{ "title": "NYT > Theater", "pubDate": "2026-09-28T12:47:40.000Z", "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 v0.5.4 (linux)", "ctSecsToRead": 0.034 }, "items": [ { "title": "How ‘Glee’ Made Musical Theater Cool", "description": "The TV series, our critic writes, gave us a slew of talented stage performers and used pop songs to help turn musical theater into mass entertainment.", "pubDate": "2026-09-28T09:00:20.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/theater/glee-musical-theater-broadway.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/theater/glee-musical-theater-broadway.html", "author": "Elisabeth Vincentelli", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/02/27/arts/27THEATERPREVIEW-FUNNY-glee/27THEATERPREVIEW-FUNNY-glee-mediumSquareAt3X-v3.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/theater/glee-musical-theater-broadway.html" }, { "title": "Neil Patrick Harris to Star in ‘Damn Yankees’ Revival on Broadway", "description": "The Tony- and Emmy-winning actor will portray the Devil in a new production of the 1955 musical, performing alongside Julianne Hough and Austin Scott.", "pubDate": "2026-09-27T20:08:39.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/theater/damn-yankees-broadway-neil-patrick-harris.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/theater/damn-yankees-broadway-neil-patrick-harris.html", "author": "Michael Paulson", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/08/11/arts/11cul-damn-yankees-grid/11cul-damn-yankees-grid-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/theater/damn-yankees-broadway-neil-patrick-harris.html" }, { "title": "5 Must-See Off Broadway Shows, New and Remounted", "description": "Our critics recommend Molière in the Park’s “Don Juan,” “Beyond the Stardust,” “The Hope Theory,” “Pre-Existing Condition” and more.", "pubDate": "2026-09-23T16:21:01.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/theater/off-broadway-theater-shows-don-juan-hope-theory.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/theater/off-broadway-theater-shows-don-juan-hope-theory.html", "author": "Laura Collins-Hughes, Helen Shaw and Elisabeth Vincentelli", "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/theater/off-broadway-theater-shows-don-juan-hope-theory.html" }, { "title": "Chulpan Khamatova Stars in the Dark, Absurdist Play “Delirium”", "description": "After opposing the war in Ukraine and settling in Latvia, Chulpan Khamatova now comes to New York to star in a dark comedy by Ionesco.", "pubDate": "2026-09-22T19:09:03.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/theater/chulpan-khamatova-delirium-eugene-ionesco.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/theater/chulpan-khamatova-delirium-eugene-ionesco.html", "author": "Elisabeth Vincentelli", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/09/27/multimedia/27CUL-EXILED-ACTRESS-01-jfzg/27CUL-EXILED-ACTRESS-01-jfzg-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/theater/chulpan-khamatova-delirium-eugene-ionesco.html" }, { "title": "Jake Shears Loves a Scary Book. And Video Game. And Musical.", "description": "The Scissor Sisters frontman is now playing Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Show.” It suits his taste for horror and spookiness.", "pubDate": "2026-09-26T09:00:26.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/theater/jake-shears-scissor-sisters-rocky-horror-broadway.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/theater/jake-shears-scissor-sisters-rocky-horror-broadway.html", "author": "Elisabeth Vincentelli", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/09/04/arts/04Myten-Shears/04Myten-Shears-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/theater/jake-shears-scissor-sisters-rocky-horror-broadway.html" }, { "title": "‘The Holes’ Review: Benediction in the Back Room", "description": "The men’s wellness niche, and men-only spaces, come in for a skewering in Max Wolf Friedlich’s gleefully weird follow-up to “Job.”", "pubDate": "2026-09-23T09:01:35.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/theater/the-holes-review-max-wolf-friedlich.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/theater/the-holes-review-max-wolf-friedlich.html", "author": "Laura Collins-Hughes", "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/theater/the-holes-review-max-wolf-friedlich.html" }, { "title": "‘America, Who Hurt You?’ Review: Sarah Jones Plays the Melting Pot", "description": "The writer-performer takes the country and its fractious multitudes to therapy in her new multicharacter solo show in Brooklyn.", "pubDate": "2026-09-21T16:51:40.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/theater/america-who-hurt-you-review-sarah-jones.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/theater/america-who-hurt-you-review-sarah-jones.html", "author": "Laura Collins-Hughes", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/09/23/multimedia/20cul-america-hurt-review-jhwt/20cul-america-hurt-review-jhwt-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/theater/america-who-hurt-you-review-sarah-jones.html" }, { "title": "A Theater Finds a Home in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Backyard", "description": "After 18 years traveling Inwood and Washington Heights, the People’s Theater welcomes a $40 million permanent address.", "pubDate": "2026-09-20T09:00:28.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/theater/peoples-theater-lin-manuel-miranda.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/theater/peoples-theater-lin-manuel-miranda.html", "author": "Malia Mendez", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/09/19/multimedia/19cul-miranda-theater-02-wtcf/19cul-miranda-theater-02-wtcf-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/theater/peoples-theater-lin-manuel-miranda.html" }, { "title": "A Vision of Chekhov’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ Rooted in Modern Korea", "description": "The director and writer Simon Stone updated the classic work to reflect the world we live in with this Korean-language adaptation at the Park Avenue Armory.", "pubDate": "2026-09-19T09:01:24.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/theater/chekhov-cherry-orchard-simon-stone-korea.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/theater/chekhov-cherry-orchard-simon-stone-korea.html", "author": "Roslyn Sulcas and Yuvraj Khanna", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/09/21/multimedia/19CUL-CHEKHOV-STONE-01-wtfk/19CUL-CHEKHOV-STONE-01-wtfk-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/theater/chekhov-cherry-orchard-simon-stone-korea.html" }, { "title": "‘An Interrogation of the Truth’: The New Latin American Theater", "description": "Across the region, documentary-style works have risen to address political and economic realities.", "pubDate": "2026-09-25T02:13:01.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t-magazine/latin-america-documentary-theater.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t-magazine/latin-america-documentary-theater.html", "author": "Michael Snyder", "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t-magazine/latin-america-documentary-theater.html" }, { "title": "Can a New Museum Persuade Austria to Finally Love ‘The Sound of Music’?", "description": "For decades, Salzburg residents dismissed the hit musical as kitsch. 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