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John Early Is Ready to Go There
I saw who you were sitting with. She was talking with Wallace Shawn, who was sitting behind me, and an usher told her, “Your seat is over…
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Culture
The Traitors moves from TV to theatre with 'bold' West End show
Paul Glynnand Ian Youngs,Culture reporters The makers of The Traitors are creating a stage version, in the hope that the TV show's…
News
The Cruelty and Theatre of the Trump Press Conference
Playacting for journalists standing in an unruly huddle just off camera, Trump asked questions of the oilmen, wondering how soon they…
Culture
The Best Performances of 2025
Emma Stone, “Bugonia” Stone was on my list in 2023, the year she gave two discomfiting comic performances, in the Showtime series “The…
Culture
The Best Theatre of 2025
In September, the playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney returned to his career-making breakthrough from 2007, a mythopoeic tale about Oshoosi…
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Samuel Beckett on the Couch
Bion, who was born in 1897, in Muttra, India, to a European father and an Anglo-Indian mother, moved to England for boarding school at age…
Culture
Cynthia Erivo Reopens Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs With Bravura Performance, After Regaining Lost Voice in the Nick of Time: Concert Review
Finding the ideal artist to reopen the historic Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs might have seemed like a tall order, at least if the…
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Sam Shepard’s Enactments of Manhood
In the older Rogers’s case, the alcohol and the trauma worked a deep transformation; he grew paranoid about his family, and would go on…
Culture
‘Picnic at Hanging Rock: The Musical’ Announces Greenwich House Theatre Run (EXCLUSIVE)
“Picnic at Hanging Rock: The Musical,” an adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s eerie novel, will begin performances on Dec. 16 at the Greenwich…
Culture
Dallas-Area Fine Arts Theatre Breaks Ground on $10 Million Restoration, Sets Summer 2026 Reopening
The upcoming restoration of the Fine Arts Theatre near Dallas in Denton, Texas will include significant upgrades such as an installation…
Culture
A Superbloom of Daring Theatre Hits New York
In Preston Max Allen’s “Caroline,” directed deftly by David Cromer, a onetime wild child, Maddie (Chloë Grace Moretz), reëngages with her…
Culture
Country Star Megan Moroney Somehow Manages to Be Heard During a Two-Hour Sing-along — or Scream-along — at L.A.’s Greek Theatre: Concert Review
The Troubadour has probably never been mentioned as many times from the stage of the Greek as it was Friday night. This was because the…
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Germaine Acogny Brings Joséphine Baker to Life in Solo at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
PARIS — “She is dead, she is immortal.” Those words spoken at the funeral of Joséphine Baker became the starting point for…
Culture
‘Secret Garden’ Musical Revival Set at York Theatre Royal With Tony Winner John Doyle Directing (EXCLUSIVE)
York Theatre Royal has unveiled a major revival of “The Secret Garden — The Musical,” with Tony Award-winning director John Doyle set to…
Culture
A24’s Cherry Lane Theatre Sets Jodie Foster, Spike Lee, Sofia Coppola and More for Reopening Week
A24 will officially re-open the Cherry Lane Theatre, a historic off-Broadway venue in New York’s West Village, with a week’s worth of…
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A Season of Unease at the Edinburgh Festival
For a few weeks each August, the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe fill every theatre, student center,…
Culture
Rosamund Pike Play ‘Inter Alia’ Reveals Trailer Ahead of National Theatre Live Cinema Release (EXCLUSIVE)
National Theatre Live has unveiled a stirring trailer for the cinema release of Rosamund Pike‘s latest play, “Inter Alia.” The Oscar…
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Women Playwrights Lose the Limelight
In the late days of June, as the old theatre season was ebbing away and new-season announcements were streaming in, a shock hit New York.…
Style
“Prince Faggot” Sends Up Kink and Country
On a blue-lit stage, a naked man—blindfolded, trussed, and gagged—hangs like a deer from a pole. Pale and gleaming, he looks like a…
Culture
Han Ong on Partisan Passions and Life Affirmation in the Theatre
Your story “Happy Days” revolves around an unorthodox staging of Samuel Beckett’s play “Happy Days,” by an Off Off Broadway theatre…
Culture
Michelle Williams Celebrates ‘Death Becomes Her’ at Manhattan Theatre Club Spring Gala in YSL Sandals
Michelle Williams was in attendance at the 2025 Manhattan Theatre Club Spring Gala, which took place at the Cipriani 42nd Street on Monday…
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When a Writer Takes to the Stage
Writers who contemplate going onstage tend to fall into two camps: those who know better and those who should but don’t. Of the second…
Culture
Alicia Vikander: Oscar winner to make UK theatre debut in Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter There's a strong chance you will have seen Alicia Vikander on screen in the past decade, thanks to…
Culture
National Theatre: Paul Mescal and Stormzy set for new shows
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter at the National Theatre Theatre audiences will get a double dose of Paul Mescal in 2027, after the…