Public Theater

NEW YORK—One-person shows are generally not my cup of tea, but David Cale's autobiographical musical "We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time" grabs at one's emotions. He tells ...

NEW YORK—The need for freedom and sanctuary quickly becomes a running theme in David Cale's extremely personal one-person ...

NEW YORK—Both surreal and sometimes cartoon-like, Hansol Jung's new play, co-produced by New York's Public Theater and La ...

"Cyprus Avenue" offers a no-holds-barred look at bigotry, long-simmering hatred, and the damage that can result from refusing ...

NEW YORK— A visit to the Public Theater, a later offshoot of the Shakespeare Festival and located in ...

David Hare's 1982 drama "Plenty" is receiving a laudable revival at the Public Theater, the site of the ...

Playwright Lynn Nottage puts a human face on a sadly all-too-familiar subject, the end of the American Dream, ...

"Dry Powder" offers an all-too-clear look at the world of high finance and the unfortunate realities that come ...

The Public Theater's absolutely brilliant production of William Shakespeare's "Cymbeline” brings out the pathos and the hilarity of ...

Combining the epic, intimate, and mundane, Elevator Repair Service brings to life the first chapter of William Faulkner's ...

NEW YORK—The Public Theater's Mobile Shakespeare Unit does an absolutely fantastic job with their production of Pericles, Prince ...

In “Straight White Men” playwright Young Jean Lee takes on an apparently conventional American father-son drama.

NEW YORK—John Lithgow assumes the title role in the Public Theater's production of William Shakespeare's King Lear in ...

NEW YORK—A wonderful example of immersive theater, Here Lies Love (concept and lyrics by David Byrne, music by ...

NEW YORK—Memory and perception can be very selective—a point brought home in the absolutely gut-wrenching “The Library” by ...

NEW YORK—Love has the potential for great joy and great danger. This is the case with William Shakespeare’s ...