Big Break? Well, Eyes Will Be on Him
By PATRICK HEALY
A brief vacation for the actor Michael Urie is handing Clancy O’Connor the opportunity every understudy dreams of: proving himself to audiences and power brokers.
The young company Bedlam Theater is presenting two four-actor plays — Shaw’s “Saint Joan” and Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” — in repertory at the Lynn Redgrave Theater.
A brief vacation for the actor Michael Urie is handing Clancy O’Connor the opportunity every understudy dreams of: proving himself to audiences and power brokers.
The new HBO series “True Detective” pairs Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as a mismatched team of Louisiana state cops dealing with a reopened murder case.
Bartlett Sher’s “L’Elisir d’Amore,” at the Metropolitan Opera, features Andriana Chuchman in her Met debut.
Laura Jane Grace, formerly Tom Gabel, lead singer of Against Me!, performed on Thursday at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.
A descent into the wormhole created by the collision of movie-awards campaigning and paracritical chirping.
“Paul’s Case,” an operatic adaptation of a Willa Cather story by UrbanArias, focuses on a teenager who longs to escape his working class world in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh.
Richard Feder of Fort Lee, N.J., whose name was used on “Saturday Night Live” years ago as that of a letter writer to a news show, was stuck in the traffic caused by the lane closings.
Fox adds two series to its late-Saturday-night animation lineup, including “Lucas Bros. Moving Co.,” from the twin comedians Keith and Kenny Lucas.
“The Legend of Hercules,” directed by Renny Harlin, has lots of abs and Kellan Lutz as the title demigod.
The Coil theater festival show “An Evening With William Shatner Asterisk,” at the New Ohio Theater, makes an evening of clips of Mr. Shatner in his “Star Trek” role.
The American Realness festival has opened at the Abrons Arts Center with a mélange of performance art accented by music and choreography.
The New York Philharmonic offers a concert of Shostakovich, Beethoven and Gershwin.
Jherek Bischoff, a Seattle songwriter and arranger, brought big names to St. Ann’s Warehouse on Wednesday night, including David Byrne and Zola Jesus.
Part of the Under the Radar Festival, “The Record,” a dance-theater piece at the Public Theater, calls reverent attention to the shared experience of the stage.
If ever a bridge game at sea was going to be fun and unpredictable, one on New Year’s Day fit the bill.
Mr. Ned’s records and his sentimental style brought him a large following throughout Latin America.
Mr. Kilar won recognition for his music for “The Pianist” and “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” as well as works inspired by Polish folk music.
“East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem,” by Mr. Broza, the Israeli singer and songwriter, with appearances by Steve Earle, Wyclef Jean and others. “Always With Us,” is the newest album by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
WordPlay Shakespeare and other programs allow readers to watch or listen to sections of his works as they view the text.
Approximately 500 high school and college students recorded themselves delivering lines from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in 15 seconds or less using Instagram.
The year’s best books, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.
The winners of the Von Zedtwitz Double Knockout over the decades have been a Who’s Who of players in region.
Three teams from Webster University of St. Louis were among the top six finishers at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Championships in Lubbock, Tex.
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