Theater
Vox’s coverage of stage shows, from massive Broadway productions to tiny shows at local theaters.
Angels in America and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child scored big.
Which might sound weird to say, if you haven’t seen him onstage.
Turning a movie into a Broadway musical is tricky.
Before #MeToo, there was Measure for Measure.
The typically sunny Miranda, who unironically calls people “friendos,” was criticizing the president’s response to the crisis in Puerto Rico.
The story of theater this year is a story of boycotts, picket lines, and arrests.
Dave Malloy’s defunct War and Peace musical asked the hard questions about faith and doubt.
Today’s Google Doodle honors the convention-defying Japanese artist on what would have been her 79th birthday.
The uproar forced corporate sponsors to pull out and inspired protests — but it missed the point of the play.
The pair seems to have misread the 400-year-old play.
The outrage machine’s workings, as explained by Frank Drebin’s mistakes.
Dear Evan Hansen was the night’s big winner.
Bette Midler’s divahood was delightfully on display, while host Kevin Spacey seemed to be stuck in the early ‘90s.
Will this year be the singing and dancing extravaganza we’ve come to expect?
Platt shows off his twitchy vulnerability in a performance of “For Forever.”
A season crowded with musicals led to a few surprises.
The American Shakespeare Center will ultimately spend $1 million producing works that “vibe off” the bard’s 38 plays.
Why they’re still a perfect allegory for fighting the patriarchy.
How the composer of Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 finds great pop song hooks hidden in 19th-century classics.
Chazz Palminteri’s immigrant story would have been feel-good nostalgia. But Trump happened.
Actors are increasingly unwilling to let the theater’s long history of whitewashing remain the norm.
Fans know exactly what Hamilton is about. Why don’t historians?
It’s the first time Broadway has taken a musical directly to the internet.
From In the Heights to Tamar of the River, here’s what to listen to after Hamilton.
The show is a willfully naive addition to Broadway’s complicated view of domestic violence.
Can Rent’s legacy prepare us for Hamilton’s future?