This shimmering Shakespeare adaptation at the Delacorte Theater retains the outline of the original, while making space for songs. You don’t have to sing along, though you may want to. Source: New York Times
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Laura Linney to Return to Broadway in New David Auburn Play
By Gotham Rex on August 30, 2022
“Summer, 1976,” about a friendship between two women in Ohio, will open next spring at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater. Source: New York Times
Gabriel Byrne’s ‘Walking With Ghosts’ Is Heading to Broadway
By Gotham Rex on August 30, 2022
The play, adapted from his memoir of the same name, will run for 75 performances starting in October. Source: New York Times
With ‘As You Like It,’ Public Works Aims for a Reflection of Humanity
By Gotham Rex on August 24, 2022
The musical adaptation, part of Free Shakespeare in the Park, is a remounting of an acclaimed production that had a short run in 2017. Source: New York Times
This Season at La MaMa: Dance-Theater and a Puppet Rock Opera
By Gotham Rex on August 24, 2022
The experimental theater company’s 2022-23 season will showcase a packed lineup under the theme “Remake a World.” Source: New York Times
‘Take Me Out’ to Return to Broadway This Fall
By Gotham Rex on August 18, 2022
Jesse Williams and Jesse Tyler Ferguson will reprise their roles in the play, which won a Tony for best revival in June. Source: New York Times
‘A Little Night Music’ Review: A Rueful Take at Barrington Stage
By Gotham Rex on August 12, 2022
Barrington Stage Company offers a take on the Sondheim-Wheeler classic highlighted by performances in shades of regret. Source: New York Times
92NY’s New Season Includes Ian McEwan and Tom Stoppard
By Gotham Rex on August 10, 2022
The fall season also features Ralph Fiennes, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Katie Couric and Ken Burns. Source: New York Times
Barrington Stage Company Names Alan Paul as Artistic Director
By Gotham Rex on August 3, 2022
The nonprofit helped make the Berkshires a destination for culture lovers under Julianne Boyd, who is retiring. Source: New York Times
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Closes on Broadway as Creators Spar With Rudin
By Gotham Rex on July 29, 2022
The hit play, closed since January, was expected to reopen on Broadway this fall. Source: New York Times
Review: In ‘Mr. Burns,’ Apocalypse Now, With ‘The Simpsons’ and Songs
By Gotham Rex on July 27, 2022
Anne Washburn’s 2012 play about a post-pandemic society reckoning with loss has not aged at all, our critic writes. Source: New York Times
‘Seagull’ Review: Blurring the Lines of Fiction
By Gotham Rex on July 24, 2022
Elevator Repair Service’s Chekhov revival has promising ideas about art, experimentation and truth, but the production inevitably falls flat, our critic writes. Source: New York Times
Billy Crystal’s ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Will End Its Broadway Run
By Gotham Rex on July 17, 2022
The stage musical, adapted from a 1992 film, will close Labor Day weekend after five months at the Nederlander Theater. Source: New York Times
Medieval Times Employees Vote to Unionize in New Jersey
By Gotham Rex on July 16, 2022
The horsemen, courtiers, stablehands and other performers at ye olde New Jersey tourist attraction formed a new kind of medieval guild when they voted to unionize. Source: New York Times
‘Ain’t No Mo’’ to Take Flight on Broadway
By Gotham Rex on July 11, 2022
The play, by Jordan E. Cooper, is a biting comedy set in an America that offers to relocate Black citizens to Africa. Source: New York Times