When you think of theater, you probably picture a script, complete with dialogue, stage directions, scenes and settings, a couple of named characters, and a playwright’s written vision. But what ...

Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-elect, is among the latest politicians to be tagged with the term, raising the question: ...

Imagine this: the lights dim, an expectant hush settles over the crowd, and suddenly… the CEO walks in. Not into a theater, but a boardroom. Yet the scene is the same: there is an audience, a message, ...

Recently I heard a preshow speech at a local theater that bothered me so drastically that I had to take care to collect myself in the few seconds before the show started. In these remarks, a ...

Theater about current events — both literally and abstractly — is changing the conversation between playwrights, directors and their audiences. By Mark Harris Photographs by Jennifer Livingston IT’S ...

The star unveiled his first lineup as artistic director of the Venice Biennale: "My impulse was to present pieces that express what is powerful in the theater — the body, poetry and ritual." By Georg ...

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