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The death of tango singer Carlos Gardel in a 1935 plane crash adds a layer of tragic glamour to his life that this show exploits for all it's worth.

In this uncertain and uncentered production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, a flame is burning on the sidelines of the traditional love story.

"Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise" is a vivid rendition of how political realities, like racial oppression or war, are composed of countless personal tragedies.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson, who won a Tony for his performance in Mr. Wilson's "Seven Guitars," is directing the Off Broadway revival at the Signature Theater.

The hottest thing on Broadway these days may be the air above some of its most famous theaters.

Two days after going on strike to demonstrate their intention to join Actors’ Equity Association, 14 adult actors at the American Girl Place theater began going back to work.

Oskar Eustis, the artistic director of the Public Theater, hopes a production of "Mother Courage and Her Children" changes the way American theater regards Brecht.

Beyond the glitter, a life in the theater means never having to say your nights are your own.

Bob Fosse’s “Sweet Charity” is a true period piece now, as the lively new production at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport colorfully demonstrates.

The betting is already on as to whether this revival — 16 years after the original Broadway production closed — will have legs in New York.

The strongest feeling aroused by this story of a pair of musical collaborators, scared of and hungry for love, is perplexity over the lack of an apostrophe in the word “Everythings” in its title.

After months of growing frustration with the management at the American Girl Place store in New York, 14 of the 18 actors at the store’s in-house theater went on strike.

Harold Scott was an actor, producer and the first black artistic director of a major American regional theater.

Dan Lauria manages to inject real, if sporadic, emotion into the somewhat predictable tale of a homeowner who barricades himself inside his house so it won’t be bulldozed for a highway exit.

Dan Lauria manages to inject real, if sporadic, emotion into the lead role, playing the part of a somewhat predictable homeowner who barricades himself inside his house so it won’t be bulldozed for a highway exit.

Using audience surveys and Hollywood-style data-mining techniques, a cousin of the Nielsen television-rating firm is changing the way shows market themselves.

James Christy’s intriguing “Never Tell” is about personal relationships, greed, trust and the various ways someone can take another person’s life.

James Christy’s intriguing “Never Tell” is about personal relationships, greed, trust and the various ways someone can take another person’s life.

For William Mastrosimone, a work begun as a son's story is completed as a father's account.

The Wounded Warriors Writers' Program helps injured veterans translate their life experiences into scenes and monologues for the stage.