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Critic’s Pick: Review: A Smashing ‘Oklahoma!’ Is Reborn in the Land of Id

Daniel Fish’s wide-awake revival of an American classic gives us an “Oklahoma!” for our own age of anxiety, without ever betraying its source.

 

‘The Inheritance’ Triumphs at Olivier Awards, and So Does a Gender-Swapping ‘Company’

A six-and-a-half-hour play about the legacy of AIDS in New York won best new play at the British equivalent of the Tonys. “Company” and “Come From Away” were also successful.

 

Critic’s Pick: Review: ‘Oasis’ Brings Childlike Whimsy to a Manhattan Mall

This charming new piece of site-specific theater from the company Third Rail Projects is staged on the steps of the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place.

 

‘Fosse/Verdon’ Is Full of Broadway Legends. Here’s Who’s Who.

This series, which debuts Tuesday on FX, includes many midcentury Broadway and film personalities and their works. Here’s a cheat sheet.

 

The Week in Arts: The Criterion Channel, Charlotte Gainsbourg and ‘Queens of Mystery’

A classic movie streaming service arrives; a singer tours in Brooklyn; and Acorn TV debuts a new series.

 

NJPAC Plans to Use Major Grant to Expand Education Component

The new space will be financed by a $20 million gift from the Leon and Toby Cooperman Family Foundation.

 

NJPAC Plans to Use Major Grant to Expand Education Component

The new space will be financed by a $20 million gift from the Leon and Toby Cooperman Family Foundation.

 

‘Hamilton’ Set Designer Goes Whimsical, Using Sotheby’s Galleries as a Stage

David Korins is bringing some of Chatsworth House, the stately home from the movie “Pride and Prejudice,” to New York — for a show at Sotheby’s.

 

Review: Glenda Jackson Rules a Muddled World in ‘King Lear’

In Sam Gold’s haphazard production of Shakespeare’s bleakest tragedy, Ms. Jackson demonstrates her singular intelligence as an actress.

 

Review: ‘Sincerely, Oscar’ Is Some Embarrassing Evening

If the nuance-free singing doesn’t turn you against this revue of songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, perhaps his holographic ghost will do the trick.

 

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