In Neil Gaiman’s delightfully sinister little novella Coraline, a young girl discovers a secret passageway in her house.

Until you’ve seen The Singing Forest, you can’t believe anyone would be nuts enough to write an epic farce about the lingering scars of the Holocaust.

Reviews of late-season awards bait.

Mining a classic like Mary Stuart for contemporary relevance isn’t as easy as it looks.

Labute's Reasons to Be Pretty isn't much to look at; Rock of Ages is in on its own joke, which ruins all the fun.

Irena's Vow and Exit the King can be insufferable (the plays), sometimes riveting (the performances), and both improve with humor.

Actors trump material in the theatrical smackdown God of Carnage and the more muted Impressionism.

Revivals of West Side Story and Blithe Spirit work, more or less—more thanks to two performances.

Jane Fonda (accompanied by Beethoven) is not to be missed.

Mercedes Ruehl is a brilliantly monolithic matriarch in The American Plan. Plus, Hedda Gabler.