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The New York Times

April 29, 2015

Theater Update

Tony Nominations 2015: 'An American in Paris' and 'Fun Home' Emerge as Favorites

By MICHAEL PAULSON

The musicals "An American in Paris" and "Fun Home" tied for the most nominations, 12, with 10 for "Something Rotten!"

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Reviews

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Review: 'Airline Highway' Is a Portrait of the Underclass of New Orleans

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

In Lisa D'Amour's dark comedy, the characters would rather not think about the unhappy past or the foggy future.

Something Rotten!  Brian d'Arcy James, left, and Brad Oscar high-stepping with the cast at the St. James Theater.

Review: 'Something Rotten!,' an Over-the-Top Take on Shakespeare

By BEN BRANTLEY

Unchecked enthusiasm and puns abound in this Broadway-does-the-Renaissance frolic, which namechecks pretty much every musical you've ever heard of.

Grounded  Anne Hathaway plays a pilot who finds herself unnerved by waging war from an emotional distance, in this Julie Taymor production at the Public Theater.

Review: Anne Hathaway as a Fighter Pilot in 'Grounded' at the Public Theater

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

The Oscar-winning actress plays a cocky pilot raining bombs down from afar on Iraq and Afghanistan in this play by George Brant, directed by Julie Taymor.

'Tis Pity She's a Whore Amelia Pedlow and Matthew Amendt as siblings in love, in this Red Bull Theater production of this English Renaissance work.

Review: In ''Tis Pity,' Forbidden Love, the Most Attractive Kind

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

The central characters in John Ford's play, from Red Bull Theater, are about as star-crossed from the get-go as possible.

From left, Steven Pasquale, Abigail Simon and Tony Roberts in

Review: 'Carousel,' a Broadway Turn at Lyric Opera of Chicago

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

This darkest of the major musicals by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II fits quite snugly into even the most doom-ridden opera season.

Paolo Ventura Designs a 'Carousel'

By ERIK PIEPENBURG

The artist talks about a series of paintings he created for the set design of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Chita Rivera and Roger Rees play a wealthy woman and the hometown sweetheart who seduced and rejected her decades earlier in

Review: Chita Rivera Stars in Kander and Ebb's 'The Visit'

By BEN BRANTLEY

Ms. Rivera stars as a wealthy woman who returns to her Swiss hometown with a tempting proposal of murder in this macabre, long-gestating musical.

Nirbhaya  Japjit Kaur, center, embodies Jyoti Singh Pandey, who died in 2012 after being gang-raped in New Delhi, in this play at the Lynn Redgrave Theater.

Review: 'Nirbhaya,' a Lamentation and a Rallying Cry for Indian Women

By BEN BRANTLEY

Five Indian women describe their experiences of abuse in Yael Farber's harrowing documentary drama at the Lynn Redgrave Theater.

Michiko Godai in

Review: 'Yokohama Rosa,' With Michiko Godai, at Japan Society

By ALEXIS SOLOSKI

A homeless Japanese woman inspired Ms. Godai's performance in this play.

News and Features

Shermin Langhoff, the artistic director of the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin.

Maxim Gorki Theater Leads an Immigrant Vanguard in Berlin

By CHRISTOPHER D. SHEA

Shermin Langhoff, a native of Turkey and the artistic director of the Maxim Gorki Theater, is putting immigrant actors and playwrights in the spotlight.

Natalia Coego

'Bad Jews' and Its Hair Club for Women

By ERIK PIEPENBURG

Joshua Harmon's comedy has four characters, but an actress's hair seems like a fifth.

Jill Paice and Robert Fairchild in
ArtsBeat

'An American in Paris' Outsells Other New Shows on Broadway

By MICHAEL PAULSON

The show brought in $1.2 million, more than any of this season's other new Broadway shows.

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ArtsBeat

'Ragtime' Team and 'Gentleman's Guide' Director Join For New Musical

By MICHAEL PAULSON

"Anastasia," which is inspired by two films of the same name, will open at Hartford Stage next spring.

Tennessee Williams in New York in 1940.
ArtsBeat

Tennessee Williams Plays Coming to 59E59 Theaters Next Season

By ANDREW R. CHOW

Next season's lineup includes six new short plays adapted from short stories by Williams. Pulitzer Prize-winner Beth Henley, PEN/Laura Pels Award-winner Marcus Gardley, and other playwrights have signed on to adapt Williams's works for productions starting in August.

Dan Sharkey as Hucklebee, left, and Kevin R. Free as Bellomy in
ArtsBeat

Anonymous Donors Keep 'The Fantasticks' Open

By MICHAEL PAULSON

The producers of the long-running Off-Broadway staple had announced last month that they would close the show in early May.

The Mockingbird Players perform a theatrical production by playwright Christopher Sergel based on Harper Lee's book
ArtsBeat

New Group to Host Stage Adaptation of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in Harper Lee's Hometown

By JENNIFER CROSSLEY HOWARD

The Monroe County Heritage Museum produced the play this year, and the preceding 25 years, under an agreement with Dramatic Publishing Company, which licenses the play. But the company announced the new arrangement on its Facebook page Saturday.

Steve Allen, at the the piano, rehearsing with his wife, Jayne Meadows, and Louis Nye for

Jayne Meadows, Actress and Steve Allen's Wife and Co-Star, Dies at 95

By MICHAEL POLLAK

Ms. Meadows was the older sister of Audrey Meadows, who played Alice Kramden on "The Honeymooners."

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Special Section

2015 Tony Awards

The complete list of nominations, videos, photos and more.

Multimedia

Video: In Performance | Fleming and Sills

Renée Fleming and Douglas Sills in a scene from "Living on Love," Joe DiPietro's new Broadway comedy about an opera diva and her egomaniacal husband. The show closes on Sunday at the Longacre Theater.

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The 1968 musical adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis's novel "Zorba the Greek" is the final offering of this season's Encores! series of musicals in concert.

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