We spoke with two actors and two playwrights who will be in the spotlight this season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:07AMIn her Off Broadway drama, which had an acclaimed run in Chicago, the playwright looks for hope to outweigh despair in a fractious, anxious time.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:07AMSix shows and a fringe festival are among this month’s highlights in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and a bit beyond.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:43PMAlex Bechtel’s new musical, sort of “a pandemic parable,” gives voice to a mythical character in “The Odyssey.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:43PM“Here You Come Again” and “On Cedar Street” are very different new musicals about people who are unmoored and seek companionship to make it through.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:33PMThe industry is facing challenges, but in western Massachusetts the quality of the works is as rich as ever, our critic writes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:43PMConceived before the pandemic, Andy Field’s ode to sharing space in person glosses over the ways our everyday habits seem to have changed for good.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:19AMThe Classical Theater of Harlem follows up last year’s winning “Twelfth Night” with a sequel that feels like a sweet summer frolic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:55PMUnrequited love swirls through this prestige-cast production of Anton Chekhov’s play, in a Manhattan loft.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:19PM“The Cottage” is a throwback play with a modern mind-set. The cast, playwright and director talk about pulling off the comedy and landing all the “darlings.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:33AMAs part of the Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theaters, Nikhil Parmar’s solo play is a drama-tinged satire that morphs into a grisly revenge parable.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:55PMIn a big-hearted musical about a 1970s Belfast record store owner and the punk movement he nurtured, music is the real hero.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:37PMWith a clever opening number and repeated support for striking writers, the Tonys celebrated Broadway’s shows, performers and creative teams.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:07AMThe children of a severely alcoholic widower navigate his incapacity, and his legacy, in John J. Caswell Jr.’s pitch-black comedy about addiction.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:25PMIn Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel’s jazzy new musical, Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James are a glamorous couple succumbing to alcoholism.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:06PMAudible Theater’s leader and the creator of “Sorry for Your Loss” hope the autobiographical comedy helps others learn to talk about grief.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18PMClubbed Thumb’s Summerworks festival opener, written by ruth tang, rages against the machines and examines human alienation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:54PMIn roles in HBO’s “Succession” and “A Doll’s House” on Broadway, politics are never far from mind for the Iranian American actor.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42AMA play within a play about W.H. Auden and Benjamin Britten structures this sex-spiked comedy for the Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theaters in Manhattan.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42PMWhen Victoria Clark was offered the titular role in the musical, she worried her singing had lost its luster. Turns out, imperfection has its own allure.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32AMThe story of a Black family’s fight to desegregate public pools spans decades in Christina Anderson’s play at Yale Repertory Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMOscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan revisit Lorraine Hansberry’s 1964 play on Broadway, following its sold-out run in Brooklyn.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMTwo mothers make a life-altering connection during a play date in this production for the Manhattan Theater Club.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:24PMLaura Horton’s poignant comic monologue at 59E59 Theaters, part of the Brits Off Broadway festival, delivers a sympathetic portrayal of a sample-sale hoarder.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:32PMThe comedian Judy Gold’s new solo show at 59E59 Theaters is deliberately uncomfortable — and packed with laughs.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PMMiki Nakatani and Mikhail Baryshnikov star in this meticulously handsome stage adaptation of Yasushi Inoue’s 1949 novella.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:12PMMembers of the puppetry team for “Life of Pi” discuss making the show’s animals seem all-too-real on a very crowded lifeboat.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:30PMAfter 15 years away from the stage, Andre Royo of ‘The Wire’ goes all in with an evening of Eric Bogosian monologues at the Minetta Lane Theater.
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