Comment on Critic’s Notebook: Can Art Change the World? With Song, Dance and Cowboy Clichés Two Shows Offer Different Answers

The two musical theater figures will perform a benefit concert with Katrina Lenk.

In Dave Malloy’s ravishing new a cappella chamber musical, members of an addiction support group compare notes on getting lost in the web.

In Elise Forier Edie’s play, Alice Ripley plays a conservative Texas parent inspired to fight for the rights of her child’s gender identity.

“Mac Beth” actors wear school uniforms, Julia Michaels is at Bowery Ballroom, and Honor Swinton Byrne appears in “The Souvenir.”

The film star is nominated for a Tony for “All My Sons,” a play with which she has a personal connection.

Theatertreffen Berlin gathers the best productions from around Germany, Austria and Switzerland.