How Jonathan Groff of ?Just in Time? Became Broadway?s Leading Man

By transmitting his love of live performance, the ?Just in Time? actor has completed his ascendance to full musical stardom.

Chadwick Boseman?s Hip-Hop Play, in Shakespeare?s House

The actor Chadwick Boseman was a playwright, too. At Shakespeare?s Globe in London, his ?Deep Azure? is drawing attention to a lost talent inspired by the Bard.

Olivier Awards: ?Paddington? and ?Into the Woods? Lead Nominations

The two musicals secured 11 nominations each for Britain?s equivalent of the Tony Awards. Cate Blanchett, Bryan Cranston and Rachel Zegler are also among the nominees.

Hugh Jackman in ?Sexual Misconduct? and 23 Other Off Broadway Shows to See in March

Hugh Jackman returns in ?Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes,? Jesse Tyler Ferguson plays Truman Capote, and Celia Keenan-Bolger and Tony Shalhoub star in an ?Antigone? riff.

Hamnet, Hamlet and Oscar Wao: Three Lost Boys Across Time

In the stage versions of two beloved books, the most impressive moments emerge when the productions stray from the source material.

?Night Side Songs? Review: Feel Free to Sing Along

The Lazours? intimate new musical about illness and mortality is also about finding solace in other people, and in art.

For a Lesbian Twist on ?Cyrano,? They Enlisted an Indigo Girl

Opening a decade after ?Fun Home? debuted on Broadway, the new musical ?Starstruck? has a lesbian protagonist and a female creative team. That still seems radical.

?Bigfoot!? Review: An Ogre Who Just Wants to Be Friends

The new musical from the comedian Amber Ruffin has a wholesome moral and silliness in spades.

?Chinese Republicans? Review: These Women Are Playing to Win

Alex Lin?s new play focuses on four ambitious climbers of the corporate ladder. But their success comes at what cost?

Sondra Lee Dies at 97; Originated Roles in ?Peter Pan? and ?Hello, Dolly!?

With her frenetic energy and 4-foot-10 frame, Ms. Lee seemed destined to play a certain kind of stage character: excitable, endearing and charmingly scheming.

Review: Aya Ogawa?s ?Meat Suit? Sits With the Mess of Motherhood

In Aya Ogawa?s compassionate, sharply comical play, the pastel-pink public image of mommyhood doesn?t stand a chance.

Megan Thee Stallion to Step Into Broadway?s ?Moulin Rouge! The Musical?

For eight weeks this spring, the popular rapper will be featured as a nightclub impresario in ?Moulin Rouge! The Musical.?

In ?Mother Russia,? Lauren Yee Raucously Examines a Shifting Post-Soviet Society

Lauren Yee?s boisterous play ?Mother Russia,? about the origins of the contemporary oligarchy, has its roots in her San Francisco childhood.

Review: ?You Got Older,? With Alia Shawkat, Gets a Sharp Revival

Clare Barron?s gorgeous play, about an unmoored young woman returning home to care for her father, finds a new home at Cherry Lane Theater.

?Mother Russia? Review: A New Play That?s as Funny as It?s Smart

A strong cast stars in Lauren Yee?s new play, part of a cycle of works about the collisions between 20th-century communism, capitalism and pop culture.

Ethan Slater Stars as the Mime Marcel Marceau in ?Marcel on the Train?

This bio play about Marcel Marceau, which delves into his part in the French Resistance, stars Ethan Slater (yes, that?s Boq from the ?Wicked? movies).

?The Waterfall? Review: A Mother?s Blessing and a Daughter?s Burden

Phanésia Pharel?s wistful two-hander starring Patrice Johnson Chevannes and Natalie Paul looks at a Haitian American family and questions of legacy.

Rose Byrne Can, and Does, Do It All

An Oscar nominee for a movie in which everything crashes down on her (literally), Byrne is shifting gears with the Broadway comedy ?Fallen Angels.?

?The Lost Boys? on Broadway and Cynthia Erivo in ?Dracula?: Why Vampires Won?t Die

With ?The Lost Boys? on Broadway and Cynthia Erivo in ?Dracula? in London, our horror expert looks at how bloodsuckers sank their teeth into pop culture.

Sword Strikes Playgoer During ?Richard III? in Berlin

The German actor Lars Eidinger lost control of the weapon in the final scene of Shakespeare?s play.

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