310 stories by "Jason Zinoman"
Lane Moore's shows involve real men on the dating app, but she works hard to avoid mocking them. The result is a clever show that's deservedly a hit.
The dissembling liar at the center of Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen. The hit Broadway musical is testament to the power of skillfully crafted art to obscure moral concerns.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan focuses on a near future with New York under martial law.
This Pulitzer-winning playwright's 1996 work, about a 19th-century star of English freak shows, will be directed by Lear deBessonet, an Obie winner.
Does Lillian Hellman rank alongside Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller?
Yes, the three-ring circus can seem like a relic. But something irreplaceable will be lost when this tent is closed for good.
The Debate Society presents a world premiere based on events at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.
This theater's $2 ticket increase is a similar response to market pressures that eventually sent some Off Broadway prices into the stratosphere.
Steven Levenson, who wrote "Dear Evan Hansen," now has a play Off Broadway, "If I Forget."
The play, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, focuses on a father-son relationship in a story about gypsy-cab drivers.
Whether they were talking about a wife or a parent, comedians confronted the seemingly taboo subject in stark terms that made us laugh " and think.
Jake Broder brings back a cult comedian in the solo show "His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley."
In this adaptation of the movie "The Band's Visit," an Egyptian band that arrives in Israel ends up stranded in a remote village after a mix-up at the border.
Clay McLeod Chapman uses the bloody tools of horror to satirize this political season.
Ms. Weisz is following in the footsteps of Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett and Kate Nelligan in David Hare's drama.
The insult comic has channeled anxieties about food and body insecurities into her first play, "Stuffed."
Mr. Black will bring his red-hot temper to the Marquis Theater in a new show, "Black to the Future."
The star of "Not Safe With Nikki Glaser" on Comedy Central will headline six shows, beginning on Thursday, Aug. 18.
He died 50 years ago this month, and a look back at his humor reveals what holds up " and what doesn't.
Daniel Sullivan directs a version of one of Shakespeare's problem plays at the Delacorte Theater for the free Shakespeare in the Park series.
"War Paint," one of the most anticipated new musicals of the year, opens at the Goodman Theater in Chicago this month.
Halpern is the co-founder and owner of the iO, with booking power on Saturday Night Live that has birthed icons
Mr. Gottfried has been known to show off his creative, filthy and utterly singular mind.
Charna Halpern " who, with the Chicago improv pioneer Del Close, devised a seminal improv technique " is a crucial conduit to "Saturday Night Live."
Shakespeare's comedy, stuffed with rather dated gender politics, will run at the Delacorte Theater with an all-female cast.
