NYT Theater

A Temple of Drama, Burnished

Fri, 08/27/2010 - 21:45
The Belasco Theater, a Broadway house known for its relative intimacy and its subtly gothic ambience, has been restored to its original grandeur.

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Updated 'Metamorphoses,' With Puppets, Is Named Best at Edinburgh's Fringe

Fri, 08/27/2010 - 16:25
A re-telling of Ovid's mythological tales from the London-based theater company Pants on Fire won the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award and will play at the Flea in January.

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An Evening With 'The Fantasticks'

Fri, 08/27/2010 - 13:26
Jan Benzel, an editor at The Times who is being reassigned to Paris, is spending her last few weeks in New York doing all the things New Yorkers should do.

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Trevor Nunn Will Be a Visiting Professor at Oxford

Fri, 08/27/2010 - 10:41
Mr. Nunn's theater professorship is named for Cameron Mackintosh, the producer he recently said had "betrayed" him for leaving him out of a "Les Miserables" revival.

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Theater Listings: Aug. 27 — Sept. 2

Fri, 08/27/2010 - 00:01
Selective listings by critics of The New York Times of noteworthy theater events.

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Theater Review | 'The Memory Show': Forgetting of Things Past: A Duet Off-Key

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 23:00
In “The Memory Show,” the young composer Zach Redler has written a score that follows the patterns of minds grasping, often in vain, for clarity, conviction and lost time.

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Sometimes There Are Second Acts in Broadway Casting

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 21:43
Sometimes replacement casts in Broadway shows are an improvement over the originals.

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Theater Talkback: How Do You Measure a Hit?

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 14:02
How do you think we should measure success in the theater? What exactly is a hit?

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Dispatches From Gaza, Onstage

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 13:39
Lawrence Wright's new play will be staged at 3-Legged Dog and directed by Oskar Eustis

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The Open Road Wasn’t Quite Open to All

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 13:30
A new play and a children’s book revisit the “Green Book,” a guide for black motorists in the Jim Crow era.

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Turn On (MP3s), Tune In and Ride

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 12:35
Joyride is a kind of interactive theater for bike riders in the city: you take off from a single point, all listening to the same soundtrack on MP3 players.

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An Honest Tale Speeds to Brooklyn: Bridge Project's 'Richard III' Coming to BAM

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 10:58
Kevin Spacey will play the title character in Shakespeare's play for the final year of the collaboration between the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Old Vic Theater.

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Theater Company Avoids Eviction in Deal With M.T.A.

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 10:46
A schedule is worked out for payment of back rent, allowing the 3-Legged Dog to stay at its home in Lower Manhattan.

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Surprise of a Salesman: Christopher Lloyd

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 03:14
Mr. Lloyd brings his “Taxi” and “Back to the Future” sensibility to Arthur Miller’s liked-but-not-well-liked everyman, in Weston, Vt.

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Theater Review | 'Den of Thieves': Imperfect Crime, Indelicate Outcome

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 23:01
In a revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s dark comedy “Den of Thieves,” stealing from mobsters leads to its own moral dilemma.

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Fringe Festival Journal: 'Get Rich Cheating'

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 17:12
Review of "Get Rich Cheating" at NY Fringe

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Theater Review | 'Wife to James Whelan': A Long-Forgotten Tale Rises From the Irish Sod

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 14:18
A play by Teresa Deevy is resurrected more than 70 years after it was written.

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Bernadette Peters to Star in 'Follies' Revival in Washington

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 13:16
And could a Broadway production be next?

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Theater Review | 'A Delicate Balance': Voices Pitched to a Fine-Tuned Hollow Sound

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 10:19
A select company of actors at the Berkshire Theater Festival is very much savoring Edward Albee’s words in a first-class revival of “A Delicate Balance.”

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Illustrating the Moxie of Broadway

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 02:45
Four artists who document Broadway talk about how they see their work.

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