A Behind-the-Scenes Player of a Transformed Broadway Takes a Bow
The nonprofit organization New 42, which earned a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theater this year, continues to pave the way for a revitalized Times Square. More
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‘Tartuffe’ Gets a Colorfully Modern Makeover
With its profanity-laced script, Lucas Hnath’s Molière adaptation, starring Matthew Broderick, is a mischievous clash of the old and the new. More
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Playwrights Horizons Is Sued Over Discounts to People of Color
The lawsuit, against the prominent Off Broadway theater, is backed by Edward Blum, who has long challenged race-based policies. Playwrights called it “meritless.” More
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Review: A ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ Musical Is a Psychedelic Parable
At Greenwich House Theater, Greta Gertler Gold and Hilary Bell’s stage adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel hovers between reverie and reality. More
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‘Tartuffe’ Review: Matthew Broderick and David Cross Face Off
Matthew Broderick plays Tartuffe and David Cross his naïve prey in this Lucas Hnath adaptation of a 17th-century French comedy classic. More
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‘Titaníque,’ Singing and Spoofing Celine Dion, Sets Sail for Broadway
This zany musical made it from the basement of a Manhattan grocery to London’s West End, and now hopes to become Broadway’s next hit comedy. More
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Tom Hanks on the Electrifying (and Terrifying) Experience of Writing a Play
The actor also stars in the Off Broadway production of “This World of Tomorrow,” a yearslong project at the Shed through Dec. 21. More
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D.L. Coburn, Playwright With a Sole Hit, ‘The Gin Game,’ Dies at 87
His two-character work won a Pulitzer Prize and had a long Broadway run, but he never replicated its success and struggled to get his later work staged. More
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41 Things That Stuck With Us in 2025
Aunt Gladys. Tyler, the Creator. That sex scene in “The Naked Gun.” These are the things Culture staffers couldn’t stop thinking about this year. More
