“Ash K. Tata’s production brings Shakespeare’s tragedy of political unrest into a moment ‘just after now.’” “The cast will be led by McKinley Belcher III as Coriolanus, Mickey Sumner as Aufidius—reimagined as a woman in this production—and Roslyn Ruff as…
“In 2026, our theatre-makers look at politics, if obliquely: Shakespeare’s coup-adjacent drama ‘The Tragedy of Coriolanus’ may feel disturbingly relevant (Polonsky Shakespeare Center; Feb. 1).” —Helen Shaw, The New Yorker Theatre for a New Audience presents William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Coriolanus…
“The Merchant of Venice, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, January. Set in the near future, Arin Arbus’s production of The Merchant of Venice from the Theatre for a New Audience in New York plays out on an austere and anonymous flight of grey…
“The play is an absolute barn burner. Weird and ferocious, very funny and brutally tragic, somehow both sardonic and mysterious, melodramatic yet deeply moving. It’s a thrill to see The Wild Duck spread its wings.” —Sara Holdren, New York Magazine Read…
The Wild Duck leads The New York Times‘ list of “13 Off Broadway Shows to See in September.” Elisabeth Vincentelli writes: “Henrik Ibsen’s searing dissections of bourgeois hypocrisies appear to be in sync with our angry times.” Read more from…
Directed by Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Simon Godwin, in a new version by David Eldridge, the production will first play TFANA’s Polonsky Shakespeare Center September 2-28, before playing STC’s Klein Theatre October 18-November 16. Read more at Playbill.com.
Theatre for a New Audience has announced that Dorothy Ryan will step into the position of Executive Director, following over two decades of transformative leadership as the acclaimed organization’s Managing Director. As Jeffrey Horowitz, TFANA’s Founding Artistic Director, steps down…
Theatre for a New Audience has announced its 2025-26 season, marking the transition between outgoing founding artistic director Jeffrey Horowitz and incoming artistic director Arin Arbus. Read more from TheaterMania here.
Theatre for a New Audience announces that celebrated, OBIE Award-winning director Arin Arbus will be its next Artistic Director when Founding Artistic Director Jeffrey Horowitz steps down on August 31, 2025, after a 46-year tenure. The appointment follows an extensive…
★★★★ —Adam Feldman, Time Out Read more from Time Out here. “A wild ride…Mac’s satire turns a shrewd eye on the corrupting potential of money in the arts as anywhere else…Direction by Darko Tresnjak matches the zaniness of the script…lampooning…