I’m happy to report that Invisible Thread — a new musical that opened Wednesday night at Second Stage (which is near, but not on, Broadway) and marks her latest transfer — is a high-energy, visually ...

There is no such thing as a wholly true play. The nature of the theater distorts reality, finding all sorts of holes in the historical record and inexorably filling them in. (Actors have to do ...

Compelling gay characters make a much-needed comeback on the New York stage this month. Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews have turned their real-life romance into a very different kind of musical, ...

Ten years ago, Griffin Matthews was singing in a church choir when his pastor found out he was gay and kicked him out. Feeling depressed, he booked a ticket to Uganda for mission work. What happened ...

There is no such thing as a wholly true play. The nature of the theater distorts reality, finding all sorts of holes in the historical record and inexorably filling them in. (Actors have to do ...

Diane Paulus has either burnished or tarnished the reputation of the American Repertory Theatre, the nonprofit company on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, MA where she is artistic director.