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Christopher Chen and Zora Howard Win 2025 Steinberg Playwright Awards

A seven-member advisory committee chose the $100,000 ‘Mimi’ recipients for distinctive voices in early- to mid-career playwriting.

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Aya Ogawa’s ‘Meat Suit’ Opens Off-Broadway as Early Reviews Weigh Its Grotesque Take on Motherhood

The Reservoir Extends Off-Broadway Run to March 22 at Atlantic Theater Company

‘You Got Older’ Opens at Cherry Lane to Strong Performances and a Run Extension

‘Yellow Letters’ Premieres in Berlinale Competition as International Deals Roll In

Goodman’s Holiday Reimagines a Philip Barry Classic Through Richard Greenberg’s Rewrite

At The Shed, ‘The Other Place’ Earns Raves for Leads, Scrutiny for Its Sophoclean Touches

Steppenwolf Opens The Dance of Death for 50th Season, Running Through March 22

Blackout Songs Opens at MCC Theater, Pairing Visceral Acting With Fragmented Memory

Liberation Sets Broadway Babysitter Matinee With Free In-Home Childcare Jan. 25

Rob McClure, Michael Genet, Matt Walker Lead 'Spare Parts' Off-Broadway World Premiere at Theatre Row

‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Sets $2.51 Million Week, Breaking Marquis Theatre Record

Hnath’s Tartuffe Opens at NYTW as Early Reviews Fault Loose Rhymes

Tom Stoppard, Boundary-Pushing Playwright of Wit and Ideas, Dies at 88

Initiative Opens at the Public to Strong Early Reviews for Its Five-Hour D&D-Fueled Epic

Tom Hanks’ ‘This World of Tomorrow’ Opens at The Shed to Middling Reviews

Steppenwolf’s ‘Amadeus’ Draws Praise as Pasadena Playhouse Sets Jefferson Mays and Sam Clemmett for 2026 Run

Debbie Allen to Direct Authorized Maya Angelou Stage Play Targeting 2028 Premiere

Reviews Roll In for Anne Washburn’s The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire Off-Broadway

Girl, Interrupted Stage Adaptation to Premiere at the Public Theater in May 2026