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Best known for his role on 'Billions,' Isaac has written 'Once Upon a (korean) Time,' which traces the journey of a family from the wars in Korea to the riots in Los Angeles.
Actor Michael Cavadias has been performing as Claywoman since the early 2000s; he will reprise the role September 11 at Pangea.
As a brief refugee in Canada on 9/11, Amy Polacko resisted seeing the "Come From Away" musical on Broadway. When she finally did, she found lessons all Americans should learn.
After a mouse popped up in a Broadway theater, Julie Andrews and her daughter turned into a children's book. Now 'The Great American Mousical' is headed toward a run in Los Angeles.
"I spent hundreds of hours with her, laughing, and I wanted to duplicate that," Jesse Green says of the no-holds-barred Mary Rodgers memoir 'Shy.'
At Park Avenue Armory, writer-director Robert Icke transforms Greek tragedy 'Oresteia' for a more postmodern audience.
Alison Fraser " who plays Big Mama in the new Off Broadway production of 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' " calls the production "renegade theater."
The bestselling novel 'The Kite Runner' has been adapted marvelously for screen and now for stage yet a weak adaptation does it no justice.
The musical of 'Notre Dame de Paris' opened in New York City on Bastille Day.
If you're having troubles figuring out all the angles and dramas with the 'Funny Girl' revival, this is for you.
Running until July 16, 'White on White' may already be sold out for the rest of its extended run, yet clearly they did something right.
Shakespeare adaptations come with a certain pressure, with some more successful than others. 'Richard III' struggles to make the cut.
Revivals of Sondheim can be mixed business due to the pressure of his legacy yet some revivals. 'Into the Woods' does his legacy justice.
Robert Icke's production of 'Hamlet' at Park Avenue Armory is nearly four hours and it's mostly Hamlet throwing a weird little fit.
An excellent cast with a so-so story, 'Epiphany' has great moments that don't quite come together, but could appeal to some.
In 'The Orchard' Jessica Hecht performs Chekhov alongside Mikhail Baryshnikov"and a 12-foot-tall robotic arm.
Julie White says the new Broadway farce 'Potus' breaks the rules of playwriting: "Suzy Nakamura and I are getting to play the Nathan Lane/Matthew Broderick roles. It's really fun to do these…
The combined genius of Sarah Silverman, Joshua Harmon, and the late Adam Schlesinger brings you back to childhood at Atlantic Theater..
Jennifer Simard talked to us about her Tony nomination for 'Company,' making Stephen Sondheim laugh, and stepping in for a Covid-stricken Patti LuPone.
Pride is packed with official and not so official celebrations of queer culture and life, here is our art-focused events guide for June.
Don't get overwhelmed with the busyness of summer, we have curated a list of events in New York City for the first half of June.
David Threlfall shines as "the second most famous hangman in England" in the five-times Tony nominated Martin McDonagh play "Hangmen."
Playwright James Ijames adapts Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' to modern North Carolina following the drama of a family-owned BBQ restaurant.
"I walk off stage for intermission with a breast pump on, and I go straight to my dressing room where I pump underneath my fake breast pump."
An ambitious play, 'Golden Shield' attempts to weave Chinese censorship law, political dissidence, and family drama, to varying success.