Joe Westerfield

Horton Foote's Pulitzer Prize–winning 'Young Man From Atlanta,' starring Aidan Quinn and Kristine Nielsen is getting a touching revival in New York.

'Let 'Em Eat Cake' concerns the actions of a rogue president John P. Wintergreen who has lost re-election, fires the Supreme Court, stages a military coup and paints the White House blue.

"The Flamingo Kid" features a bouncy score by Scott Frankel that includes the song "Never Met a Boy Like You," an early 1960s–style pop ballad sung by Samantha Massell and Jimmy Brewer.

When Andrea Martin hurt her ribs and had to withdraw from 'Gary,' Julie White stepped in and took the role all the way to a Tony nomination.

Librettist Robert Horn discusses the transformation of the iconic movie 'Tootsie' into a hit Broadway musical.

"Plough" is the third full-length play of O'Casey's produced this season by the Irish Rep, one of the best seasons by any New York theater in years.

It's ghouls gone wild in 'Beetlejuice,' the new deadly funny musical on Broadway.

Tony Goldwyn, star of stage, screen and television, stars on stage screen and television in the play 'Network' at the Belasco Theatre.

In politics and history, it's whether you win or lose. In "Hillary and Clinton," it's about how they play the game.

Jackson as Lear is every inch a king, and every inch a man—well, give or take.

The new "Juno and the Paycock" is what the Irish Repertory Theatre does best at its best.

What does it mean to be Scottish? That is the question.

Irish Rep is in the middle of an ambitious season devoted to the works of Sean O'Casey. In addition to the Dublin Trilogy, the company is presenting a series of readings of lesser-known or -performed works by the playwright.

"The Ferryman," which has already won awards across the Atlantic and promises to be a play at the Tony Awards, is welcoming several new members to its cast. Foremost among these are Bryan D'Arcy James, recently of Hamilton, Holley Fain of "Grey's Anatomy" and Emily Bergl of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

The Irish Repertory Theatre will be devoting a whole season to the works of Sean O'Casey and it starts off with sleek strong production of "The Shadow of a Gunman."

It may have bombed in its first incarnation back in 1981, but "Merrily We Roll Along" has changed and flourished over the years.

A new animated video debuting today tells the story of the journey of "Come From Away" from the little musical that could to an international hit.

Thomas More is just a Christian martyr as he faces off with Henry VIII in Robert Bolt's powerful drama "A Man for All Seasons."

A personal and certainly not definitive nor even exhaustive list of some of the shows and trends that comprised the best of 2018.

Bob Martin, co-librettist of 'The Prom,' discusses the secrets of the show's success.

In 'What the Constitution Means to Me,' Heidi Schreck shows how the document affected her family, and she has some ideas about how to fix the document.

The holiday season can be rough on everyone, and this year in "The Screwtape Letters," that is even true for a devil's disciple.

With the two short plays comprising "Two by Friel," Irish Rep is offering theater-goers a wonderful introduction to the work of one the the world's best playwrights of the past 50 years.

When a teenager in Indiana wants to bring her girlfriend to the high school prom, a group of down-on-their-luck actors try to become celebrity activists.

"Every Act of Life" is an insightful and moving documentary on the life of openly gay Broadway playwright Terrence McNally.

If not a banquet, it is still a meal. And now that a lot of ground has been broken, it is comfort food for the theatergoer's soul.

In 'On Beckett,' Bill Irwin shares a 'personal evening' on the Irish master playwright.

Primary Stages Artistic Director Andrew Leynse speaks with Newsweek about his theater and its relationship with A.R. Gurney.

In "The Lifespan of a Fact" Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones and Bobby Cannavale examine the facts, alternative facts and a few fuzzy numbers as they turn fact checking into a virtual blood sport.

"The Chi" writer Marcus Gardley mixes history, some August Wilson and Tennessee Williams and a little voodoo in "The House That Will Not Stand," his haunting adaptation of "The House of Bernarda Alba."