrison Tipping) during a night out in 1979 Belfast, justifying their reckless behavior. "Live in the m…
The new musical "Saturday Church" which is now playing at NYTW, is based on the 2017 film written and directed by Damon Cardasis, who also co-wrote the book for this production alongside Jam…
They are just three men in modern-day Louisiana " Ogun Size (André Holland), a mechanic; his ex-con brother Oshoosi Size (Alani iLongwe); and a charismatic drifter, Elegba (Malcolm Mays). B…
Everyone has been there: that moment when a close friend reveals something about their taste, their values, their inner life that makes you wonder if you ever really knew them at all. "ART" …
The latest show offered by Audible Theater is more than a play or a musical but might be categorized as an impactful theatrical event. The production features a fusion of several genres of m…
Bucks County Playhouse mourns the passing of Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor, director and founder of the Sundance Institute and Film Festival. He was 89. Redford made his profession…
Bedlam, the company creating works of theater that reinvigorate traditional forms, presents the world premiere of Emily Breeze's "Are the Bennet Girls Ok?," adapted from "Pride and Prejudice…