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The author stated he was an id thief — a hoop chief on the darkish net, with a community of “worms” positioned all through the United States. In an e-mail to The New York Times, he stated his ring preyed on the dead, the unsuspecting and the aged, particularly these from Florida and California, utilizing […] More

“Job,” a two-character thriller a couple of psychological analysis going awry, began small, with a run final yr at SoHo Playhouse. Word-of-mouth was good, the New York Times assessment was constructive and gross sales have been robust, so early this yr it transferred for an additional Off Broadway run on the Connelly Theater within the […] More

On a balmy spring morning, after a breakfast of coffee and plain yogurt at a luxurious Manhattan resort, Jaap van Zweden grabbed his bag of conducting batons and scores by Mozart and Gubaidulina and set out for Lincoln Center by way of the wilds of Central Park. “I like the air, I like the timber,” […] More

Times Insider explains who we’re and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes collectively. I’m the theater reporter at The New York Times, which implies I see a number of performs and musicals — about 100 a yr. But I don’t typically go to opening nights. Those evenings are celebratory, […] More

Laura Benanti’s present “Nobody Cares,” on the Minetta Lane Theater, is being recorded and can quickly be accessible from the consolation of your private home. Future audiences are prone to take pleasure in Benanti’s autobiographical romp by means of her household life, her romantic {and professional} travails, her insecurities (see the title) and her usually […] More

When the Royal Court Theater in London introduced it was staging an adaptation of Maggie Nelson’s prose poem memoir “Bluets,” my first response was head-scratching shock. This largely plotless ebook, during which elliptical fragments of autobiography are entwined with meditations on the cultural historical past of the colour blue and loosely coalesce across the theme […] More

It was that rarest of sights once I walked into the Cleveland Orchestra’s corridor on Sunday afternoon: a darkish curtain drawn throughout the stage. Rare, that’s, in a live performance corridor. Orchestras don’t are likely to have dramatic unveilings earlier than they begin to play. And whereas Cleveland has carried out near-annual opera displays over […] More

Johnny Wactor, an actor finest recognized for his position in “General Hospital,” was shot and killed on Saturday, reviews stated, amid what his household described as an tried theft of a catalytic converter in Los Angeles. The deadly taking pictures passed off round 3 a.m. on Saturday, when Mr. Wactor approached three males in downtown […] More

Buteau’s stand-up origin story is both miserable or uniquely hopeful: She first acquired onstage on Sept. 14, 2001, after enhancing footage in regards to the assaults three days earlier than, and realizing she wanted a unique path. Her household was not initially supportive. Talking about penises onstage “after he paid for school in money?” she […] More

WAYNE BRADY Jumping right into a present like this was leaping right into a recreation of double Dutch. My default Wayne will at all times be the 10-year-old Wayne, who’s a loner, performs by himself, listens to musical theater and writes as a result of he doesn’t slot in. So I inform myself, “Oh, I […] More

In January 2023, the música Mexicana star Carin León was making ready for a live performance at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena when he determined he wanted to do one thing particular for an encore. León grew up in Hermosillo, the capital metropolis of Sonora, Mexico, about 250 miles from Tucson, Ariz. Music was at all times […] More

The 4,300-seat efficiency area about an hour north of Carnegie Hall was eerily empty, apart from 9 judges in uniform sitting behind a thick black curtain. Ada Brooks, her mouth dry from nerves, lifted the bell of her euphonium, a smaller relative of the tuba, and ready to play the notes that would decide her […] More