Theater

This Playwright Has Seen the Future. It Isn’t Human.

This Playwright Has Seen the Future. It Isn’t Human.

NYT > Theater, Jan 3, 2026 - 18:22

In “Marjorie Prime” and other works, Jordan Harrison delivers sweet-bitter anato...

When Sammy Davis Jr. Knocked Out Broadway

When Sammy Davis Jr. Knocked Out Broadway

NYT > Theater, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

The entertainer, who would have turned 100 this month, reinvented himself by sta...

A Behind-the-Scenes Player of a Transformed Broadway Takes a Bow

A Behind-the-Scenes Player of a Transformed Broadway Ta...

NYT > Theater, Dec 26, 2025 - 13:55

The nonprofit organization New 42, which earned a Tony Honor for Excellence in t...

‘Oh, Mary!’ Came to London. It’s the Raciest Show in Town.

‘Oh, Mary!’ Came to London. It’s the Raciest Show in Town.

NYT > Theater, Dec 20, 2025 - 08:11

Some had wondered how the show about Abraham Lincoln’s wife would fare after its...

The Big Apple Circus Returns to New York With Its Show-Stealing Dogs

The Big Apple Circus Returns to New York With Its Show-...

NYT > Theater, Dec 16, 2025 - 14:23

Copo, Diana, Suzy, Tomasa, Lana, Riso and Charlotte dance and prance inside the ...

Holiday Theater: 15 Shows to Spice Up Your Festive Season

Holiday Theater: 15 Shows to Spice Up Your Festive Season

NYT > Theater, Dec 11, 2025 - 17:31

Enticements abound in New York City, including Jinkx Monsoon crooning, Dickens r...

16 Best Theater Moments of 2025

16 Best Theater Moments of 2025

NYT > Theater, Dec 10, 2025 - 05:15

Lea Michele’s star turn in “Chess.” Kara Young as an 8-year-old. A 12-minute mon...

‘Initiative’ Review: High School as an Epic Struggle

‘Initiative’ Review: High School as an Epic Struggle

NYT > Theater, Nov 21, 2025 - 17:54

A new production at the Public Theater takes up five hours of stage time to tell...

The Debate Over Colorblind Casting Isn’t Settled After All

The Debate Over Colorblind Casting Isn’t Settled After All

NYT > Theater, Nov 19, 2025 - 06:39

A Black Hedda Gabler on film and a white Korean robot onstage are sending mixed ...

In This Show, Four Years of High School Unfold Over Five Hours

In This Show, Four Years of High School Unfold Over Fiv...

NYT > Theater, Nov 18, 2025 - 14:06

The characters in Else Went’s quiet Off Broadway debut at the Public Theater try...

Getting Into the Arena as ‘The Hunger Games’ Goes Live

Getting Into the Arena as ‘The Hunger Games’ Goes Live

NYT > Theater, Nov 12, 2025 - 14:00

At a specially built theater, the hit book and movie franchise has been transfor...

Sex With a Stranger: How Actors Do It Onstage

Sex With a Stranger: How Actors Do It Onstage

NYT > Theater, Nov 7, 2025 - 05:48

The experimental play “Good Sex” lets audiences in on the process, while giving ...

Review: In Samuel Beckett’s ‘Endgame,’ Repetition Is the Thing

Review: In Samuel Beckett’s ‘Endgame,’ Repetition Is th...

NYT > Theater, Oct 29, 2025 - 05:09

All four characters in this bleak tragicomedy, staged by the Druid theater compa...

In the Astonishing ‘Blue Cowboy,” a Surprising Love Rides Into Town

In the Astonishing ‘Blue Cowboy,” a Surprising Love Rid...

NYT > Theater, Oct 23, 2025 - 14:40

David Cale’s astonishing one-man show in Brooklyn erects some familiar signposts...

In ‘Mary Page Marlowe,’ Susan Sarandon Is One Part of a Woman in Pieces

In ‘Mary Page Marlowe,’ Susan Sarandon Is One Part of a...

NYT > Theater, Oct 15, 2025 - 12:18

The screen star is making her London stage debut in Tracy Letts’s portrait of em...

To Explore Violence Against Women, She Drugs Herself Onstage

To Explore Violence Against Women, She Drugs Herself On...

NYT > Theater, Oct 14, 2025 - 16:05

With her performance piece ‘The Bride and the Goodnight Cinderella,’ Carolina Bi...

‘Can Art Bear This?’: How Carolina Bianchi Explores Trauma Onstage

‘Can Art Bear This?’: How Carolina Bianchi Explores Tra...

NYT > Theater, Oct 14, 2025 - 05:05

For her performance piece “The Bride and the Goodnight Cinderella,” which opens ...

How David Henry Hwang Remade Theater in His Own Image

How David Henry Hwang Remade Theater in His Own Image

NYT > Theater, Oct 9, 2025 - 07:08

Long the leading Asian American playwright, he was writing autofictional works a...

