The Coast of Utopia’s Tony nominees talk about their long, long Russian trek.

Lauren Ambrose on playing Juliet in Central Park and nursing on the side.

Can the famously nonsensical disco-movie flop make it on Broadway?

How do you survive the spectacular box-office failure of a film about a mythologically infested roller disco in Venice Beach? The lingering career effects of being involved in one of the best-loved bad movies ever.

Tony season is under way, and The Year of Magical Thinking isn’t even nominated for a best-play Drama Desk trophy—confirming that a backlash-proof memoir does not an award-winning play make.

Marionette Shakespeare at the New Vic.

Jeff Daniels talks about the problem with New York audiences, and why Farrelly brothers comedies should be considered art.

Brian Dennehy and Christopher Plummer on Hamlet, cell phones, and other problems of the modern stage.

With a new play set to open Off Broadway, Adam Rapp makes notes on his ridiculously varied résumé.

When you’re Joan Didion writing your first play, you’re allowed to revise up until the last minute. An intimate look— also starring Vanessa Redgrave and David Hare—at one of Broadway’s most anticipated new productions.