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Should Actors Tolerate Un­professionalism?

When actors are surrounded by bad choices in a theater production, you can choose to treat it as a life experience.

'Donka: A Letter to Chekhov' Is Silly and Childish and Brilliant

“Donka,” a polyglot European company’s take on Chekhov at Brooklyn Academy of Music, is a fun, surprisingly vital all-ages circus show with a tenuous connection to Russian drama.

Hollywood Fringe Builds on Its Success

The 2013 Hollywood Fringe festival will get an additional week of performances, organizers announced.

Ebb Foundation Announces Songwriting Award Winner

Songwriter Sam Willmott receives this year's Ebb Foundation Award, which comes with $50,000 and a one-night-only showcase of his work

'The Performers' Is an Embarrassment for All Concerned

Names such as Henry Winkler, Cheyenne Jackson, and Alicia Silverstone can’t save David West Read’s cynical “The Performers,” which plays like a square and very bad 1960s sex comedy.

'Giant' Star PJ Griffith on Hurricane Sandy, Onstage Mishaps, and Mitt Romney

P.J. Griffith is preparing to master the Public Theater's stage in the new musical, based on the book by Edna Ferber about a wealthy Texas landowner. Griffith originated the role at the Dallas Theater Center earlier this year.

Current and Upcoming Broadway Shows

A list of current and upcoming Broadway shows and their theaters.

'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' Sings Again at Roundabout

Roundabout has revived Rupert Holmes’ 1985 musical of Charles Dickens’ “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” in director Scott Ellis’ brisk and bright, strikingly handsome production.

'Golden Child' Gets First-Rate Revival at Signature Theatre

David Henry Hwang’s 1997 Obie Award–winning “Golden Child” returns via Signature Theatre in director Leigh Silverman’s exemplary production featuring a superb ensemble cast.

'Skin Tight' Shakily Dramatizes Denis Glover's Poem 'The Magpies'

“Skin Tight,” by New Zealand playwright Gary Henderson, at 59E59 Theaters, evinces poetic aspirations in its portrait of a marriage, but lucidity is in short supply.