{ "title": "NYT > Theater", "pubDate": "2026-05-16T04:23:29.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/section/theater", "language": "en-us", "copyright": "Copyright 2026 The New York Times Company", "image": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/misc/NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png", "title": "NYT > Theater" }, "reader": { "app": "reallysimple v0.5.3 (linux)", "ctSecsToRead": 0.03 }, "items": [ { "title": "How the Stars of 6 Tony-Nominated Broadway Shows Get Into Character", "description": "For Nathan Lane, Taraji P. 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Also catch Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler in “The Last Five Years.”", "pubDate": "2026-05-14T15:58:48.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/theater/suffs-othello-theater-streaming.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/theater/suffs-othello-theater-streaming.html", "author": "Elisabeth Vincentelli", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/15/multimedia/streaming-theater-qmfb/streaming-theater-qmfb-mediumSquareAt3X-v2.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/theater/suffs-othello-theater-streaming.html" }, { "title": "‘Ragtime’ Star Joshua Henry Is Bringing Broadway to Its Feet", "description": "Joshua Henry, a Tony nominee for his thrilling performance in the musical, credits the demanding role with helping him “feel like I have mastered the voice.”", "pubDate": "2026-05-14T13:23:23.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/theater/joshua-henry-ragtime-broadway.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/theater/joshua-henry-ragtime-broadway.html", "author": "Brittani Samuel and Vincent Tullo", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/17/multimedia/17cul-tonys-ragtime-henry-01-hvcm/17cul-tonys-ragtime-henry-01-hvcm-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/theater/joshua-henry-ragtime-broadway.html" }, { "title": "Our Favorite Moments From This Year’s Tony-Nominated Broadway Shows", "description": "Here are some of the brilliant moments our writers can’t shake from this year’s batch of Tony-nominated productions.", "pubDate": "2026-05-14T13:24:34.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/theater/broadway-scene-stealers-tonys.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/theater/broadway-scene-stealers-tonys.html", "author": "Helen Shaw, Jesse Green, Laura Collins-Hughes, Elisabeth Vincentelli and Sara Krulwich", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/17/multimedia/17CUL-TONYS-SCENE-STEALERS-jvzq/17CUL-TONYS-SCENE-STEALERS-jvzq-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/theater/broadway-scene-stealers-tonys.html" }, { "title": "The Dance Quotes and Callbacks in ‘Schmigadoon!’ and ‘The Jellicle Ball’", "description": "Breaking down the choreographic allusions in “Schmigadoon!” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” two gotta-dance, Tony-nominated shows.", "pubDate": "2026-05-14T15:39:05.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/arts/dance/schmigadoon-cats-jellicle-ball-dance-quotations.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/arts/dance/schmigadoon-cats-jellicle-ball-dance-quotations.html", "author": "Brian Seibert", "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/arts/dance/schmigadoon-cats-jellicle-ball-dance-quotations.html" }, { "title": "‘Paranormal Activity’ to Haunt Broadway This Summer", "description": "Inspired by the popular film series, the play has already run in Britain and in four U.S. cities. It arrives in New York in August after a Boston stop.", "pubDate": "2026-05-12T14:00:06.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/theater/paranormal-activity-broadway.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/theater/paranormal-activity-broadway.html", "author": "Michael Paulson", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/13/multimedia/12cul-theater-paranormal-1-qkhj/12cul-theater-paranormal-1-qkhj-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/theater/paranormal-activity-broadway.html" }, { "title": "On Broadway Stages, a New Kind of Fake News", "description": "A genre of plays has emerged in which the characters and events are real — even when the dialogue isn’t.", "pubDate": "2026-05-12T09:00:47.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/t-magazine/theater-dialogue-news-fiction-liberation-giant.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/t-magazine/theater-dialogue-news-fiction-liberation-giant.html", "author": "Jesse Green", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/06/t-magazine/06tmag-dialogue-slide-U9BD/06tmag-dialogue-slide-U9BD-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/t-magazine/theater-dialogue-news-fiction-liberation-giant.html" }, { "title": "Beyoncé and Taylor Swift Join National Recording Registry", "description": "The collection at the Library of Congress also added works by Weezer and Vince Gill, and a radio broadcast of a fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.", "pubDate": "2026-05-14T13:12:08.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/arts/music/national-recording-registry-beyonce-taylor-swift.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/arts/music/national-recording-registry-beyonce-taylor-swift.html", "author": "Derrick Bryson Taylor", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/13/multimedia/13cul-recording-registry-vmtp/13cul-recording-registry-vmtp-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/arts/music/national-recording-registry-beyonce-taylor-swift.html" }, { "title": "Review: ‘The Receptionist’ Can’t Help You Today", "description": "A stale revival of Adam Bock’s cog-in-the-office-machine dark comedy lacks specificity and bite.", "pubDate": "2026-05-10T18:23:24.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/theater/the-receptionist-review.