Theater

Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Lou Grant’ and ‘Up,’ Dies at 91

Best known as the gruff newsman he first played on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” he was also a busy character actor and a political activist.

Weekend Roundup

5 Things to Do This Weekend

Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City.

Micki Grant, Groundbreaking Broadway Composer, Dies at 92

With “Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope,” she became the first woman to write the book, music and lyrics of a Broadway musical.

Review: In ‘Islander,’ the Puck Stops Here

This verbatim hockey drama considers issues of masculinity and the peculiar ownership that fans feel toward a team and its players.

Times Insider

A Rush of News, Moment by Moment: Behind Our Live Coverage

When readers need information immediately, teams of journalists collaborate to tell a single unfolding story.

Virus Fears Prompt a Major New York Theater to Postpone Its Return

As the Delta variant spreads, Signature Theater delayed its planned October opening of “Infinite Life,” a new play by Annie Baker.

Dudes on Ice: A Play About Hockey Tackles Masculinity, Too

“Islander,” a skewed look at a New York Islanders season, examines extreme fandom, violence and the thrill of sports.

La MaMa’s Season Includes an Indigenous Take on Shakespeare

A version of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is planned, along with the company’s puppet series, an examination of the Tulsa Race Massacre and more.

Critic’s Notebook

When Theater Installations Aim to Make Room for Drama

These worthy and adventurous lockdown experiments too often give short shrift to the relationship between a script and how an audience takes it in.

Is Jeremy O. Harris’s Play for ‘Gossip Girl’ Real? Now It Is.

Joshua Safran’s “Gossip Girl” reboot filmed a scene from an imaginary work by the “Slave Play” playwright. Then the Public Theater commissioned it.