Tim Blake Nelson Returns to the Stage With ‘And Then We Were No More’

Tim Blake Nelson Returns to the Stage With ‘And Then We...

NYT > Theater, Oct 4, 2025 - 08:00

The actor Tim Blake Nelson has written a dystopian drama set in an unspecified f...

He’ll Have the 10-Hour Theater Show, Please

He’ll Have the 10-Hour Theater Show, Please

NYT > Theater, Oct 3, 2025 - 14:06

As director of Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, one of France’s top playhouses, Julien...

‘Caroline’ Review: Chloë Grace Moretz as a Mother Starting Over

‘Caroline’ Review: Chloë Grace Moretz as a Mother Start...

NYT > Theater, Oct 1, 2025 - 06:08

The actress stars in a closely observed new drama by Preston Max Allen about add...

In ‘Art,’ James Corden, Bobby Cannavale and Neil Patrick Harris Go to War

In ‘Art,’ James Corden, Bobby Cannavale and Neil Patric...

NYT > Theater, Sep 28, 2025 - 11:30

James Corden, Bobby Cannavale and Neil Patrick Harris star in a revival of Yasmi...

In Alice Birch’s New Play, It’s Bleak Being a Man

In Alice Birch’s New Play, It’s Bleak Being a Man

NYT > Theater, Sep 25, 2025 - 23:58

Alice Birch’s latest play offers two modish genres for the price of one: the tra...

“The Wiz” Ring That Amber Ruffin Gave Her Creative Team.

“The Wiz” Ring That Amber Ruffin Gave Her Creative Team.

NYT > Theater, Sep 16, 2025 - 19:24

To celebrate the opening of “The Wiz” on Broadway, the writer and comedian put a...

‘The Brothers Size’ Review: A Spare and Poetic Restaging

‘The Brothers Size’ Review: A Spare and Poetic Restaging

NYT > Theater, Sep 16, 2025 - 11:36

In honor of its 20th anniversary, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play gets a fiercely m...

Keanu Reeves in ‘Waiting for Godot’ and More Broadway Shows to See This Fall

Keanu Reeves in ‘Waiting for Godot’ and More Broadway S...

NYT > Theater, Sep 9, 2025 - 18:30

Season highlights this fall include Michelle Williams in a Eugene O’Neill drama,...

Austria’s Hills Are Still Alive, 60 Years Later

Austria’s Hills Are Still Alive, 60 Years Later

NYT > Theater, Sep 5, 2025 - 09:37

In Salzburg, an anniversary of “The Sound of Music” looks grand through a child’...

Rosie O’Donnell and Eating the Rich: 7 Buzzy Shows at Edinburgh Fringe

Rosie O’Donnell and Eating the Rich: 7 Buzzy Shows at E...

NYT > Theater, Aug 15, 2025 - 08:43

The shows that have gotten tongues wagging this year include stand-up gigs, char...

A Dozen Off Broadway Shows to Energize Your August

A Dozen Off Broadway Shows to Energize Your August

NYT > Theater, Aug 12, 2025 - 11:38

Elizabeth McGovern channels Ava Gardner, a starry “Twelfth Night” reopens the De...

‘A Chorus Line’ and ‘Chicago’ at 50: Who Won?

‘A Chorus Line’ and ‘Chicago’ at 50: Who Won?

NYT > Theater, Jul 18, 2025 - 06:07

The slinky jailbirds and Broadway hopefuls in these two classic shows have been ...

‘The Matchmaker’ Review: Before ‘Hello, Dolly!’ She Was Just Dolly

‘The Matchmaker’ Review: Before ‘Hello, Dolly!’ She Was...

NYT > Theater, Jul 3, 2025 - 05:37

Thornton Wilder’s play became a blockbuster musical, but a production under an u...

Review: Rachel Zegler Delights in an ‘Evita’ for the Masses

Review: Rachel Zegler Delights in an ‘Evita’ for the Ma...

NYT > Theater, Jul 2, 2025 - 13:33

The actress is making her West End debut in Jamie Lloyd’s latest take on an Andr...

The Best Theater Moments of 2025, So Far

The Best Theater Moments of 2025, So Far

NYT > Theater, Jul 2, 2025 - 05:08

Our critic picked 10 moments that tapped into a range of emotions, often all at ...

‘Imaginary Invalid’ and Taylor Mac’s ‘Prosperous Fools’: Fresh Looks at Molière

‘Imaginary Invalid’ and Taylor Mac’s ‘Prosperous Fools’...

NYT > Theater, Jun 13, 2025 - 12:30

Red Bull Theater’s smart “The Imaginary Invalid” and Taylor Mac’s dismaying “Pro...

Tom Felton to Reprise Draco Malfoy Role in ‘Harry Potter’ on Broadway

Tom Felton to Reprise Draco Malfoy Role in ‘Harry Potte...

NYT > Theater, Jun 12, 2025 - 12:06

Felton will make his Broadway debut, playing a grown-up Draco, starting in Novem...