26 stories by "Sarah Lyall"
“The Fear of 13,” about a man who spent two decades on death row for a murder he didn’t commit, is a story that the playwright says she “couldn’t shake.”
Now in previews, the musical comedy about an outrageous World War II spy mission is working to adjust to the particular sensibilities of its New York audience.
Queen Elizabeth II was portrayed in plays and highbrow films, in made-for-TV movies and broad comedies and, of course, in "The Crown." Many sought to answer the question: What was she like?
The Netflix version of Broadway's "Diana, the Musical" landed with a thud. But it got people talking. Now the show's lead actress is staying positive ahead of opening night.
Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody's charming, irreverent pandemic-era posts led to unlikely social media stardom. Will the vaccine end their run?
Elizabeth Strout created the character. Rona Munro put her at the center of a play. And Laura Linney has brought her to life in a solo Broadway show.
The creators of "Memphis," including a longtime member of Bon Jovi, are behind the new show that explores the fallout from a seemingly fairy-tale marriage.
With a cast of 21, plus a live goose and rabbit, the dizzying number of comings and goings in this Broadway show requires an incredible attention to detail.
This bald and earless troupe, which has become an institution in Manhattan and elsewhere, celebrates its silver anniversary.
J.K. Rowling's play picks up at the end of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," fast forwards and then shoots off into unexpected directions.
Her juggernaut plows on, with a two-part "Potter" stage sequel and coming film spinoff. Some fans like it. Others don't.
A reporter's unnerving plunge into 10 events across New York City involving all kinds of audience participation.
Mr. Bartlett discusses the use of language to transform his protagonists from cardboard figures of ridicule into full-blown characters of tragedy and pathos.
Florence Birdwell, the exacting former voice teacher of two musical actresses vying for a Tony Award, was in Manhattan recently to catch their shows and teach a master class.
Ms. Wilson has gone back to her role in "Fish in the Dark," opposite Larry David, after a one-month break and a double mastectomy.
Preparing to open in "On the Twentieth Century" on Broadway, Ms. Chenoweth reflects on transformation, beauty pageants and a role that everybody seemed to believe she was meant to play.
Kenneth Branagh, who stars in and jointly directs a stage production of "Macbeth," discusses its genesis on the eve of its New York opening at the Armory.
James Franco and Chris O'Dowd talk about preparing for their roles as George and Lennie in a Broadway revival of "Of Mice and Men."
Like Rocky the boxer, Andy Karl the actor has trained hard for his breakout moment, his being the title role in "Rocky" on Broadway.
James Corden brings his slapstick farce, "One Man, Two Guvnors," a West End hit, to Broadway.
Cillian Murphy is Brooklyn bound as the star of a one-man play, "Misterman," by Enda Walsh.
"Private Lives," making an Atlantic crossing after a run in London, picks up a Canadian leading man, Paul Gross, on its way to Broadway.
Derek Jacobi climbs the mountain of "King Lear" in a production directed by Michael Grandage.
Michael Morpurgo's "War Horse," a "huge nonevent" when it was published in 1982, has been adapted for the stage and will be a Steven Spielberg film.
Michael Morpurgo discusses his seemingly forgotten 1982 book, "War Horse," that is about to open at Lincoln Center Theater and is to be a Steven Spielberg film.
