Theater
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Preview: Jukebox Jackie
Scott Wittman goes downtown to salute glam icon Jackie Curtis
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Review: My Children! My Africa!
Athol Fugard's 1989 drama about schoolchildren and apartheid makes for a dull study
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Review: The Common Pursuit
Moisés Kaufman directs a revival of the late Simon Gray's clever 1984 college-friends dramedy
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20 shows to see this summer
Summertime, and the theatergoing is easy: Our top picks for upcoming plays, musicals and festivals
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2012 Tony Awards
Predictions, news, stories and a readers' poll—all your 2012 Tony needs
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Theater tickets
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Critics’ picks
Cock
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
Mike Bartlett’s sharp new play explores a no-man's-land of sexuality.
- Until Sun Jul 22
- Duke on 42nd Street
Man and Superman
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
George Bernard Shaw takes us to Hell and back in his 1903 comic masterpiece.
- Until Sun Jun 17
- Irish Repertory Theatre
The Caretaker
- Rated as: 5/5
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Jonathan Pryce gives us pause in a cracking revival of Harold Pinter's 1960 drama.
- Until Sun Jun 17
- BAM Harvey Theater
Clybourne Park
- Rated as: 5/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
Bruce Norris's acidly funny satire about race and real estate makes the uptown move.
Book now.
- Until Sun Jul 15
- Walter Kerr Theatre
Upcoming shows
Recent reviews
Title and Deed
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
This plangent new monodrama by Will Eno questions the meaning of home and belonging.
- Until Sun Jun 17
- Pershing Square Signature Center 480 W 42nd St, at Tenth Ave
February House
- Rated as: 2/5
- Price band: 3/4
The Public Theater's new musical gathers a gaggle of artists under one roof.
- Until Sun Jun 10
- Public Theater 425 Lafayette St, between Astor Pl and E 4th St
Cock
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
A man is romantically torn between genders in Mike Bartlett's stinging tale of sexual power.
- Until Sun Jul 22
- Duke on 42nd Street 229 W 42nd St, between Seventh and Eighth Aves
The Caretaker
- Rated as: 5/5
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Jonathan Pryce stars in an excellent revival of Harold Pinter's 1960 masterpiece.
- Until Sun Jun 17
- BAM Harvey Theater 651 Fulton St, between Ashland and Rockwell Pls
Man and Superman
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
George Bernard Shaw goes to Hell and back in his philosophically dazzling 1930 classic.
- Until Sun Jun 17
- Irish Repertory Theatre 132 W 22nd St, between Sixth and Seventh Aves
Theater in pictures
The 30 greatest American family dramas
From the Greeks to August: Osage County, the domestic sphere has provided the stuff of great comedy and drama. And American playwrights know how to keep it in the family.
The 10 hottest chorus boys and girls on Broadway this spring
The 10 hottest chorus boys opening in Broadway musicals this spring (2012) They may be in the background, but these sexy stars are heating up the stage.
Broadway's 25 all-time greatest divas
Broadway's 25 all-time greatest divas We name the top leading ladies of musical theater.
The 25 best Shakespeare-to-screen adaptations
The 25 best Shakespeare-to-screen adaptations To film, or not to film, that is the question. We rank the answers.
Broadway's best
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Ars Nova
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 1/4
- Critics choice
- 511 W 54th St, (between Tenth and Eleventh Aves)
Incubator Arts Project at St. Mark’s Church
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 1/4
- 131 E 10th St, (at Second Ave)
La MaMa E.T.C.
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
- 66 E 4th St, (between Bowery and Second Ave)
New Ohio Theatre
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 1/4
- 154 Christopher St, (between Greenwich and Washington Sts)
Theater for the New City
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 1/4
- Critics choice
- 155 First Ave, (between 9th and 10th Sts)
Top stories
Preview: February House
- Price band: 3/4
A new musical at the Public Theater gathers mismatched artists under one roof.
Profile: Jonathan Pryce
- Price band: 3/4
The longtime British stage star returns in a chilling Pinter classic.
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