The American Plan (Jan. 22)
Krapp, 39 (Jan. 22)
Aristocrats (Jan. 25)
Freshwater (Jan. 25)
Hedda Gabler (Jan. 25)
You’re Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush (Feb. 1)
The Third Story (Feb. 2)
Ruined (Feb. 10)
‘Speed-the-Plow’ Files Grievance Over Star’s Quick Departure
The Broadway producers of the David Mamet play “Speed-the-Plow” filed a grievance on Friday against their former star Jeremy Piven.
Young TV Actor Takes Valuable Lessons Onstage
Hunter Parrish, an actor on Showtime’s “Weeds,” says his onstage stint in “Spring Awakening” gave him a set of skills that his comfort zone, television, had not.
Footnotes
Kelli O’Hara will take a leave of absence from the Lincoln Center Theater revival of “South Pacific” in March, Playbill.com reported.
All Alone in a Crowded Country Home
It feels right that the proportions are all wrong in Sam Mendes’s seriously comic production of “The Cherry Orchard.”
Duck! These Monks Have Feet and Fists of Fury
“Soul of Shaolin,” a Chinese martial-arts pageant, ultimately seems a pretty cheap enterprise.
Madcap Cole Porter Classics to Pour Martinis By
The sight of Victoria Clark and David Hyde Pierce portraying 1930s Manhattan socialites came with a frisson of anxiety.
Where Ballet Is a Boy Thing
Let us pause for a moment to praise the Sisterhood of the Tumbling Tutus, which is seriously upping the charm quotient of the Broadway musical “Billy Elliot.”
Channeling Noël Coward
Real-life psychics and mediums are invited to audition for a chance to work with the cast of the coming Broadway production of “Blithe Spirit.”
Ricardo Montalbán, Star of ‘Fantasy Island,’ Dies at 88
Mr. Montalbán, one of Hollywood’s first Latino leading men, had a long career as a television and movie actor but is perhaps best remembered as the debonair concierge of “Fantasy Island.”
In Festival, Biography, Beckett and Blues
Reviews of shows at the Under the Radar Festival, including “County of Kings,” “England,” “First Love” and others.
Tales of Tribal Land and Courtroom Drama
This unconventional play about an indigenous Australian people may ask a little too much of an American audience.
Recalling Rodgers, Along With His Friends
The usual buzz of happy expectation that attends the 92nd Street Y’s venerable Lyrics and Lyricists series was noticeably muted at this season’s opening concert.
Off-Center Refractions of African-American Worlds
Cultural images of black America are tweaked, pulled and twisted like Silly Putty in “The Shipment,” a subversive, seriously funny new theater piece by Young Jean Lee.
Theater Listings: Jan. 16-22
Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.
Staging Chekhov
Photos of the Bridge Project’s production of “The Cherry Orchard.”
UrbanEye: Theater Over the Phone
Melena Ryzik reports on "Call Cutta In A Box," an experimental theater piece at the Goethe-Institut.
Girls en Pointe
The girls who play ballerinas in the Broadway musical “Billy Elliot” form a sorority out of the spotlight.
Margaret Mitchell in New Orleans
Images from “Architecting,” at the Public Theater.
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Top Grossing Broadway Shows
Wicked, $1,365,879
Billy Elliot, $1,221,123
Jersey Boys, $1,064,072
The Lion King, $1,030,694
South Pacific, $950,130
Mamma Mia!, $853,192
Shrek the Musical, $849,652
Monty Python’s Spamalot (closed), $811,514
In the Heights, $808,884
Gypsy (closed), $796,378
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