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/theater/the-receptionist-review.html", "author": "Brittani Samuel", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/08/multimedia/receptionist-review-wqbf/receptionist-review-wqbf-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/theater/the-receptionist-review.html" }, { "title": "‘Old Woman Naked’ is Pamela Redmond’s Answer to A.I. 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It’s also a place where I’m outside almost every waking hour of the day.”", "pubDate": "2026-05-09T09:00:05.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/arts/mark-conseulos-fallen-angels.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/arts/mark-conseulos-fallen-angels.html", "author": "Sarah Bahr", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/17/arts/17Myten-Consuel/17Myten-Consuel-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/arts/mark-conseulos-fallen-angels.html" }, { "title": "Why Are So Many Celebrities Co-Producing On Broadway?", "description": "Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian and Bowen Yang have all signed on as co-producers of Broadway shows. Our theater reporter Michael Paulson explains why.", "pubDate": "2026-05-11T15:33:06.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/video/video/100000010866673/why-are-so-many-celebrities-co-producing-on-broadway.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/video/video/100000010866673/why-are-so-many-celebrities-co-producing-on-broadway.html", "author": "Michael Paulson, Haimy Assefa, Gabriel Blanco and Laura Salaberry", "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/video/video/100000010866673/why-are-so-many-celebrities-co-producing-on-broadway.html" }, { "title": "Is It an Art Gallery? A Museum? A Theater? A Dream?", "description": "The Ministry of Awe, a new immersive experience in a former bank in Philadelphia, aims to help locate the wondrous in the everyday.", "pubDate": "2026-05-07T16:42:40.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/theater/ministry-of-awe-philadelphia-immersive-theater.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/theater/ministry-of-awe-philadelphia-immersive-theater.html", "author": "Alexis Soloski and Michelle Gustafson", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/07/multimedia/07cul-ministry-of-awe-04-pkmj/07cul-ministry-of-awe-04-pkmj-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/theater/ministry-of-awe-philadelphia-immersive-theater.html" }, { "title": "‘The Book of Mormon’ Will Close for 2 Weeks After Fire", "description": "The long-running musical, one of Broadway’s biggest hits, will be closed through at least May 17 after an electrical fire in its lighting booth.", "pubDate": "2026-05-07T01:34:14.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/theater/book-of-mormon-fire-shows-canceled.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/theater/book-of-mormon-fire-shows-canceled.html", "author": "Michael Paulson", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/06/multimedia/06cul-mormon-vftj/06cul-mormon-vftj-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/theater/book-of-mormon-fire-shows-canceled.html" }, { "title": "Revenge, Served Two Ways: Cold in ‘Othello’ and Lukewarm in ‘Hamlet’", "description": "Shakespeare’s brooding prince comes off as bored at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. But Bedlam’s lean production of “Othello” is positively thrilling.", "pubDate": "2026-05-06T09:02:27.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/theater/othello-bedlam-hamlet-bam.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/theater/othello-bedlam-hamlet-bam.html", "author": "Helen Shaw", "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/theater/othello-bedlam-hamlet-bam.html" }, { "title": "In ‘Rocky Horror,’ Luke Evans Finds His Ballad of Sexual Liberation", "description": "What does it take to play Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Show” on Broadway? Luke Evans transforms in five-inch heels and an endless supply of glitter.", "pubDate": "2026-05-06T19:21:09.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/theater/luke-evans-rocky-horror-show-broadway.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/theater/luke-evans-rocky-horror-show-broadway.html", "author": "Zachary Small and Justin J Wee", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/10/multimedia/10cul-luke-evans-fpjm/10cul-luke-evans-fpjm-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/theater/luke-evans-rocky-horror-show-broadway.html" }, { "title": "Tony Nominations Snubs and Surprises: Lea Michele Left Out, ‘Titaníque’ Shines", "description": "Adrien Brody, Jean Smart and other boldface names were left out, while June Squibb, André De Shields and Layton Williams as an iceberg were among the surprises.", "pubDate": "2026-05-05T19:34:25.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/theater/tony-nominations-snubs-surprises.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/theater/tony-nominations-snubs-surprises.html", "author": "Helen Shaw, Jesse Green, Alexis Soloski, Scott Heller, Elisabeth Vincentelli and Laura Collins-Hughes", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/05/arts/05cul-tony-nom/05cul-tony-nom-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/theater/tony-nominations-snubs-surprises.html" }, { "title": "Inside the Met Gala After-Parties: See the Stars and Their Looks", "description": "Models, designers, D.J.s and performers kept the night going into the early morning.", "pubDate": "2026-05-05T15:54:19.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/style/met-gala-after-party-nyc.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/style/met-gala-after-party-nyc.html", "author": "Jacob Bernstein and Sarah Bahr", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/05/multimedia/05ST-METGALA-AFTERPARTIES-promo/05ST-METGALA-AFTERPARTIES-promo-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/style/met-gala-after-party-nyc.html" } ] }