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Adam Driver on His Most Important Work and Why He’s Not Actually ‘Intense’

 “I don’t take doing a play or making a movie for granted: We’re here, right now, and we’re never going to get a chance to do this again.” By David Marchese
encounter

Some Nights, Men Try to Explain the Constitution to Heidi Schreck

 The playwright behind What the Constitution Means to Me ignores them, politely. By Alex Morris
theater review

What the Constitution Means to Me Is Personal, Political, and Uncannily Timed

 Recollections of high-school oratory have never felt so of-the-moment. By Sara Holdren
  1. profile
    The Next Michael UrieThe star of Torch Song was worried about being typecast in gay roles before he realized there were so many different kinds.
    By Jackson McHenry
  2. theater review
    Theater Review: Girl From the North Country Shows Another Side of Bob DylanA much slower and less joyful one.
    By Sara Holdren
  3. photo essays
    Teen Mania Was Off the Charts at Be More Chill’s Last Off Broadway Performance[Excited screaming.]
    By Jackson McHenry
  4. theater review
    What the Constitution Means to Me Is Personal, Political, and Uncannily TimedRecollections of high-school oratory have never felt so of-the-moment.
    By Sara Holdren
  5. broadway
    Attention Procrastinating Boot Freaks: Kinky Boots to Leave Broadway In 2019By the time it takes its final bow, Kinky Boots will be the 25th longest-running Broadway show of all time.
    By Halle Kiefer
  7. exclusive
    Hello, Betty Buckley! See a First Look at the Hello, Dolly! National TourWhy Hello, Betty Buckley!
    By Jackson McHenry
  8. theater review
    Theater Review: Crooked Billiards and Straight Shooting in The NapSnooker as a vehicle for bright, fast comedy.
    By Sara Holdren
  9. broadway
    Tony Goldwyn Joins Network, Because All of Scandal Is Going BroadwayThe theater is handled!
    By Jackson McHenry
  10. theater review
    Theater Review: Uncle Romeo Vanya Juliet Sets a Gun on Shakespeare’s MantelSetting a gun on Shakepeare’s mantel.
    By Sara Holdren
  11. theater review
    Theater: Is Theresa Rebeck Mad for Sarah Bernhardt, or Only Pretending to Be?Is Theresa Rebeck mad for Sarah Bernhardt, or only pretending to be?
    By Sara Holdren
  14. party report
    Andrew Lloyd Webber Hasn’t Met Taylor Swift, But Likes That She’s a Cat PersonHe hints at who she’ll be playing in the Cats movie.
    By Benjamin Lindsay
  15. theater
    It’s All Happening in Song: Cameron Crowe Is Turning Almost Famous Into MusicalNext to Normal’s Tom Kitt will write the music.
    By Jackson McHenry
  16. theater review
    Theater Review: Craig Lucas’s I Was Most Alive With You Aims HighAnd it mostly succeeds on its own terms.
    By Sara Holdren
  17. theater review
    Theater Review: The Hard Facts of Backroom Politics in The TrueA showcase for Edie Falco, who makes the most of it.
    By Sara Holdren
  18. broadway
    Your Parents Annette Bening and Tracy Letts to Star in All My Sons on BroadwayPreviews begin April 4.
    By Jackson McHenry
  19. theater reviews
    Theater Reviews: A Vanya in Our English, and an Emperor Present But Not SeenRichard “Apple Family” Nelson brings his natural-language approach to Chekhov. Plus, a look at Haile Selassie’s last days in power.
    By Sara Holdren
  20. obits
    Broadway Star Marin Mazzie Dead at 57Mazzie was known for her roles in Passion, Ragtime, Kiss Me Kate, and many other productions.
    By Jackson McHenry
  21. musicals
    Andrew Lloyd Webber Is Working on His Own Cinderella MusicalThe musical will have a Cinderella who’s a “modern, feisty girl.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  22. last night on late night
    Daniel Radcliffe Will Politely Tolerate Your Harry Potter MemesLook he’s doing other things now but sure, he’ll take a look.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  23. theater review
    On Collective Rage and Ironic DetachmentThe trouble with archness.
    By Sara Holdren
  26. broadway
    Ruth Wilson Joins Glenda Jackson’s King Lear, Directed by Sam GoldPhilip Glass is also writing the music.
    By Jackson McHenry
  27. bad ideas
    Yes, They Once Tried to Make a Broadway Musical Out of LolitaAnd it was just as misbegotten a project as you’d guess.
    By Sarah Weinman
  28. theater
    Nathan Lane and Andrea Martin to Star in a Titus Andronicus Sequel on BroadwayA new Taylor Mac play!
    By Jackson McHenry
  29. broadway
    Tatiana Maslany Will Play the Faye Dunaway Role in Network on BroadwayMichelle Dockery played the part in London.
    By Jackson McHenry
