Why Black Satire Is the Art Form for Our Absurd Age
Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal […]
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In ‘Weather Girl,’ Climate Change Sets Off a Meltdown
A new one-woman show from the producer of “Baby Reindeer” and “Fleabag” […]
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‘Song of the North’ Uses Puppets to Help a Persian Epic Spring to Life
Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness […]
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Theater to Stream Now: ‘Beckett Briefs’ and One of Gavin Creel’s Last Shows
Also available for streaming: A masterful F. Murray Abraham in “Beckett Briefs,” […]
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‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Is Haunted by Brando and Ghosts of Actors Past
With a revival starring Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran in Brooklyn, a […]
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5 Years After Covid Closed the Theaters, Audiences Are Returning
Broadway is almost back, and pop music tours and sports events are […]
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Anne Kaufman Schneider, 99, Ardent Keeper of Her Father’s Plays, Dies
She shepherded the works of George S. Kaufman from the 20th century […]
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‘Ghosts’ Review: The Sins of the Father, Visited on Everyone
Ibsen’s scathing drama about medical and moral contagion gets a high-sheen Off […]
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Athol Fugard’s Plays Illustrated the Value of Every Human Life
“Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” and other works bear witness to forgotten lives […]
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A Ferocious Paul Mescal Stars in a Brutal ‘Streetcar’
Desire comes a distant second to violence in a Brooklyn revival of […]
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