New York Times Theatre News

Theater Review | 'Make Me a Song': Decades of Songs From William Finn, and Not Just in Falsetto

Sat, 2006-08-26 04:00
This highly entertaining evening of Mr. Finn's music is really good, with long stretches of brilliance.

Critic’s Notebook: In New York, Shows Can Be Slow or Fast in the Making

Sat, 2006-08-26 04:00
While the 10th annual Fringe Festival featured a few understated, emotionally rich plays, theater created on the fly led to some dependably messy shows.

Angry Plays Become Hit Shows in Edinburgh

Sat, 2006-08-26 04:00
In Scotland, a festival of works ranging from topical to pointless, from hilarious to dismal.

Theater Review | 'Seven Guitars': Weaving Blues of Trying Times and Lost Dreams

Fri, 2006-08-25 04:00
Acted with absorbing restraint and immediacy, this is a truly life-sized production, which means it is big indeed.

Theater Review | 'The Fantasticks': A Return to Off Broadway, With Performance No. 17,163

Thu, 2006-08-24 04:00
An old actor climbs out of an old trunk, and suddenly it’s springtime in the revival — no, I think I mean resuscitation — of "The Fantasticks."

Critic's Notebook: Somewhere Under the Radar, a Discovery Awaits

Wed, 2006-08-23 04:00
About once a year, Daniel MacIvor writes an ingeniously constructed and teasingly mysterious new play. So how come you’ve probably never heard of him?

A Benefactor for Yiddish Theater Treasures

Wed, 2006-08-23 04:00
Eli Broad has donated $186,000 to pay for cleaning, restoration, archiving and a permanent display for a trove of relics.

Theater Review | 'Reverend Billy's Tent Revival': A Sermon on Corporations, Neighborhoods and Loss

Tue, 2006-08-22 04:00
Reverend Billy may not convert you. But you will think twice about shopping, once the show is over.

Theater Review | 'Mother Courage and Her Children': Mother, Courage, Grief and Song

Tue, 2006-08-22 04:00
If you want to watch a human being lift a 12-ton play onto her shoulders and hold it there for hours, see Meryl Streep burning energy like a supernova in "Mother Courage and Her Children."

Theater Review: ‘Mr. Dooley’s America’: Those Good Ol’ Days, Much Like Today

Mon, 2006-08-21 04:00
“Mr. Dooley’s America” has no plot per se, but its topics are loosely organized to move from the sociopolitical to the personal.

Theater Review: Young Suicide in the Eyes of Norwegian Playwrights Old and New, Ibsen and Non-Ibsen

Mon, 2006-08-21 04:00
These two Norweigian plays, Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm" and Jon Fosse's "Deathvariations," could not be more different in depth and tone.

Backpage: Robes and Furr’d Gowns Hide All

Sun, 2006-08-20 04:00
A tattered muslin coat may not seem fit for a king, but in this case it’s just a fitting.

Broadway’s Touring Shows Find Seats Harder to Sell

Sun, 2006-08-20 04:00
Why do some of Broadway's biggest hits have such a hard time when they hit the road?

It’s Free Theater in the Park, but New Yorkers Are Still Paying a Price

Sun, 2006-08-20 04:00
Waiting in line for tickets to Bertolt Brecht’s “Mother Courage and Her Children,” starring Meryl Streep, often begins the night before a performance.

Theater Review: One Pippin Who’s on the Right Track

Sat, 2006-08-19 04:00
Goodspeed’s polished new production of the 1972 musical "Pippin" is a handsome production.

Critic’s Notebook: At the Clamorous New York Fringe Festival, Silence Draws Attention

Sat, 2006-08-19 04:00
Billy is a different kind of mime: his wordless routines leave his audience speechless.

Usher in ‘Chicago’? Well, He’s No Stranger to Razzle-Dazzle and Hocus-Pocus

Fri, 2006-08-18 04:00
Watching Usher glide around the stage in rehearsal for the Broadway musical "Chicago," you have to admit he’s got those Fosse poses down.

Theater Review: The Story of a Guy Who May Not Be Martin Short, but Sure Looks Like Him

Fri, 2006-08-18 04:00
This eager and amiably scattershot satire of celebrity memoirs and Broadway musicals arrives a little late to the table for such parody to taste fresh.

Theater Listings

Fri, 2006-08-18 04:00
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Lawrence Sacharow, 68, Noted Off Broadway Director, Dies

Wed, 2006-08-16 04:00
An Obie Award-winning director and a pioneer of biographical theater, Mr. Sacharow was perhaps best known for his 1967 play “The Concept.”