Charles Isherwood

The actor’s one-man show comes to New York from London, depicting 35 different characters to tell the story of a Missouri man’s crime spree.

Hugh Jackman headlines a trio of monologues and Cecily Strong and Corey Stoll go on an awkward date in a pair of shows at the Minetta Lane Theatre.

New York’s Classic Stage Company mounts the unfinished drama that the Pulitzer winner worked on during the final decades of his life, in a muddled version ‘completed’ by playwright Kirk Lynn.

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Kip Williams reimagines the playwright’s macabre classic in a grimly funny, contemporary production at St. Ann’s Warehouse.

The actor gives a distinguished, surprising performance as the jealous general in Simon Godwin’s superb production at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington.

The Public Theater presents an adaptation of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir, with a book by Martyna Majok and a score by Aimee Mann.

Only six new musicals opened on Broadway this season, with four competing for the top prize, but there’s more consistent quality among the shows without songs.

The Public Theater’s popular summer series returns to Central Park’s Delacorte Theater in a radically retooled version of the classic tale with alterations that diminish the powerful story of teenage infatuation.

Anna D. Shapiro directs a gripping revival of Eric Bentley’s drama, which draws directly from transcripts to recreate the trials of Hollywood and Broadway stars accused of Communist Party affiliations.