{ "title": "NYT > Theater", "pubDate": "2026-06-20T04:01:17.000Z", "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": 0.031 }, "items": [ { "title": "Mariska Hargitay on ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ and Finding Inspiration From Jalen Brunson", "description": "The “Law & Order: SVU” actress “was really scared” about starring in “Every Brilliant Thing.” Who does she look to for inspiration? The Knicks, of course.", "pubDate": "2026-06-18T15:00:17.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/theater/mariska-hargitay-broadway-every-brilliant-thing.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/theater/mariska-hargitay-broadway-every-brilliant-thing.html", "author": "Elisabeth Vincentelli", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/20/multimedia/18cul-mariska-hargitay-alt-tpzc/18cul-mariska-hargitay-alt-tpzc-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/theater/mariska-hargitay-broadway-every-brilliant-thing.html" }, { "title": "Billy Porter and Wayne Brady Make a Tender Pair in ‘La Cage aux Folles’", "description": "Billy Porter and Wayne Brady make a tender pair in Robert O’Hara’s revival of the Harvey Fierstein-Jerry Herman musical farce.", "pubDate": "2026-06-19T09:00:57.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/theater/la-cage-aux-folles-review-porter-brady.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/theater/la-cage-aux-folles-review-porter-brady.html", "author": "Laura Collins-Hughes", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/19/multimedia/19cul-la-cage-1-gqfk/19cul-la-cage-1-gqfk-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/theater/la-cage-aux-folles-review-porter-brady.html" }, { "title": "The ‘Paddington’ Musical Will Come to Broadway Next Spring", "description": "The show, which revisits the story of a marmalade-loving bear, plans to open next April at the Hirschfeld Theater in New York.", "pubDate": "2026-06-16T12:47:16.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/theater/paddington-musical-broadway.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/theater/paddington-musical-broadway.html", "author": "Michael Paulson", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/17/multimedia/16cul-theater-paddington-gqkf/16cul-theater-paddington-gqkf-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/theater/paddington-musical-broadway.html" }, { "title": "‘Are You Now or Have You Ever Been’ Review: Who Is Naming Names?", "description": "Anna D. Shapiro revives Eric Bentley’s play about the House Un-American Activities Committee’s investigation of the entertainment industry.", "pubDate": "2026-06-16T18:31:52.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/theater/are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been-review.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/theater/are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been-review.html", "author": "Laura Collins-Hughes", "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/theater/are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been-review.html" }, { "title": "Listen to This Sondheim Masterpiece and It Will Bring Order to Your Day", "description": "Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece, “Sunday in the Park With George,” contains a song capable of making order out of mayhem. Listen to hear how he did it.", "pubDate": "2026-06-14T13:46:46.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/arts/stephen-sondheim-song-sunday.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/arts/stephen-sondheim-song-sunday.html", "author": "Helen Shaw", "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/arts/stephen-sondheim-song-sunday.html" }, { "title": "Jessie Buckley, a Liza Minnelli Tribute and More Theater to Stream", "description": "The Oscar winner and Josh O’Connor star in a National Theater production of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Other picks include Matthew López’s “The Inheritance.”", "pubDate": "2026-06-15T11:22:09.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/theater/jessie-buckley-romeo-and-juliet-streaming.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/theater/jessie-buckley-romeo-and-juliet-streaming.html", "author": "Elisabeth Vincentelli", "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/theater/jessie-buckley-romeo-and-juliet-streaming.html" }, { "title": "How Maya Rudolph Became an ‘Absolute Menace’ in ‘Oh, Mary!’", "description": "For her Broadway debut, the comedian hired a trainer, read lines with her daughter and, when she needed it most, was saved by improv.", "pubDate": "2026-06-17T05:48:36.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/theater/maya-rudolph-oh-mary-broadway.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/theater/maya-rudolph-oh-mary-broadway.html", "author": "Alexandra Alter and Thea Traff", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/21/multimedia/21CUL-MAYA-RUDOLPH-02-wplz/21CUL-MAYA-RUDOLPH-02-wplz-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/theater/maya-rudolph-oh-mary-broadway.html" }, { "title": "Review: ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Find Too Little Love in the Park", "description": "For the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park, the director Saheem Ali presents a strangely low-energy version of the tragedy.", "pubDate": "2026-06-12T02:31:05.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/theater/review-romeo-juliet-shakespeare-in-the-park.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/theater/review-romeo-juliet-shakespeare-in-the-park.html", "author": "Helen Shaw", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/13/multimedia/romeo-juliet-zcqb/romeo-juliet-zcqb-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/theater/review-romeo-juliet-shakespeare-in-the-park.html" }, { "title": "Broadway Shows Closing Soon: ‘Becky Shaw,’ ‘Giant’ and More", "description": "The final curtain is coming down on two Tony Award-winning performances, a reboot of a 1980s musical and one of the best plays in August Wilson’s American Century Cycle.", "pubDate": "2026-06-11T19:42:41.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/theater/broadway-shows-closing-soon-becky-shaw-giant-and-more.