New York Times Theatre News

Theater Review | 'Off Stage: The West Village Fragments': A Walking History of the Downtown Stage

Tue, 2006-09-26 21:26
The streets of the West Village provide a lovely background for this warmhearted and well-researched tribute to the birth of Off Off Broadway.

Patrick Quinn, 56, an Official of Actors’ Equity Association, Dies

Mon, 2006-09-25 04:00
Patrick Quinn was about to become the first new executive director of the Actors’ Equity Association in 25 years.

Take a Provocative Concept, Add a Grabby Title and Some Catchy Songs, Put on a Show

Mon, 2006-09-25 04:00
Here are my informal and not-meant-to-be-eternally damning reactions to some of the shows I saw in the first 10 days or so of the New York Musical Theater Festival.

Choosing Songs That Sound a Lot Like Life

Mon, 2006-09-25 04:00
Audra McDonald's new album, "Build a Bridge," carries her further into contemporary pop than she has ever ventured.

Theater Listings

Mon, 2006-09-25 03:28
Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.

‘A Singular Sensation,’ a New Generation

Sun, 2006-09-24 04:00
Six of the 19 principal performers in the revival of "A Chorus Line" speak about their characters, their own stories and what has changed about growing up and getting to Broadway.

Suddenly That Summer, Out of the Closet

Sun, 2006-09-24 04:00
A once-lost work by Tennessee Williams reveals the young playwright writing about his love life without disguise or subterfuge.

The Prop Fetcher of 1950, With Quite a Future Ahead

Sun, 2006-09-24 04:00
Stephen Sondheim discusses his experiences as an apprentice 56 years ago at the Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut.

Theater Review | 'Durango': Traveling With Despair as a Constant Companion

Sat, 2006-09-23 04:00
There is a hint of “Death of a Salesman” in Julia Cho’s poignant new play.

Theater Review | 'The Best Man': Here Comes the Mother of the Groom

Sat, 2006-09-23 04:00
In Robert King’s new play, “The Best Man,” neither the bride nor the priest who is to perform a wedding ceremony ever makes an appearance.

Theater Review | 'Urinetown': An Audacious Urban Fable for a Suburban Audience

Sat, 2006-09-23 04:00
It is amazing that the profoundly urban “Urinetown,” born at New York’s outrageous downtown Fringe Festival and later landing on Broadway, has turned up in regional theater.

Off Off Broadway When It Was Just Downtown

Fri, 2006-09-22 09:49
The Peculiar Works Project is marking the work of early downtown theatrical pioneers with a walking tour that will meander through Greenwich Village.

Off Off Broadway When It Was Just Downtown

Fri, 2006-09-22 09:49
The Peculiar Works Project is marking the work of early downtown theatrical pioneers with a walking tour that will meander through Greenwich Village.

Theater Review | 'The Pain and the Itch': The Indiscreet Moral Defects of the Bourgeoisie

Fri, 2006-09-22 04:00
Bruce Norris has written an often funny but tough-to-stomach social satire that is seriously marred by overstatement.

Theater Review | 'WASPs in Bed': The Imponderables of Love, With or Without Marriage

Fri, 2006-09-22 04:00
Frustrating but witty, "WASPs in Bed" would make a clever sitcom.

Joseph Hayes, 88, Author of ‘The Desperate Hours,’ Dies

Wed, 2006-09-20 04:00
Joseph Hayes wrote the novel “The Desperate Hours,” which he later turned into a Tony Award-winning play and a movie.

Theater Review | 'Sisters': Grievance, Loneliness, Resignation. That’s Family.

Wed, 2006-09-20 04:00
This production occasions the welcome return to the New York stage of Anna Manahan, the Irish actress. A bit less welcome is Declan Hassett’s relentlessly downbeat play itself.

Theater Review | 'Nami': For 2 Couples, All’s Fair in Love and New York Real Estate

Wed, 2006-09-20 04:00
Chad Beckim’s well-acted but overheated drama provides evidence that it might not to be such a good idea to get to know your neighbors.

Theater Review | 'Lemkin's House': A Lawyer’s Cause Célèbre Lives Even in His Afterlife

Wed, 2006-09-20 04:00
Words are no match for action, and neither are mere laws. Raphael Lemkin, a real-life lawyer who died in 1959, learns this in his imagined afterlife in this compelling, well-acted play.

Theater Review | 'Esoterica': Magic, Metaphysics and Even Mr. Potato Head

Wed, 2006-09-20 04:00
The magic in Eric Walton's mostly one-man show is a lot of fun.