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Innovative Icelandic ‘Faust: A Love Story’ Is One Hot Show

Iceland’s Vesturport Theatre combines dazzling acrobatics and dark humor in “Faust: A Love Story,” a striking adaptation of the classic legend, part of the BAM Next Wave Festival.

Broadway Faces Labor Strike During Busy Holiday Season

Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, representing Broadway theater service workers, threatens to strike if new contract isn’t approved by Dec. 30.

TCG Report Optimistic About Fiscal Health

It appears the future for theater once again looks bright.

The Quirk Quotient Is Dangerously High in ‘What Rhymes With America’

Melissa James Gibson’s archly self-conscious, awfully dreary “What Rhymes With America,” at Atlantic Theater Company, is a rather sketchy collection of scenes in search of a play.

‘Working’ Still Does Not Work

“Working,” a 1978 musical of Studs Terkel’s nonfiction book, conceived by Stephen Schwartz, has been extensively revised by director Gordon Greenberg for Prospect Theater Company.

Jackie Hoffman Gets Hilariously Personal in 'A Chanukah Charol'

Hoffman's one-woman show "A Chanukah Charol" that her brilliance really shines. Outrageous, eccentric, and oh-so hysterical, Hoffman will have you in stitches.

Jeff McCarthy Goes Green for the Holidays in 'The Grinch'

Broadway vet McCarthy takes on the Grinch for holiday favorite "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical" at Madison Square Garden.

'13 Things About Ed Carpolotti' Resists Musicalization

“13 Things About Ed Carpolotti,” Barry Kleinbort’s musicalization of a monologue by Jeffrey Hatcher, starring Penny Fuller, is more illustrative of the text than necessary to it.

'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' Star Betsy Wolfe on Trusting Her Instincts

Betsy Wolfe discusses how she's learned to trust her instincts in Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood."

'Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReinDOORS' Lights a Roaring Yuletide Fire

“Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReinDOORS,” Troubadour Theater Company’s uproarious mash-up of Jim Morrison and Rankin and Bass, weathers a few ragged patches through sheer subversive élan.