  30. politics
    Man Brings Trump Flag to Frozen, Is Forced to Let It GoWhat a use of the money it takes to get that ticket.
    By Jackson McHenry
  31. fall preview 2018
    Bryan Cranston Knows Things Are BadThe actor on playing Network’s Howard Beale on Broadway and being filled with anxiety.
    By Jackson McHenry
  32. broadway transfers
    Off Broadway Internet Sensation Be More Chill Will Transfer to BroadwayAlert the teens.
    By Jackson McHenry
  33. fall preview 2018
    42 Theater Performances to Catch This FallThe Ferryman, The Cher Show, To Kill a Mockingbird, and more.
    By Vulture Editors
  34. fall preview 2018
    Will Lucas Hedges Survive the Fall?He’s in three movies and making his Broadway debut — very neurotically — in The Waverly Gallery.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  35. theater
    Prince Harry Sang a Line from Hamilton; No, SeriouslyAn actual member of the royal family is performing it before you’ve even had a chance to see it.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  38. tributes
    Losing Neil Simon, a Writer From a Lost TimeIt’s not clear that the playwright’s best works can ever again mean to audiences what they once did to a much-different America.
    By Frank Rich
  39. obits
    Thanks for the Good Times, Neil SimonHe was a comedy king and the most commercially successful Broadway playwright in the history of the form.
    By Mark Harris
  40. vulture picks
    Neil Simon’s 29 Plays and Four Musicals: A Guide to the Highs and LowsA guide to the playwright’s body of work, which spanned nearly 50 years.
    By Christopher Bonanos, Boris Kachka, and Michael Alan Connelly
  41. tributes
    Neil Simon Was Theater’s Odd Man OutOn the mixed legacy of the late playwright.
    By David Edelstein
  42. rip
    Broadway Giant Neil Simon Dead at 91The Pulitzer winner wrote plays such as The Odd Couple and Barefoot in the Park.
    By Devon Ivie
  43. broadway
    Laura Benanti Will Play Her ‘Dream Role’ of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair LadyBenanti will perform from October 23 to February 17.
    By Jackson McHenry
  44. rip
    From Chicago to Jesus Christ Superstar, Craig Zadan Changed How We Saw TheaterRemembering a quiet giant of American entertainment.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  45. rip
    Prominent Producer of Musicals Craig Zadan Has DiedZadan passed away following complications from shoulder replacement surgery at the age of 69.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  46. party reports
    Santino Fontana Talks Skylar Astin Replacing Him on Crazy Ex: ‘I Love Skylar!’“We’re brothers from the same mother. That’s what I’m calling it.”
    By Natalie Walker
  47. theater review
    Theater Review: Pretty Woman and the Trouble With Onstage NostalgiaStrong performances in service of … what, exactly?
    By Sara Holdren
  50. broadway
    Keri Russell Set to Smolder Across From Adam Driver in Broadway’s Burn ThisDon’t worry. She and Adam Driver will play lovers.
    By Halle Kiefer
  51. theater
    Hear Andy Karl Sing the Big, Romantic Opera Song From Pretty Woman: The MusicalWritten by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance.
    By Jackson McHenry
  52. theater review
    Theater Review: Direct From Exit 9, It’s Gettin’ the Band Back TogetherJammed with broken heroes on a last-chance power drive.
    By Sara Holdren
  53. casting
    Documentary Now! Will Parody the Making of the Company Cast AlbumEverybody rise for “Original Cast Album: Co-Op.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  54. broadway
    Santino Fontana’s Tootsie Musical Arrives in April, in Case You Miss Old GregThis is where he’s been.
    By Jackson McHenry
  55. roll clip!
    Watch Will Roland Sing a Song From the Internet’s Favorite Musical Be More ChillThe show’s Off Broadway run is already sold out.
    By Jackson McHenry
  56. broadway
    Bryan Cranston’s Network Adaptation Will Soon Be Yelling on BroadwayGet mad as hell this fall.
    By Jackson McHenry
  57. scene report
    Rosie O’Donnell, Broadway Stars Sing the Songs of Angry Men at the White HouseA dispatch from the Broadway-themed protest in D.C.
    By Jen Chaney
  58. since u been shake it off
    A Supremely Jukebox-y Max Martin Musical Is Coming to LondonThink of a show that combines “… Baby One More Time” “Since U Been Gone,” and “Shake It Off.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  59. theater review
    Theater Review: It’s Always Sunny in This Twelfth NightIn the park, not a cloud in the sky.
    By Sara Holdren
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