Theatre

Uta Hagen teaches at her HB Studio in New York.

Uta Hagen’s centennial

Arts

She was a great actress — and maybe even a greater acting teacher.

Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes in “A Farewell to Arms” (dir. Frank Borzage, 1932)

The First Lady of the American Theatre

Arts

As You Dislike It

Arts, Culture & Media
Sydney Lucas in "Fun Home" during the Tony Awards in New York June 7, 2015.

‘Fun Home:’ Breaking boundaries on Broadway

Arts
Twyla Tharpe

Fly her to the moon

Arts
Informed consent

A new play explores science, faith and medical ethics

Arts

Science is breaking into new territory, exploring regions of the universe and secrets of the human genome that have heretofore been a mystery. The ethical and religious limits of scientific research are the subject of a hit new off Broadway play, “Informed Consent.”

Globe Theatre

Two psychologists say they’ve identified a long-lost (and misattributed) work of Shakespeare’s

Culture

How science and a computer algorithm identified a play that may have been written by William Shakespeare, but has long been attributed to Lewis Theobald.

TweetofGod

How God turned his Twitter account into a Broadway show

Arts

Everyone is trying to be funny on Twitter, even Taco Bell, and that makes it a lot harder to actually be funny. But one account that’s been consistently hilarious since it launched in 2010 is TheTweetofGod. Now, it’s been turned into a Broadway show, starring Jim Parsons from TV’s The Big Bang Theory.

A scene called The Feverish Heart from the Dreadful Fist of Fate.

Yes, it’s a puppet show — but leave the kids at home

Culture

The Old Trout Puppet Workshop does puppet theatre for adults. Their shows, with puppets in a variety of styles and designs, look at the different ways puppets die.

Actors Dominic Rowan (L) and Miranda Raison perform as Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in Shakespeare's "Henry VIII" at Shakespeare's Globe in London.

Yes, Shakespeare coined words. But that’s just the start of his contribution to the English language

Shakespeare may not have invented as many words as once thought, but he turned the English language on its head. Perhaps that’s the reason both he and English have such global appeal. Shakespeare may not have invented as many words as once thought, but he turned the English language on its head. Perhaps that’s the reason both he and English have such global appeal.