Theater: Whats the Buzz from The New York Times

Here is the latest Theater News from The New York Times.

Review: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Prevails in Bryant Park
The Drilling Company’s brave ensemble, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, exuded an energy eclipsing the ambient sounds of the city.

Review: ‘Cherchez La Femme’ Struggles to Find Its Groove
Its talented cast performed with infectious gusto. But this musical featuring the work of Kid Creole and the Coconuts is overwritten with an awkward plot.

Want to Catch ‘Hamilton’? Try the Central Park Softball Fields
While the show has taken the theater world by storm, its undefeated softball team goes virtually unnoticed each Thursday in the park. (No tickets required.)

Review: ‘Harry and the Thief,’ a Trip Back to the Plantation
Sigrid Gilmer blends time travel with runaway slaves in this comedy at the Robert Moss Theater, which features a heroic yet human Harriet Tubman.

Review: ‘Friend Art,’ at Too-Close Range, Could Be Neither
The newest offering from Ms. Alvarez pulls its audience into the awkward places people in their 30s inhabit as they commit to careers and loves.

Arts | New Jersey: A Three-Character Drama That Keeps You Guessing
A trio of shady ladies figure in “Villainous Company,” Victor L. Cahn’s new play, with duplicitous doings and plot twists.

Arts | Long Island: Review: Joyous Energy Fills ‘Anything Goes,’ at Gateway Playhouse
In this production, Andrea McArdle and Sally Struthers are surrounded by an outstanding cast, a sparkling nautical set and fine musical accompaniment.

Arts | Connecticut: Review: ‘The Call,’ in Hartford, Tackles Emotionally Complex Issues
The Tanya Barfield play at TheaterWorks explores the struggles of interracial adoption.

What I Love: Michael Cerveris’s ‘Fun Home’ in Chelsea
The Tony-winning actor lives with his dog in a prewar co-op.

A Changing of the Guard for Performance Space 122
Vallejo Gantner, the artistic director of PS122 who will step down when a replacement is found, said, “You want to leave when the going’s good.”

‘Wimpy’ or Not, This Kid Might Make It to Broadway
“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical” is closing after a successful run at Children’s Theater Company in Minneapolis. Could New York be next?

The Week Ahead: ‘Radiant Vermin’: Greed and a House of Mystery
Philip Ridley’s juicy little thriller starts previews this week at 59E59 Theaters as part of the Brits Off Broadway Festival.

Theater Listings for May 27-June 2

Review: In ‘Ross & Rachel,’ Life Isn’t Always a Sitcom
This solo show, part of the Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theaters, imagines that “Friends” couple struggling in a long-term relationship.

‘American Psycho’ to Close on June 5
The new musical based on the controversial 1991 novel opened to mixed reviews in April.

All Alone With the Memory: Leona Lewis to Play Grizabella in Broadway ‘Cats’ Revival
Ms. Lewis will play the Glamour Cat in the production, which Trevor Nunn, director of the original “Cats,” is overseeing.

How Long Is ‘The Flick’? It Depends on the Seats
Annie Baker’s play features a fictional movie theater, and the ultimate running time can be a matter of design.

‘Paramour’
The production represents the latest attempt by the French Canadian entertainment behemoth Cirque du Soleil to make a big splash in New York.

Review: Domestic Doom, Fiercely Conveyed, in Ibsen and Strindberg Plays
Theater for a New Audience has paired these two suspenseful dramas in repertory through June 12 at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn.

Review: ‘Paramour’ Brings Cirque du Soleil to Broadway
The show, at the Lyric Theater, features a story, set in old Hollywood, that adds the company’s usual circus acts to a traditional musical.

Review: In ‘The Total Bent,’ a Father-Son Rift and a Sensational Score
A preacher spars with his gay son in this fresh and funny if sometimes wayward musical filled with soulful music.

Review: A Minimalist Version of ‘Peer Gynt’ Still Provokes
John Doyle has done his imaginative best to tame, through shrinkage, one of the great, shape-shifting monsters of world theater.

Excerpt: ‘The Father”
Maggie Lacey and John Douglas Thompson in a scene from the revival of Strindberg’s play, from Theater for a New Audience.

Review: ‘The Tear Drinkers,’ Where There’s Little to Separate People and Aliens
The performer, playwright, composer and director Mike Iveson has preoccupied himself with what makes us human in his new sci-fi song cycle, at the Kitchen.

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ to Move to Broadway
The musical, about a teenager with social anxiety, will be produced on Broadway by Stacey Mindich, and is scheduled to begin performances in November.

Sol Project Aims to ‘Create a New Canon’ of Latino Theater
“Alligator,” a play by Hilary Bettis, a staff writer for the TV series “The Americans,” will kick off the initiative in November.

Back on Broadway: Arthur Miller’s ‘The Price’ to Be Revived Next Winter
A man sorts through his past as he goes through his childhood furniture in this work, which will be directed by Terry Kinney.

Review: In ‘Incognito,’ the Brain Is Dramatic and Mysterious
This Nick Payne play uses 21 characters to pursue the elusive knowledge of how the mind works.

Review: Matthew Morrison, in Concert, Goes Beyond Genres
Mr. Morrison was bold, tender and hard driving as he sang show tunes and other standards at Feinstein’s/54 Below.

Review: Mike Albo Makes a Biological (and Emotional) Journey in ‘Spermhood’
Mr. Albo’s new solo show, at Dixon Place, relates his immersion in the world of clinics and blood tests when he agrees to help his best friend become pregnant.

‘Tuck Everlasting’ to Close on Sunday
All things come to an end, some sooner than others. The new musical ‘Tuck Everlasting’ will face its final curtain after 28 previews and 39 performances.

New York City Opera to Join Forces With Harold Prince Next Season
The company is planning its first full season since emerging from bankruptcy and coming under new management.

‘Ça ira,’ a Birth-of-a-Nation Tale in France, Wins Molière Award for Best Play
The play, written and directed by Joël Pommerat, about the early years of the French Revolution, also took prizes for best director and playwright.

BAM Next Wave Festival to Include Isabelle Huppert and Mikhail Baryshnikov
The festival, which runs Sept. 7 through Dec. 18, features work by Donnacha Dennehy, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Kyle Abraham.

Excerpt: ‘Incognito’
Heather Lind, Morgan Spector and Charlie Cox in a scene from Nick Payne’s play at New York City Center Stage I.

Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in Concert Production of ‘Sunday in the Park With George’
Mr. Gyllenhaal has agreed to appear in a one-night-only performance to raise money for City Center.

‘Guards at the Taj’ Wins Obie Awards
Rajiv Joseph’s drama about humble sentries in 17th-century India was named the best new American play.

Review: ‘Hadestown’ Reanimates a Well-Known Myth
The classic story of Orpheus and Eurydice has been told for centuries, and now it has become a folk opera by the gifted songwriter Anaïs Mitchell.

Review: A Side of Richard Rodgers Not Often Seen
“I Have Confidence: Rodgers After Hammerstein,” at the 92nd Street Y, introduced Rodgers’s more obscure songs, written during the last third of his career.

Critic’s Notebook: In Savion Glover’s ‘Shuffle Along,’ Tap’s Reach Has Its Limits
Mr. Glover is joining the cast of this musical, but it has no role for a star dancer, unlike “Jelly’s Last Jam” or “Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk.”

Broadway Defies the Odds With Another Record-Breaking Season
The season that ended on Sunday brought in more money and people than ever before because of strong tourism and unusually diverse programming.