A Sparkling ?Imaginary Invalid,? With Bill Irwin, Is the Cure for What Ails You

Bill Irwin, who may well be our greatest living clown, stars in his own adaptation of Molière?s 1673 play about a domineering hypochondriac paterfamilias.

Jonathan Groff Heads to Broadway in ?Amish Project,? a Play About a School Shooting

?The Amish Project,? a solo show, is inspired by a massacre that took place minutes from Groff?s childhood home. He will bring it to Broadway in February.

?860? Review: Billy Crystal Is Back on Broadway, After the Palisades Fire

The actor revisits his annus horribilis, and what came before it, in a warm and very funny solo Broadway play.

Review: Todrick Hall?s Audacious ?Midnight? and a Curious ?Benjamin Button? Musical

Todrick Hall?s overstuffed quasi-opera is beautifully sung but discombobulated, while a cutesy Fitzgerald adaptation has a talented cast but lacks depth.

Caryl Churchill?s Latest Play: 20 Minutes That Cost Nothing

Our reporter met some of the people waiting for free tickets to see the British playwright?s newest microplay at the Public Theater in Manhattan.

Tom Hanks Will Return to Broadway in ?This World of Tomorrow,? a Time-Travel Romance

?This World of Tomorrow,? co-starring Kelli O?Hara, will come to Broadway next fall.

In ?School Pictures? and ?Two Girls,? the Tweens Are Not All Right

Milo Cramer?s excellent lo-fi song-cycle and Eliya Smith?s verbatim play about a notorious video both reveal how young minds are made.

?King of the Yees? Review: Buckle Up for a Daughter?s Fantastical Quest

The playwright Lauren Yee paints an amusing portrait of a Chinese American father-daughter relationship before taking audiences on a delightfully wild ride.

?Other Desert Cities? Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus?s Smashing Debut

Jon Robin Baitz?s 2010 family bash-em-up gets an uneven Broadway revival, with a cast that also includes Allison Janney at her droll, insulting best.

John Turturro on ?The Only Living Pickpocket in New York?

Though the actor has long been a welcome screen presence, this is his first starring role in years. ?To carry the whole thing, that?s a big responsibility.?

Richard Riehle, Prolific Actor Who Appeared in ?Office Space,? Dies at 78

Mr. Riehle, best remembered for playing an anxious character with ?people skills,? built a career in theater, TV and film that lasted more than half a century.

What Can We See in All the Recent Art About AIDS?

Nearly five decades after the disease first appeared, many filmmakers, writers and others are finding new meaning in catastrophe.

Alan Mandell, Star of ?Godot? and Other Beckett Plays, Dies at 98

An actor, producer and director, he also managed several theater companies. But he was best known for his performances in works by Samuel Beckett.

Whispering Phantoms and Shadowy Scares in Two Inventive Plays

The Off Broadway shows ?A Ghost in Your Ear? and ?The 4th Witch? use aural and visual tricks to give you the seasonal spooks.

?Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen? Review: Duncan Sheik?s Tale of Eros

This new musical aims to tell a sexy story about perversions and pleasures but ends up blandly nodding at eroticism.

?The Full Monty? Is Postponed as ?Rhinoceros? Comes to Broadway

John Turturro, Tatiana Maslany and Tony Shalhoub will star in a spring production of the satirical Ionesco drama.

Jocelyn Bioh Tackles Beauty Standards in ?School Girls?

Jocelyn Bioh?s ?School Girls; or The African Mean Girls Play? has audiences laughing, but also wrestles with weighty topics like colorism.

?Macbeth? and More Theater to Stream This October

Verdi?s adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy comes to movie screens around the world. And ?Rent? holds a 30th anniversary concert.

?Anon? Review: Anne Washburn?s Satire Gets Lost in the Storm

The playwright tries to strike a middle path in this comedy about QAnon far-right conspiracy theories, which stars the reliably zany Crystal Finn.

Josh O?Connor's a Knockout in ?Golden Boy,? Plus Cate Blanchett and More

Tilda Swinton (in ?Man to Man?) and Billy Crudup and Gillian Anderson (in ?Who?s Afraid of Virginia Woolf??) are among the titans making a meal of London.

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