English actress Judi Dench at a dress rehearsal of 'Hamlet', making her London debut as Ophelia in 1957. Bob Haswell/Getty Images hide caption
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Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn., celebrated leaving its home of nearly 60 years with a community parade on Oct. 15, 2022. "The entire city is now our stage," said artistic director Jacob Padrón. Lotta Studio/Long Wharf Theatre hide caption
Annaleigh Ashford, left, and Josh Groban star in Broadway's current revival of Sweeney Todd. Ashford says it's rare for musicals to have this large of an orchestra. Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman/Sweeney Todd hide caption
After years of ever-shrinking orchestras, some Broadway musicals are going big
A repurposed school bus from Control Group Productions' climate change-focused immersive theater experience, The End. Katie Weisberger/Control Group Productions hide caption
Theater never recovered from COVID — and now change is no longer a choice
How to be a better movie watcher, according to film critics (plus a handy brochure!)
The rules of improv can make you funnier. They can also make you more confident.
Hear all of Lee Cataluna’s monologue, “Things My Mother Told Me”
Terry Teachout in 2012. Charles Giuliano hide caption
Shola Adewusi (foreground) and the company in rehearsal for Merry Wives. When the show first began its run, the audiences were mostly white. Then, the organization piloted Black theater nights, says the Public Theater's artistic director, Oskar Eustis. "And we had two nights in which the Delacorte was 98 percent Black audiences, 1500 people a night." Joan Marcus/Courtesy of the Public Theater hide caption
Here's how theater directors have reimagined their work during the pandemic
Stephen Sondheim onstage during an event at the Fairchild Theater in East Lansing, Mich., in 1997. Douglas Elbinger/Getty Images hide caption
Little Amal delights crowds of onlookers in Coventry, UK, on Oct. 27, 2020. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images hide caption
Puppet of a Syrian girl walks the path of refugees to offer hope for the future
Ann Reinking, pictured holding her Tony Award for best choreography for the musical Chicago in 1997, died on Saturday, her family said in a statement. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
London's Lyceum Theatre is wrapped in pink tape bearing the words "Missing Live Theatre," part of a campaign by a group of British stage designers. Keith Mayhew/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
A performance at the Metropolitan Theatrical awards in Mexico City. Gilda Villareal hide caption
Foreign Actors On Mexico's Theater Stage Stir Resentment Behind The Scenes
Seventeen Broadway theaters are now using technology that allows deaf and hearing-impaired patrons to see closed captions on their smartphones. Unlike the white smartphone background seen here, the GalaPro app screen is dark. Caiaimage/Sam Edwards/Getty Images hide caption
It's OK To Look At Your Phone At A Broadway Show, If Your Hearing Is Impaired
In the play The Homecoming Queen, Kelechi (played by Mfoniso Udofia) is a best-selling novelist who returns to her native village in Nigeria for the first time since leaving for the U.S. 15 years earlier. Ahron R. Foster hide caption
Sam Shepard in 2011. Charles Sykes/AP hide caption
J.M. Barrie, at work at his desk in an undated photograph. Getty Images hide caption
People lay floral tributes to the victims of the March 22 terror attack in Parliament Square outside the Houses of Parliament in central London. Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical Hamilton won 11 Tonys in 2016. It still draws sellout crowds to the Richard Rogers Theatre in New York as well to touring productions. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption
A Blind Theatergoer's 'Hamilton' Lawsuit Aims Spotlight On Broadway Accessibility
For Barrow Street Theatre, pie shells are baked and filled with the chicken and vegetables, cooked in a little white truffle butter, then sprinkled with truffle zest. Joan Marcus hide caption
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Targeted To Teens, A German Play About ISIS Stokes Fear, Teaching Opportunities
People line up to see the Broadway hit Hamilton on Nov. 19 in New York. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption