Now ‘Spamilton’ Really Can’t Miss Its Shot to Tease ‘Hamilton’
The latest theater spoof by Gerard Alessandrini is moving just a block away from its source material, “Hamilton.” Is it just cashing in?
Highlights
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Photo CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times ‘Building the Wall,’ Which Imagines Life After Trump, to Close
The Off Broadway play by a Tony-winning playwright, Robert Schenkkan, was scheduled to run through July 9. Instead, it will end Sunday.
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Photo CreditNina Wurtzel Review: Reanimating an Autistic Artist With ‘Soot and Spit’
An evocative production of Charles Mee’s play features disabled actors on a set that seems reassembled from the drawings of James Castle.
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Photo CreditThe New York Times Unknown Edith Wharton Play Surfaces
The 1901 script for the play, “The Shadow of a Doubt,” turned up in an archive in Texas. Scholars discovered it after noticing a cryptic reference to it in a letter.
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Photo Credit Elliot Martin, Prolific Theater Producer, Dies at 93
Mr. Martin developed a knack for discovering new talent and for redeeming scripts that fellow producers had rejected as potential flops.
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Encounters
Photo CreditAndrew White for The New York Times Young Tony Nominee of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Gets Ready for His Big Day
The actor Mike Faist goes for a tuxedo fitting and runs into Hugh Jackman, the show’s director Michael Greif and an emotional fan along the way.
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Photo CreditCarol Rosegg Review: In ‘The Government Inspector,’ Dumb and Dumber, Deliciously
Red Bull Theater’s rollicking production of this Gogol play finds the cathartic value of satirizing bad behavior.
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Photo CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times 5 Must-See Shows if You’re in New York This Month
June brings a comedy for those who prefer to be weirded-out; a show for theatergoers with itchy feet; and Kevin Spacey in the role of Clarence Darrow.
Tony Awards
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Photo CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Hello? Dolly? Bette Midler Seems Unlikely to Sing at Tony Awards
“Hello, Dolly!” producers and Tony producers seem to be at an impasse over the conditions under which Ms. Midler would sing at the awards ceremony.
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Show Us Your Wall
Photo CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times Dave Malloy Wrote ‘The Great Comet,’ but He’s Not Much of a Painter
Mr. Malloy’s “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” is up for 12 Tonys. His studio whiteboard suggests how that came to be.
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Photo CreditPhotographs by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times ‘Tell Torvald to Grow Up’: Laurie Metcalf and Nathan Lane Trade Emails on Their Celebrated Roles
The two actors (and friends) talk about their current shows and their recent nominations.
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Tony Awards
Photo Credit Tony-Nominated Actresses Sing Live
Five Tony nominees performed songs from their shows as part of our Tonys In Performance concert.
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Tony Awards
Photo Credit The Hats That Crowned Broadway
Does anyone still wear a hat? For designers on Broadway this season, the answer was yes, actually, they do.
