Theater

The 10 Best Theater Performances of 2019

From 'Slave Play' to 'True West,' these are TIME's picks for the best theat...

From 'Slave Play' to 'True West,' these are TIME's picks for the best theater performances of the year

David Henry Hwang at the opening night of Soft Power at The Public Theater in 2019.

Playwright David Henry Hwang on Flipping a Flawed Musical on Its Head in Soft Power

The Tony-winning playwright on his new play, what to do with problematic cl...

The Tony-winning playwright on his new play, what to do with problematic classics and Asian-American representation

The cast of Freestyle Love Supreme takes the stage without a script

Freestyle Love Supreme Is Lin-Manuel Miranda's Love Letter to Spontaneity

When Lin-Manuel Miranda was in rehearsals for his breakout theatrical produ...

When Lin-Manuel Miranda was in rehearsals for his breakout theatrical production In the Heights, he—along with his cast and crew—would break up the grueling schedule by sneaking off and improvising, spitting bits of rhymes and...

Marisa Tomei in 'The Rose Tattoo';
David Byrne's latest stage extravaganza; Adrienne Warren as Tina Turner

The Most Anticipated Plays and Musicals of Fall 2019

From 'Jagged Little Pill' to 'The Rose Tattoo,' here are the most anticipat...

From 'Jagged Little Pill' to 'The Rose Tattoo,' here are the most anticipated productions coming to Broadway this fall

“To me, the more interesting thing is that we also need to be careful about the myths that we tell. And who we believe in,” says actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

In a New Broadway Play, Jake Gyllenhaal Attempts Something Radical: Normalcy

Jake Gyllenhaal is no stranger to playing strangers. He's Hollywood's go-to...

Jake Gyllenhaal is no stranger to playing strangers. He's Hollywood's go-to guy for delivering loners, slippery souls who aren't quite what they seem, dudes who are hiding something behind those hedgerow eyebrows, from the tortured...