Theatre

Sep 05, 2010 09:01PM

Going to Extremes to Seek Dramatic Accuracy

A New York dominatrix taught Domination 101 to Sutton Foster and others in Second Stage?s ?Trust? so they could portray S&M accurately.

Sep 03, 2010 01:40PM

Single, and Singular, Women Become Her

In ?Mrs. Warren?s Profession? on Broadway, Cherry Jones gets to play yet another strong-willed woman.

Sep 05, 2010 03:59PM

Unlikely Path: Carrying Actors From Newcastle

Just as the miners portrayed in ?The Pitmen Painters? never stray from their roots, the actors are themselves an unusual example of loyalty and collaboration.

Sep 04, 2010 11:10PM

Mick Lally, Irish Actor and Founder of the Druid Theater, Dies at 64

Mr. Lally?s troupe has received international acclaim for its productions of works by Irish playwrights, especially J. M. Synge and Martin McDonagh.

Sep 05, 2010 10:01PM

Theater Review | 'Vision Disturbance': Seeing in Just 2 Dimensions as Her Marriage Breaks Up

In Christina Masciotti?s ?Vision Disturbance,? a Greek-born woman experiences a strange eye disorder while going through a divorce.

Sep 02, 2010 09:14PM

Theater Review | 'It Must Be Him': Has-Been Writer Hopes to Break Out of a Slump

In ?It Must Be Him,? a comedy by Kenny Solms, Peter Scolari plays a television writer who?s trying to revive his career.

Sep 02, 2010 10:00PM

Urban Athlete: Chorus-Line Calisthenics

For beginning hoofers or advanced, Broadway dance routines can be an alternative to the gym.

Sep 04, 2010 08:50PM

Theater Review | Long Island: On an Avenue Far From Sesame Street

From left, Carrie Cimma, the puppet Nicky, Chris Cooke, the puppet Rod and Howie Michael Smith at the Gateway Playhouse.At the Gateway Playhouse, a sweet, naughty, hilarious, absolutely first-rate production of ?Avenue Q.?

Sep 03, 2010 09:51AM

Brendan Fraser to Make Broadway Debut in 'Elling'

Mr. Fraser and Denis O'Hare are set to play a mismatched pair of roommates navigating the shoals of friendship, work, and women

Sep 03, 2010 06:29AM

'Yank!' Won't Reach Broadway This Season

The musical, about two World War II G.I.'s whose friendship turns into romance, has been delayed until the fall of 2011.

Sep 02, 2010 11:58AM

'You Can't Take it With You' Revival Off for Fall

Producer Elizabeth I. McCann, who had announced she would mount the show in November, said on Thursday that she is now aiming for a spring opening.

Sep 05, 2010 08:55AM

Off Off Off Broadway? Try Dublin

With top-tier actors and affordable tickets, the city?s theater scene is rich and intimate.

Sep 02, 2010 10:30PM

Theater Listings: Sept. 3 ? 9

Selective listings by theater critics of The New York Times of noteworthy shows in New York.

Aug 31, 2010 09:30PM

Theater Review | 'Troilus and Cressida': The Cynical Side of Shakespeare, but With a River View

At the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, a ?Troilus and Cressida? that doesn?t shortchange the title characters.

Aug 31, 2010 08:53AM

Theater Review | 'An Error of the Moon': Redrawing a Picture of Lincoln?s Assassin

In Luigi Creatore?s ?Error of the Moon,? the jealous Edwin Booth is partly responsible for John Wilkes Booth?s assassination of Lincoln.

Sep 05, 2010 03:56PM

Theater Review | 'Hedda Gabler': An Audience Visits With Hedda Gabler at Home, a Real Home

A site-specific production of Ibsen?s ?Hedda Gabler? is performed for an audience of two dozen in an East Village town house.

Aug 30, 2010 09:05AM

Theater Review | 'All-American Girls': The Big Game Is Coming, but Where?s the Coach?

Layon Gray?s play ?All-American Girls? puts together an all-black female baseball team during World War II for a whodunit.

Sep 01, 2010 10:00PM

You Never Forget That Star-Struck Encounter With Your Idol

Actors recall how long-ago backstage encounters with their idols changed their lives.

Sep 02, 2010 05:51AM

Theater Talkback: Just When You Think You Know Somebody . . .

Sometimes performers make you see familiar characters in new ways.

Sep 01, 2010 10:50PM

After a Cameo on Cable, Jets Hit the Stage

The Jets took in an early private performance of the show ?Black Angels Over Tuskegee? on Wednesday in Manhattan.