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/theater/broadway-shows-closing-soon-becky-shaw-giant-and-more.html", "author": "Laura Collins-Hughes", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/19/multimedia/11cul-last-chance-broadway-jghc/11cul-last-chance-broadway-jghc-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/theater/broadway-shows-closing-soon-becky-shaw-giant-and-more.html" }, { "title": "How These High Schoolers Are Preparing for the 2026 Jimmy Awards", "description": "Each June, students from around the country come to New York for the Jimmy Awards. 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A new show at the Irish Arts Center combines his speeches with performances by local students.", "pubDate": "2026-06-11T15:46:29.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/theater/north-star-frederick-douglass-irish-arts-center.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/theater/north-star-frederick-douglass-irish-arts-center.html", "author": "Tim Teeman", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/12/multimedia/11cul-north-star-gzlb/11cul-north-star-gzlb-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/theater/north-star-frederick-douglass-irish-arts-center.html" }, { "title": "In a Timely “Under the Shadow” Staging, a Ghost Haunts War-Torn Iran", "description": "The supernatural mixes with secular modernity, family dynamics and feminism in a new London production of “Under the Shadow.”", "pubDate": "2026-06-19T10:47:20.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/theater/under-the-shadow-almeida-theater-london.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/theater/under-the-shadow-almeida-theater-london.html", "author": "Houman Barekat", "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/theater/under-the-shadow-almeida-theater-london.html" }, { "title": "In an Italy of Many Voices, Emma Dante’s Plays Speak ‘the Language of the People’", "description": "Since her mother’s death, Emma Dante has used the stage as a space to dive into her Sicilian roots — and the contradictions of family life.", "pubDate": "2026-06-09T09:15:06.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/theater/emma-dante-venice-theater-biennale.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/theater/emma-dante-venice-theater-biennale.html", "author": "Laura Cappelle", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/09/arts/09cul-italian-director/09cul-italian-director-mediumSquareAt3X-v2.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/theater/emma-dante-venice-theater-biennale.html" }, { "title": "Sting Never Gave Up on His Musical ‘The Last Ship.’ Now It’s Back", "description": "After his 2014 musical failed on Broadway, the musician is bringing a revised version of it to the Metropolitan Opera for a limited run this week.", "pubDate": "2026-06-09T09:00:29.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/theater/sting-the-last-ship-metropolitan-opera.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/theater/sting-the-last-ship-metropolitan-opera.html", "author": "Alan Light", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/09/multimedia/09cul-last-ship-fvhm/09cul-last-ship-fvhm-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/theater/sting-the-last-ship-metropolitan-opera.html" }, { "title": "Maximalism Is Back at the Tonys", "description": "Our chief theater critic, Helen Shaw, shares her highlights of the Tony Awards on Sunday in New York City.", "pubDate": "2026-06-09T15:33:39.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/video/theater/100000010943591/tony-tonys-awards-theater-musical-broadway.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/video/theater/100000010943591/tony-tonys-awards-theater-musical-broadway.html", "author": "Helen Shaw, Léo Hamelin and Laura Salaberry", "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/video/theater/100000010943591/tony-tonys-awards-theater-musical-broadway.html" }, { "title": "2026 Tonys: How to Get Tickets for Winning Plays and Musicals", "description": "Many of the winning plays and musicals are still onstage, and some are closing soon. Here’s a guide to help you navigate the field and find tickets.", "pubDate": "2026-06-08T17:32:25.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/theater/tickets-tony-winners-plays-musicals.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/theater/tickets-tony-winners-plays-musicals.html", "author": "Laura Collins-Hughes and Rachel Sherman", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/08/multimedia/08cul-tonys-see-winners-1-schmigadoon-bzmw/08cul-tonys-see-winners-1-schmigadoon-bzmw-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/theater/tickets-tony-winners-plays-musicals.html" }, { "title": "The One Tony Award Our Readers Would Have Changed", "description": "Thousands of people contributed their Broadway favorites of the season ahead of the Tony Awards. Here’s how their votes stacked up.", "pubDate": "2026-06-08T16:34:20.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/theater/readers-tony-awards-voting.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/theater/readers-tony-awards-voting.html", "author": "Robin Kawakami", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/08/arts/08cul-tony-reader-results/08cul-tony-reader-results-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/theater/readers-tony-awards-voting.html" }, { "title": "On Broadway’s Biggest Night, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Shows Its Strength", "description": "The long-running sketch comedy show proved its power during the Tony Awards on Sunday, with Lorne Michaels and several former stars grabbing the spotlight.", "pubDate": "2026-06-08T19:47:07.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/theater/tony-awards-saturday-night-live.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/theater/tony-awards-saturday-night-live.html", "author": "Derrick Bryson Taylor and Elisabeth Vincentelli", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/08/multimedia/08cul-tonys-snl-glfb/08cul-tonys-snl-glfb-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/theater/tony-awards-saturday-night-live.html" } ] }