Theater

She’s Putting Her Mark on the Kennedy Center

Deborah F. Rutter built a major expansion at Washington’s venerable arts complex. Now she wants more people to come.

11 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend

Previews, openings and some last-chance picks.

Laurie Anderson and More Join 2020 Under the Radar Festival

The performance artist will take viewers to the moon as part of the Public Theater’s next lineup of international artists.

Beetlejuices, Beetlejuices, Beetlejuices, All Over Broadway

Costumed fans have flocked to the Winter Garden Theater for a weekly contest that colors the audience black and white and deathly green.

The Truth Is, ‘Cats’ Is as Inscrutable as That Trailer

Why was the musical a sensation? What’s with the plot? Based on what we know of the show, here’s our guide to this unlikely mash-up of C.G.I. and T.S. Eliot.

‘Fear’ Review: 3 Men in a Shed, 1 Missing Girl on Their Minds

A tepid thriller from Matt Williams leaves too much time to ponder the holes in its plot.

New Curator of Old Musicals: Lear deBessonet Is to Lead Encores!

She will succeed Jack Viertel, the longtime artistic director of this popular City Center series, which revives shows of the past.

Seeing ‘Oklahoma!’ One More Time? She Cain’t Say No

Tricia Tait has attended the Tony-winning musical revival 55 times so far. At the 50th, the cast gave her a standing ovation.

‘Seared’ Review: For a Pompous Chef, Comeuppance on the Menu

Raúl Esparza faces the realities of the restaurant business in Theresa Rebeck’s energetic but formulaic art-versus-commerce comedy.

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‘The Michaels’ Review: Dance as Life in Upstate New York

In this delicately wrought portrait of a dying choreographer and her family, Richard Nelson’s play considers the redemptive powers of art in fractious times.