Don We Now ... Oh, Puhleez, Honey
By ERIK PIEPENBURG
Four drag performers with Christmas-themed shows at the Laurie Beechman Theater chat about their love-hate relationship with the holidays.
Tailoring a Play for the Acutely Attuned
By BENEDICT CAREY
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Harry David Smolin, center, at the stagefront of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”
With expert help, the cast and crew of the Broadway play “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” have softened its sensory edges for an audience within the autism spectrum.
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High adrenaline: Emma Stone, replacing Michelle Williams in “Cabaret,” at Studio 54.
Taking over the role in “Cabaret” at Studio 54, Emma Stone portrays Sally as a desperately energetic flapper whose worst fear is not mattering.
Theater Review | 'The Illusionists'
Definitely Not Your Uncle Ned’s Parlor Tricks
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
In “The Illusionists” at the Marriott Marquis Theater, seven magicians perform with the accompaniment of a band, laser beams, digital video screens and more.
Theater Review | 'A Christmas Memory'
The Moment Before Everything Changes
By ALEXIS SOLOSKI
A boy and his elderly cousin enact an annual holiday ritual in Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory,” adapted as a musical presented by the Irish Repertory Theater.
Jolly Old Elf Behaving Badly
By ERIK PIEPENBURG
Illustrators and designers offer different takes on the antihero of “The SantaLand Diaries” for posters promoting regional stage productions.
Bowing Out? Bet Your Bottom Dollar
By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES
After 46 years, Michael P. Price is stepping down as executive director of Goodspeed Musicals in Connecticut.
ArtsBeat
Lincoln Center Plans a Theater Work for Children With Autism
By ALLAN KOZINN
“Up and Away,” an immersive work inspired by Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days,” will open next fall, with previews in the spring.
Snapshot
Seeing Visions of Stardom
By ALEXIS SOLOSKI
Nneka Okafor, starring in Katori Hall’s “Our Lady of Kibeho,” talks about her star turn, religious experiences and Texas cuisine.
Movie Review | 'Miss Julie'
Class Warfare at the Most Intimate Level
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Liv Ullmann’s version of Strindberg’s “Miss Julie” features Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell as class-bound lovers repelled and attracted by each other in a battle of the sexes.
Theater Listings for Dec. 5-11
A critical guide to productions in New York City, including shows in previews.
Theater People: Bradley Cooper, Jake Gyllenhaal and More Discuss Acting on Broadway
By HERMIONE HOBY
As much as Broadway now relies on Hollywood actors to bring in the crowds, so A-listers increasingly view stints onstage as integral to a rich career. Here, seven award-winning actors on their new roles.
Show Reviews
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.
2014 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Movies, Music, Books, Clothes & More
The best present ideas, selected by Times experts, to make shopping easy this season.
Most Popular Shows
Top-grossing Broadway shows for the week ending Nov. 30.
- Wicked
- The Lion King
- The Book of Mormon
- Aladdin
- Matilda the Musical
- Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
- It's Only a Play!
- Kinky Boots
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella
Source: The Broadway League
Theater Highlights
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Theater Review | 'Swamp Juice'
Accused of Cruelty to Cardboard
By ALEXIS SOLOSKI
In the comedian Jeff Achtem’s “Swamp Juice,” a despicable man enjoys torturing snail, snake and bird puppets in the bayou.
Theater Review | 'On a Stool at the End of the Bar'
See, Before That Night I Met You, I Was ... Well, It’s Kind of Complicated
By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES
“On a Stool at the End of the Bar,” by Robert Callely, follows a couple as they adjust to some surprising truths.
Music Review
A Saucy Persona, Peppered With Wisdom
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Annaleigh Ashford juggles a cabaret act at 54 Below with her Broadway role in “You Can’t Take It With You” and her TV role as Betty in “Masters of Sex.”
In Sondheim Musical, a Clamorous Portrait of Psychosis
By MATT WOLF
On the London stage, Jamie Lloyd’s production of “Assassins”; a revival of “Accolade”; and Mordaunt Shairp’s 1933 play “The Green Bay Tree.”
Theater Review | 'Rollo’s Wild Oat'
Rich Guy Buys Stage Role
By ALEXIS SOLOSKI
In “Rollo’s Wild Oat,” a 1920 comedy by Clare Beecher Kummer, a rich man buys his way into playing Hamlet on Broadway and then tries to win Ophelia.
Theater Review | Long Island
Yearning for a BB Gun and a Happy Family
By AILEEN JACOBSON
“A Christmas Story: The Musical,” playing at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport, is centered on a child’s concern that he won’t get the present he wants.
Theater Review | New Jersey
The Making of Harmony
By KEN JAWOROWSKI
“The Fabulous Lipitones,” in New Brunswick, works just fine without much glitter or glamour — its greatest pleasures spring from the simplest of intentions.
Theater Review | 'The Seagull' and 'Sense and Sensibility'
In Austen and Chekhov, a Test of Versatility
By BEN BRANTLEY
Members of the Bedlam troupe play multiple roles in productions of “The Seagull” and “Sense and Sensibility.”
Theater Review | 'Naperville'
Some More Coffee, Mom?
By NEIL GENZLINGER
In Mat Smart’s “Naperville,” a son moves back home to help his mother deal with losing her sight, but she finds that even her coffee is different.
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Ugg-A-Wha? Updating Stereotypes in ‘Peter Pan’
By JEREMY EGNER
The producers of “Peter Pan Live!” aimed to update elements of the original musical that were insensitive to Native Americans.
Theater
Reasons to Be Pretty Cheerful
By JASON ZINOMAN
“Every Brilliant Thing” arrives in New York with lots of good reviews and a high concept that sounds a bit mawkish.
Flying by the Seat of Their Pants
By JEREMY EGNER
A computer-generated Tinker Bell, moving sets and a contraption-heavy pirate ship are among the technical hurdles that face NBC in presenting a live “Peter Pan.”
ArtsBeat
In Performance: Joy Behar of ‘Me, My Mouth & I’
By ERIK PIEPENBURG
This week’s video features Joy Behar, the comedian and former co-host of “The View” in a scene from her autobiographical show.
A Not-So-Mad Scientist and His Blue-Eyed Buddy
By ALEXIS SOLOSKI
Joseph Silovsky’s “Send for the Million Men,” based on the 1927 execution of the anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, stars his signature creation: a robot called Stanley.
Opening Soon
Many of these shows are currently in previews.
- The Asphalt Christmas (December 5)
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (December 5)
- Golden Dragon Acrobats (December 5)
- In Fields Where They Lay (December 5)
- Musicals in Mufti: My Favorite Year (December 5)
- The Elephant Man (December 7)
Fall Arts Preview - Times 100
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.
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