In Chicago, 3 Shows That Keep the Audience in Mind and Engaged
Musical adaptations of “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” and “The Lord of the Rings” as well as a new Samuel D. Hunter play were on our critic’s itinerary.
By Elisabeth Vincentelli
Review: In ‘Grey House,’ Broadway Gets an Expert Haunting
A new play about a sisterhood of sorrows brings something scary to the stage, but is delivering shocks and icks enough?
By Jesse Green
In Broadway’s ‘Grey House,’ Something Nightmarish This Way Comes
Levi Holloway on his psychological thriller starring Laurie Metcalf: “It wears the jacket of horror. But I think it’s more heart than horror.”
By Elisabeth Vincentelli
‘Somewhere in Queens’ Review: Rooting for the Underdog
Ray Romano plumbed the absurdities of family life on his sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond.” For this, his feature directing debut, he sticks to an Italian American milieu.
By Glenn Kenny
Laurie Metcalf to Return to Broadway in a Horror Story, ‘Grey House’
The play, directed by Joe Mantello and also starring Tatiana Maslany, had a well-reviewed debut in Chicago. It begins performances in April.
By Michael Paulson
The Conners Return to Confront the Coronavirus
This ABC sitcom has dealt with real-world challenges since its earliest days as “Roseanne.” In its new season, those include the pandemic and its fallout.
By Sarah Bahr
Spring Preview
How Laurie Metcalf Became the Sarah Bernhardt of Broadway
She may seem self-effacing, but it takes skill and smarts to be Nora and Hillary and, next, Martha in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
By Ben Brantley
‘Hillary and Clinton’ to End Broadway Run Early
Lucas Hnath’s play about a familiar-sounding power couple will wrap up on June 23.
By Michael Paulson
Heavenly or Hellish? Our Critics Debate the Broadway Season
Adventurous directors and galvanizing performances made for unexpected — and very welcome — departures on what once felt like the Staid White Way.
By Ben Brantley and Jesse Green
Critics’ Notebook
When It Came to the Tony Nominations, the News Is the New
New York Times theater critics on a Tonys roster that highlighted originality, if not diversity, and made room for some welcome surprises.
Review: In ‘Hillary and Clinton,’ Codependence, and, Yes, Camaraderie
As a born-to-lose presidential contender, Laurie Metcalf is exasperation incarnate in Lucas Hnath’s play, which also stars John Lithgow.
By Ben Brantley
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Laurie Metcalf, the First Lady of American Theater
From playing Roseanne’s sis to Edward Albee characters and Hillary Clinton (with gin!) on Broadway.
By Maureen Dowd
Confirm or Deny: Laurie Metcalf
On pack mules, pizza and her penchant for puzzles.
By Maureen Dowd
Hillary Clinton Lost. The Play Won.
Lucas Hnath wrote “Hillary and Clinton” as the Democratic nomination slipped away from Mrs. Clinton. The 2016 election made it newly relevant.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
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Hillary Clinton Is Coming to Broadway. As a Character in a Play.
Lucas Hnath’s “Hillary and Clinton” will be the first play with Mrs. Clinton as a protagonist to reach Broadway.
By Michael Paulson
the new season
Movie Stars Have Heroines, Too
We asked actresses, directors and writers with this fall’s films to tell us about the forerunners they admire. Tilda Swinton, Rashida Jones, Michelle Rodriguez and others explain in their own words.
By Kathryn Shattuck
These Actresses Dominate Not Just the Stage, but the Screen Too
The most memorable performances in any medium are being given by a remarkable group of industry veterans — Judith Light, Allison Janney and Audra McDonald, among them.
By Jon Robin Baitz
ABC Plans a ‘Roseanne’ Spinoff, Without Roseanne Barr
The show was canceled last month because of the star’s racist tweet. A version of the series will return in the fall. Working title: “The Conners.”
By John Koblin
Review: Glenda Jackson Gets Her Queen Lear Moment in ‘Three Tall Women’
After 23 years in politics, the English star of “Elizabeth R” returns to the American stage in a torrential revival of Edward Albee’s play.
By Jesse Green
Review: On ‘Roseanne,’ Times Have Changed, but They’re Still Tough
The revival of a classic blue-collar sitcom has its limits, but it’s got something to offer besides pure nostalgia.
By James Poniewozik
Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway
After winning two Oscars, she stopped acting for decades to fight Thatcherism. Now, at 81, she’s tackling an Edward Albee classic. But she insists, “I lead a very dull life.”
By Ben Brantley
The Best Performances of 2017
A critic shares his favorite moments, from Tina Fey’s sheet-cake meltdown to the NFL’s end zone celebrations to Betty Gabriel in “Get Out.”
By Wesley Morris
TimesVideo
Anatomy of a Scene | ‘Lady Bird’
Greta Gerwig narrates a sequence from her film featuring Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf.
Laurie Metcalf to Leave ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’
Ms. Metcalf, who won a Tony Award for her performance in the play on Broadway, will depart on July 23 and be replaced by the Tony winner Julie White.
‘Tell Torvald to Grow Up’: Laurie Metcalf and Nathan Lane Trade Emails on Their Celebrated Roles
The two actors (and friends) talk about their current shows and their recent nominations.
