When the Script Is Screaming for Blood

By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES

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As “Tamburlaine, Parts I and II” prepares to open, a look at productions which have needed that most theatrical of special effects.

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From left, Phil Robertson, Jase Robertson, Si Robertson and Willie Robertson from the A&E series "Duck Dynasty."

Bayou Meets Broadway: Staging ‘Duck Dynasty’

By PATRICK HEALY

Members of the Robertson family of the A&E reality series “Duck Dynasty” have convinced a team from Broadway to bring their story to the stage, in Las Vegas for starters.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Allegro,” at the Classic Stage Company, features Malcolm Gets, in chair, as a father and Claybourne Elder as his son.

Physician, Sing Thyself

By BARRON H. LERNER

“Allegro,” a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about father-and-son doctors, is being revived Off Broadway, creating a new chance to consider the medical themes it raises.

Theater Review | 'Grand Concourse'

A Soup Kitchen Where Even the Staff Is Needy

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

“Grand Concourse,” by Heidi Schreck, goes behind the scenes at a soup kitchen in the Bronx.

Theater Review | 'Basetrack Live'

Tours of Duty and the Price Paid at Home

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

“Basetrack Live” draws from video testimonials, photography and a website to recount the experiences of Marines in Afghanistan and their families stateside.

ArtsBeat

New York Live Arts Names New Director

By ALLAN KOZINN

Thomas O. Kriegsmann is to be its director of programs, a new position that will include artist development projects.

ArtsBeat

Kelsey Grammer to Join Broadway ‘Finding Neverland’

By PATRICK HEALY

Mr. Grammer is to play the largely comic role of Charles Frohman, the theater producer of “Peter Pan” playwright J.M. Barrie.

ArtsBeat

A Call to Reinstate Tony Awards for Sound Design

By PATRICK HEALY

A petition is calling for the restoration of two awards, for best sound design for a play and for a musical, that were eliminated by a Tony committee in June.

Theater Review | 'Chairs and a Long Table'

The Places Are Set, but Not for All

By ALEXIS SOLOSKI

The lingering theatrical convention of casting Caucasians in roles that call for Asians incites exasperation in Han Ong’s play “Chairs and a Long Table.”

Dance Review

Keeping Broadway’s Steps Alive

By BRIAN SEIBERT

American Dance Machine for the 21st Century, a repertory company for musical-theater dance, made its debut at the Joyce Theater on Tuesday.

Snapshot

‘I’ve Always Loved People Watching Me’

By ANITA GATES

Rachel Tucker talks about her role in “The Last Ship,” and about growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Recommended shows from Ben Brantley, Charles Isherwood and other theater critics for The New York Times.

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Frankie Grande, in front of the Helen Hayes Theater in New York this month, will play the role of Franz in “Rock of Ages.”

Frankie Grande, Ariana Grande’s Half Brother, Stars in ‘Rock of Ages’

By MICHAEL MUSTO

Mr. Grande, an ex-captive on ‘Big Brother,’ returns to his Broadway roots.

The Week Ahead

From left, Colby Minifie, Douglas Smith and Will Pullen in “Punk Rock.”

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Raging Hormones at Exam Time

By BEN BRANTLEY

That season in hell commonly called mid-adolescence promises to turn especially hot — and chilly — in Simon Stephens’s “Punk Rock.”

A Cabin in the Woods, but Hardly a Getaway

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

A man and a woman, both facing crises, keep slightly uncomfortable company in David Auburn’s small-scale and sleepy new play, “Lost Lake.”

Theater Review | 'Livin’ la Vida Imelda'

It Wasn’t Just the Shoes

By ANITA GATES

In “Livin’ la Vida Imelda,” Carlos Celdran delves into many corners of Imelda Marcos’s life.

Theater Review | 'Powerhouse'

Erik Lochtefeld, center, as the composer Raymond Scott, flanked by the puppeteers Tyler Bunch, left, and Eric Wright, in

A Man Whose Music Animated Looney Tunes

By ANDY WEBSTER

“Powerhouse,” on the life of the composer Raymond Scott, sustains the controlled mad dash of the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoons that used his music.

Theater Review | 'Odd Birdz'

Comfortable Inducing a Laugh or a Squirm

By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES

“Odd Birdz,” from the ensemble Tziporela, features sketches with a wide range of characters and situations.

Theater Review | 'The Band Wagon'

Show Within a Show, Within a Memory

By BEN BRANTLEY

Kathleen Marshall directs “The Band Wagon,” a stage adaptation of the beloved 1953 MGM movie musical.

Theater Review | 'Carnaval'

Sun, Fun And Trouble In Brazil

By ALEXIS SOLOSKI

In Nikkole Salter’s “Carnaval,” three men travel to Rio de Janeiro, in an exploration of black masculinity and friendship.

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“It’s Only a Play” will reluctantly give up the Schoenfeld Theater for “The Audience” and move next door to the Jacobs.

Why the Theater Next Door Isn’t Fit for a Queen

By PATRICK HEALY

The Broadway producers of “The Audience,” with Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II, have turned down $400,000 to let “It’s Only a Play” continue in the Schoenfeld Theater.