163 stories by "Jennifer Schuessler"
Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life's work to share the richness of Iranian culture. "Song of the North," at the New Victory Theater, is just the latest installment.
After an $80 million expansion, the Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening with a more welcoming approach " and all 82 of its First Folios on view.
Jokes aside: Here's what we really know about the 15th-century figure currently appearing (sort of) on Broadway in "Gutenberg! The Musical!," starring Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells.
The Fisher Center at Bard has become an incubator for commercially promising new work like Justin Peck's "Illinois," while holding tight to its experimental roots.
In his museum survey and performances, the costume designer (and Taylor Mac collaborator) is like Krazy Glue " bonding art, theater and drag.
The current Broadway revival of "1776" was hoping to spark a conversation about power and representation. And it has, if not quite in the way it intended.
A cast member criticized the consciously progressive revival for its handling of race in rehearsals, saying there had been "harm done." She later apologized for her comments.
A revival of the classic musical offers a fresh twist on the founding for the post-"Hamilton" era.
Booth, who currently leads the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, will succeed Robert Falls, who is retiring after 35 years leading the Chicago mainstay.
Arbery, a Pulitzer finalist in 2020, is back with a play inspired by his relationship with his sister. But don't call it an "issue" play.
"Hamilton"-mania opened a new chapter for stage musicals. But how have shows since balanced the complexities of the past and the politics of the present?
Among the rarities on view at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair are also a 1555 treatise on tennis and Amy Winehouse's personal library.
Shaina Taub's highly anticipated musical explores women's crusade for the vote through a movement often divided along generational, class and racial lines.
A new jazz opera reimagines Socrates' final hours. Expect queer romps, ancient Greek in-jokes and plenty of tulle.
The actor, who is Christian, said in an interview he was let go because of his religious beliefs. The show's producers declined to comment.
The play, which had been set to have its world premiere in September at the Magic Theater in San Francisco, takes place during the 1918 flu pandemic.
The gift from the writer and performer will help create an educational hub at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
"Joy and Pandemic" is slated to be performed this fall before an in-person audience at the Magic Theater in San Francisco.
The man was taciturn, but his Theater District restaurants were like Broadway clubhouses. Even the posters of flops were placed with affection.
Dissecting the failure of "Frankenstein," which closed on Broadway on opening night 40 years ago, came with its own set of reporting challenges.
On Jan. 4, 1981, the effects-heavy production opened and closed on the same night. Forty years later, the creators revisit a very expensive Broadway flop.
A Vineyard Theater streaming project re-enacts verbatim interviews with James Baldwin, Toni Morrison and others to explore echoes between the past and the present.
End unpaid internships. Set term limits for leaders. Get real about inclusion. Take performances to the streets. Say yes to joy, and no to couch plays.
The Disney+ filmed version has fans wondering what's accurate. Historians are fans, too, and they have answers, along with caveats.
As theatres around the globe were abruptly shuttered by the pandemic, with no clear path to reopening in sight, the world tour of "Phantom" has been soldiering on in Seoul, South Korea.
