Doubt

Streep And Depp Doing Into The Woods Film! Guess Who Else?

Once Les Miserables made tons of money, it was inevitable that the floodgates would be open for the filming of every musical ever made. (Can't wait to see movies of Carrie, Scandalous, and Nick and Nora. Kidding.) And so, Rob Marshall is directing a film of Sondheim's Into the Woods, and they're ge ... More >>

Spring Arts Guide: The Testament of Mary, Quite Contrary

Fiona Shaw and Colm Tóibin explore the inner life of Jesus's mom

Storefront Church: Shanley Shaws the Bronx

The author of Doubt shows a few doubts of his own

Meryl Streep In Into The Woods?

Not long ago, a British newspaper interview with Stephen Sondheim mentioned that Meryl Streep was a rumored possibility to portray the Witch in the revival of Steve's Into The Woods, playing the Delacorte this summer. No, not Miranda Priestly. Another witch. Well, Sondheim didn't confirm or deny t ... More >>

When Stars Don't Get The Movie Version

​Supposedly there will be a movie made of the Broadway show Memphis, and I bet they don't use the stage cast. They hardly ever do! And I wish they would! Remember when they made a movie of Doubt two years ago and Cherry Jones didn't get the part?

The Most Star-Studded Tony Awards Evah!

Red Hook gets tragic: Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber in "A View From the Bridge." Photo by Joan Marcus​That's what'll happen if this year's batch of giant movie-and-TV-stars-turned-theater-actors gets nominated! (Or even if they're just asked to present--or usher.) This will probably b ... More >>

Freaks and Geeks

So many starlets in the sky, plus a sprinkling of comic-book characters

Beyond Doubt

In Shanley's Defiance, American mores face a military tribunal

NY Mirror

Theater

Altared Stages

From Shanley's Doubt to Guirgis's Judas Iscariot, the Catholic Church undergoes intense theatrical scrutiny

D'Amour's Labor of New Orleans Love

Subdued New York Outcry for a Censored British Artist

The Adults' Hour

Shanley's Doubt builds suspense out of the best material available: Fair-mindedness