Theater Review | 'Golden Boy'
The Sweet Science vs. the Stradivarius
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Lincoln Center Theater’s blistering production of Clifford Odets’s “Golden Boy,” directed by Bartlett Sher, features a superb cast of almost 20 actors.
Theater Review | 'The Killing of Sister George'
Mess With Her, or Not: You’ll Get an Earful
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
T. Charles Erickson
The Killing of Sister George Kathleen Turner, top, and Clea Alsip at Long Wharf Theater.
Kathleen Turner plays the leading role and directs the 1964 play “The Killing of Sister George” at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven.
Behind a Flop, a Play(wright) Within a Play
By PATRICK HEALY
The rapid fall of David Mamet’s new play, “The Anarchist,” raises questions about business on Broadway, especially the producer-playwright relationship.
Dramatic Nuggets With a Certain Glow
By ANITA GATES
Four shows that recently opened in New York — “Golden Age,” “Golden Boy,” “Golden Child” and “The Golden Land” — have similar titles but little else in common.
Ben Brantley Answers Readers' Questions, Part 2
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Times’s chief theater critic responds to questions about David Mamet, what to see in London and the role of criticism.
Yo, Adrian! I’m Singin’!
By PATRICK HEALY
A stage musical based on the 1976 movie “Rocky” has proved a hit in Hamburg, Germany. Now its producers hope to bring it to Broadway.
In Performance
Joaquina Kalukango of ‘Emotional Creature’
By ERIK PIEPENBURG
The actress performs a scene from Eve Ensler's show about young women around the world.
Kanzaburo Nakamura, Stalwart of Kabuki, Dies at 57
By HIROKO TABUCHI
Mr. Kanzaburo, whose career spanned five decades, initially immersed himself in the Kabuki classics before forging his own path both in Japan and worldwide.
Frederick Neumann, Actor, Director and Interpreter of Beckett, Dies at 86
By BRUCE WEBER
Mr. Neumann was an early member of the New York experimental troupe Mabou Mines which, by 1990, had produced eight works by his friend Samuel Beckett.
Theater Review | 'Hearts Like Fists'
Avengers With Motives Personal, Professional and Just Because
By ANDY WEBSTER
“Hearts Like Fists,” by Adam Szymkowicz, is a comedy, but with a villain and fight scenes.
Multimedia
In Performance: Joaquina Kalukango
The actress performs an excerpt from Eve Ensler’s play “Emotional Creature.”
Veteran Broadway Producers Back 'Pippin'
December 6, 2012
'Honeymooners' Musical to Open in San Diego
December 6, 2012
Ben Brantley Answers Readers' Questions
December 5, 2012
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.
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Theater Review | 'Let’s Kill Grandma This Christmas'
The Holidays With This Bunch? It’s Murder
By CATHERINE RAMPELL
In “Let’s Kill Grandma This Christmas” a family considers permanently getting rid of an especially difficult grandmother.
Theater Review | 'Tube'
Art Imitates YouTube’s Imitations of Art
By JASON ZINOMAN
Van Cougar, a troupe that bases its shows on found texts, re-enacts viral videos in “Tube,” at St. Mark’s Church.
Theater Review | 'A Civil War Christmas'
Lincolns in Wartime Hope for a Midnight Clear
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
“A Civil War Christmas,” by Paula Vogel, sets history as a backdrop to human dramas.
IHT Rendezvous
Love Unleashed on the London Stage
By MATT WOLF
Love may or may not make the world go round, but it's certainly doing its bit for the London theater, from "Twelfth Night" and "Kiss Me Kate" to "Boy Meets Boy" and "The Effect," the galvanic new play by Lucy Prebble.
Theater Review | 'Golden Age'
Amid Arias, Mad Scenes, Catfights and Swoons
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
In “Golden Age,” Terrence McNally’s latest play, he sets the action on the opening night of Bellini’s opera “I Puritani,” in Paris in 1835.
Theater Review | 'My Name Is Asher Lev'
Insular and Torn, Straight From Hasidic Brooklyn
By RACHEL SALTZ
“My Name Is Asher Lev,” adapted from Chaim Potok’s novel, centers on a young man dealing with traditional Hasidic expectations and the outside pull he feels as an artist.
Theater Review | 'The Anarchist'
War of Wills, Vocabularies and Virtues
By BEN BRANTLEY
Patti LuPone and Debra Winger star in David Mamet’s “Anarchist,” a heavily embroidered slip of a play.
Theater Review | ‘Chris March’s The Butt-Cracker Suite!’
That’s No Mouse King in the Double-Wide
By DAVID ROONEY
“Chris March’s The Butt-Cracker Suite!” is a campy reinvention of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” which Mr. March calls a “trailer park ballet.”
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Theater Talkback
A Hot Ticket on Broadway, and a Cold Shoulder to Reviewers
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
By the time it closes, "Glengarry Glen Ross" will have played a full half of its run without having to face any official critical scrutiny.
ArtsBeat
Tourists Increase Share of Broadway Ticket Sales
By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
A report on audience demographics for 2011-12 season found that foreign visitors accounted for more than 18 percent of Broadway tickets sold.
Real and Live, but Maybe Not Nude
By JESSE McKINLEY
Robin Byrd, famed for her raunchy cable talk show and Time Warner’s bid to limit access to it, is back, but onstage, not television.
Opening Soon
Many of these shows are currently in previews.
- Bumbug The Musical (December 8)
- Glengarry Glen Ross (December 8)
- Jackie Hoffman's A Chanukah Charol (December 8)
- Bare (December 9)
- Volpone (December 9)
Most Popular Shows
Top-grossing Broadway shows for the week ending Dec. 2.
- Wicked
- The Book of Mormon
- The Lion King
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
- Once
- Jersey Boys
- A Christmas Story: The Musical
- Annie
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
Source: The Broadway League
Letting the Tickets Do the Talking
By BEN BRANTLEY
The plays in New York theaters are full of meaning, and delivering a holiday message, hostile or tender, is as easy as buying a ticket.
Shows for the Thrifty (Even a Scrooge)
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Theater tickets can be as expensive as they are popular, but there are lower-priced options.
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