Theater
After winning an Olivier Award for playing Vladimir Putin in “Patriots,” Will Keen—now on Broadway—talks about mixing rage, betrayal, ruthlessness, and comedy to create a dictator.
“Stereophonic,” with fantastic music by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire, is the most technically dazzling play in NYC. It deserves big audiences, and many Tony nominations.
With the presidential election imminent, director Sam Gold wants to craft a show “that celebrates youth and hope, and unleashes the anger young people feel” about their futures.
As Justin Peck’s “Illinoise” lands on Broadway, the star choreographer and director talks Spielberg, Tony Awards, grief, and how dance is at the heart of his film directing debut.
The writer, who won a Tony for penning a late-career sendup of Chekhov, was diagnosed with aphasia in 2016.
The first Broadway production in nearly 25 years of Thornton Wilder’s classic play—about life in the town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire—will open in September.
“The Notebook” star said that he offered to buy a man lunch in a Dunkin’ Donuts before the situation escalated “very quickly.”