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Flea Theater’s Artistic Director to Step Down
By PATRICK HEALY
Jim Simpson, one of the founders of the 18-year-old Flea Theater in Lower Manhattan, said it was time for a new vision.
Bradley Cooper is set to play the title role in a Broadway revival of “The Elephant Man,” a character he has identified with since he saw a movie version at 12.
Jim Simpson, one of the founders of the 18-year-old Flea Theater in Lower Manhattan, said it was time for a new vision.
Suzan-Lori Parks’s new play reimagines a turbulent turning point in American history through a cockeyed contemporary lens.
“It Shoulda Been You,” with music by Barbara Anselmi and a book and lyrics by Brian Hargrove, turns on warring mothers squaring off at a wedding. David Hyde Pierce will direct.
The playwright Sarah Ruhl returns to her roots as a dramatist, and to Lincoln Center Theater with the premiere of her new play, “The Oldest Boy."
In “Breaking Character,” his nightclub act at 54 Below, the Broadway actor Jeremy Jordan shows a range that surpasses teen-idol appeal.
In “Not Afraid,” a new play by Nora Sorena Casey, a young woman’s violent fixations threaten to turn on her.
Recommended shows from Ben Brantley, Charles Isherwood and other theater critics for The New York Times.
Recent show reviews from Ben Brantley, Charles Isherwood and other theater critics for The New York Times.
Top-grossing Broadway shows for the week ending Oct. 26.
“Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh” is John Lahr’s thick volume on the playwright.
A critical guide to productions in New York City, including shows in previews.
“The Last Ship,” a bleak musical with a score by the rock star Sting, is about an English shipbuilding town in decline.
A dinner party becomes a verbal jousting tournament in Ayad Akhtar’s terrific, turbulent drama “Disgraced.”
Ivo van Hove’s adaptation of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” lends a striking universality to its portrait of life and imminent death in the early years of the AIDS epidemic in New York.
James Dickey’s 1970 novel, “Deliverance,” has been given the theatrical treatment by the Godlight Theater Company.
“The Fortress of Solitude,” a stage musical based on Jonathan Lethem’s novel, opens at the Public Theater.
The actress sings the number “Barf Bag Breakup” from the new musical “Found,” based on found writings and anonymous notes.
Emma Stone joins the Broadway cast of “Cabaret” as Sally Bowles, if a bit later than originally expected.
The faith-based musical “Amazing Grace,” about the redemption of a slave trader, is drawing applause in Chicago and aiming at Broadway.
Vishal Bhardwaj’s “Haider,” a film tragedy set in Kashmir, has been fiercely denounced by India’s Hindu nationalists but praised by critics for its frankness.
The artists Ayad Akhtar, G. Willow Wilson and Musa Syeed discuss portrayals of Muslim-Americans in popular culture.
“Our Town” and “Hamlet,” two of the English language’s most popular and most frequently performed dramas, are both currently being staged in Connecticut.
Many of these shows are currently in previews.
How to wade through the crush of culture coming your way this season? Here’s a guide to 100 events that have us especially excited, in order of appearance.