Review: Wrestling With Angels and Demons in ‘Sumo’
An Off Broadway play opens a window on the spiritual and physical trials of the ancient Japanese sport.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times ‘Hamilton’ Cancels Kennedy Center Run Over Trump’s Takeover
“We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Sadie Sink Heads Back to School, This Time on Broadway
In “John Proctor Is the Villain,” the actress is among a group of students studying “The Crucible,” just as the #MeToo movement tears through their classroom.
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CreditHannah Edelman for The New York Times After a Decade Away, ‘Mamma Mia!’ Is Returning to Broadway This Summer
The musical’s original run was the ninth-longest in Broadway history; a six-month return engagement will start in August.
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A ‘Greatest Showman’ Musical Is Coming to the Stage, in Britain
The show, developed by Disney with a Tony-winning creative team, will have an initial production in Bristol, England, in the spring of 2026.
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CreditNiko Tavernise/20th Century Fox Olivier Awards: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Secures Most Nominations
The acclaimed revival, which is about to transfer to London’s Barbican, scored 13 nominations at Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys.
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CreditMarc Brenner Why Does Every Play Seem Political Now?
Theater about current events — both literally and abstractly — is changing the conversation between playwrights, directors and their audiences.
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CreditJennifer Livingston ‘Dakar 2000’ Review: Which One Is the Liar?
In Rajiv Joseph’s two-hander, a couple of Americans in Senegal twist, deflect, massage, stretch and maybe even tell the truth.
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CreditMatthew Murphy Bill Burr Is About to Hit Broadway. Broadway Better Duck.
The acerbic comic sounds like a Mamet character, and thanks to Nathan Lane, he’s making his Broadway debut as one in “Glengarry Glen Ross.”
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Letter from the EditorWhat Do We Want From Political Theater?
Playwrights and directors wrestle with how a piece of art can galvanize its audience.
By Hanya Yanagihara
Angie Stone, Hip-Hop Pioneer Turned Neo-Soul Singer, Dies at 63
After having success as a member of the Sequence, an early female rap group, she re-emerged in the 1990s as a practitioner of sultry, laid-back R&B.
By Clay Risen
How Patina Miller, of Starz’s ‘Power’ Series, Spends Her Sundays
The Tony Award-winning actress fits in a long run before her daughter’s swim class and time in the recording studio.
By Sarah Bahr
Critic’s Pick‘Mary Said What She Said’ Review: A Hypnotic Huppert
In this Robert Wilson production, Isabelle Huppert is everywhere onstage, all at once, reciting a nonstop script that may well touch on everything.
By Elisabeth Vincentelli
A Disruptor Asks, Is New York Finally Ready for ‘DOOM’?
Anne Imhof is one of the most talked-about artists in the world. Her new project at the Park Avenue Armory may reveal why.
By Aruna D’Souza
Theater Company’s Lost French New Wave Film Gets Its New York Premiere
Future members of Mabou Mines produced the footage over 50 years ago. Now it’s a film with new dialogue spoken by children of the original cast.
By Eric Grode
Review: ‘Curse of the Starving Class’ Doesn’t Satisfy
The New Group production of Sam Shepard’s classic tragicomedy comes off as disjointed and self-consciously stagy.
By Maya Phillips
Critic’s NotebookAt France’s Oldest Theater, Things Change, but They Also Stay the Same
A new leader for the Comédie-Française, Clément Hervieu-Léger, is an insider who looks set to keep the venerable Paris company on a steady course.
By Laura Cappelle
‘Grangeville’ Review: Am I My Half Brother’s Keeper?
A story as old as Cain and Abel gets filtered through cellphone and video confrontations in Samuel D. Hunter’s bleak two-hander.
By Jesse Green
Theater ReviewA Rising Star Rides the Stormy Seas in a Maritime ‘Hamlet’
Luke Thallon expertly blends sincerity and neediness as the embattled prince in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s latest production.
By Houman Barekat
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