Glenda Jackson to Return to Broadway in Albee’s ‘Three Tall Women’
Laurie Metcalf will co-star in the production, which will be directed by Joe Mantello.
By Christopher D. Shea
‘I’m in Love With Everybody’: Tony Award Nominees React
Josh Groban, Lynn Nottage, Ben Platt and others talk about how it feels to be nominated.
By Michael Paulson and Erik Piepenburg
Review: A Sequel Asks, Who’s Knocking on the Door at ‘A Doll’s House’?
Lucas Hnath’s “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” funny and illuminating, dares to wonder what Ibsen’s Nora Helmer has been up to since she slammed that door.
By Ben Brantley
Review: In ‘Misery,’ With Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf, the Ghost of Productions Past
In this Broadway adaptation of Stephen King’s thriller, Bruce Willis infuses his captive bedridden character with a wisecracking stoicism.
By Ben Brantley
Critic's Notebook
‘Getting On,’ Played With Crudity and Grace
Starting its third and final season, this HBO series features Laurie Metcalf as a doctor in an extended-care unit for patients with serious disease or the infirmities of old age.
By Neil Genzlinger
In Bed With Bruce Willis (on Broadway)
The action star on his upcoming stage turn as a mattress-bound romance writer in “Misery.”
By Alexis Soloski
ArtsBeat
‘Misery,’ With Metcalf Joining Willis, Sets Broadway Opening Date
The adaptation of Stephen King’s novel will begin performances on Oct. 22.
By Scott Heller
Television Review
Welcome to Their World: Boston Accents and TV Sports
“The McCarthys,” a new sitcom om CBS, stars Tyler Ritter as the odd one out in a close Boston family.
By Neil Genzlinger
Television Review
Caring for the Aging, but Ignoring the Rules
The new HBO comedy “Getting On,” starring Laurie Metcalf, aims to depict a true, if irreverent, look at elder care in a California hospital.
By Neil Genzlinger
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Theater Review
After Extramarital Activities, Politician Looks for the Words
Bruce Norris’s “Domesticated” explores the endangered marriage of a disgraced politician in New York and the wife he does wrong.
By Ben Brantley
TimesVideo
Excerpt: 'Domesticated'
Laurie Metcalf and Jeff Goldblum in a scene from Bruce Norris's new play at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.
Lincoln Center Theater
Call It the Theater of Contrition
Bruce Norris takes a look at monogamy through the prism of a political marriage in “Domesticated,” the latest in a string of dramas centering on sex scandals.
By Patrick Healy
T Magazine
Talking Talent | Laurie Metcalf
The theater veteran talks about her role as a biophysicist battling dementia in Joe Mantello’s Broadway play, “The Other Place.”
By Lauren Tabach-Bank
ArtsBeat
Movie Attention for Chastain Gives ‘Heiress’ a Broadway Bounce
The play earned 66 percent of its maximum potential gross, soon after the actress earned accolades for the movie “Zero Dark Thirty.”
By Patrick Healy
Theater Review
Who Do You Think You Are, Anyway?
In “The Other Place” Laurie Metcalf plays a pharmaceutical-company scientist who is convinced she has a brain tumor.
By Charles Isherwood
TimesVideo
Excerpt: 'The Other Place'
Laurie Metcalf and Zoe Perry in a scene from Sharr White’s play, which opened on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater.
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ArtsBeat
Fiona Shaw to Star in ‘The Testament of Mary’ on Broadway
The play will be directed by Ms. Shaw’s longtime collaborator, Deborah Warner.
By Patrick Healy
Someone’s Mom Has Other Identities
Laurie Metcalf is back on Broadway with a familiar show, “The Other Place” (she did it off Broadway); a familiar director (Joe Mantello); and a familiar co-star (her daughter, Zoe Perry).
By Eric Grode
ArtsBeat
Laurie Metcalf Coming to Broadway in ‘The Other Place’
The actress was acclaimed for her performance in the play in an Off Broadway production in 2011.
By Patrick Healy
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London Theater Journal: Mary Tyrone, Deglamorized and Unforgettable
Anthony Page’s excellent revival of Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” runs in London through Aug. 18.
By Ben Brantley
Two Journeys Into O’Neill, via E-Mail
Nathan Lane, now in “The Iceman Cometh” in Chicago, and Laurie Metcalf, in “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” in London, exchange e-mails about performing O’Neill.
Compiled by Scott Heller
ArtsBeat
Debra Winger to Make Her Broadway Debut in David Mamet’s ‘Anarchist’
Debra Winger, whose films include “Terms of Endearment,” “Urban Cowboy” and “An Officer and a Gentleman,” is replacing Laurie Metcalf in David Mamet’s play about a prison inmate with a radical past and the warden from whom she seeks a parole.
By Dave Itzkoff
ArtsBeat
Honors for Off Broadway Productions
The winners of the Lucille Lortel Awards are announced.
By Patrick Healy
Creating Plays, but Holding On to the Day Job
The playwright Sharr White has embraced the practical way in which he lives his life in his creative endeavors, and the approach has helped make his play “The Other Place” his first major New York production.
By Eric Grode
ArtsBeat
‘Detroit’ to Reside on Broadway
“Detroit,” a new play about American dissipation with some deliciously tart roles, will be produced on Broadway in early fall of 2011.
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