Theater: Whats the Buzz from The New York Times

‘God of Vengeance’ to Be Presented in Yiddish
The New Yiddish Rep will produce a staged reading of “God of Vengeance,” the subject of the current play “Indecent,” for two performances in June.

Mamet to Return to the Atlantic Theater Next Season
The company’s new season will feature plays by David Mamet and George Brant and a musical by David Yazbek.

Marin Mazzie in ‘The King and I’
An excerpt from the number “Getting to Know You.”

How to Keep a Musical Great: Call Heather Headley and Marin Mazzie
The actresses who replaced Jennifer Hudson in “The Color Purple” and Kelli O’Hara in “The King and I” brought a new feistiness to the roles.

Review: ‘Signature Plays’ Triple Bill Reveals Truth in the Mirror’s Lies
The collection of three short vintage works at the Pershing Square Signature Theater includes Edward Albee’s “The Sandbox.”

Excerpt: ‘Drowning’
A scene from the María Irene Fornés play, part of the program “Signature Plays” at the Signature Center.

Review: ‘Half Moon Bay’ Shows the Hook Up and the Aftermath
In this Dan Moyer play, a man and a woman meet in a bowling alley bar and forge a relationship.

59E59 Announces Season
“Game of Thrones” star Jack Gleeson will star in a play at 59E59 Theaters this summer.

Review: In ‘Cal in Camo,’ a Raw Welcome to Motherhood
William Francis Hoffman’s play at Rattlesticks Playwrights explores family bonds and inadequacies as the central characters deal with their situation in rural Illinois.

Arts | Connecticut: Review: ‘A Song at Twilight’ at Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey
Noël Coward’s play, about a man whose ex-lover confronts him with details of his dark past, offers conflict, surprise and an affecting conclusion.

Broadway’s ‘Hamilton’ and ‘The Humans’ Garner Awards From the Drama League
The Drama League, a membership association of theatergoers, on Friday named “Hamilton” the best new musical of the current theater season, and “The Humans” the best new play.

Review: In ‘Turn Me Loose,’ Raw Jokes That Still Sear and Bite
The play, which stars Joe Morton as the comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, feels as vital as Mr. Gregory’s work did in the 1960s.

Theater Listings for May 20-26

Public Theater Season to Include Work by David Byrne and Richard Nelson
Mr. Byrne’s work, the musical “Saint Joan,” will be framed as a rock concert; Alex Timbers will direct.

Snapshot: Q. and A. With Sean Hayes: Playing God on Broadway
Mr. Hayes talks about his role in the return engagement of David Javerbaum’s comedy “An Act of God.”

The First Role for Many Actors: Waiter
Broadway performers recall their days of being low thespian on the food chain.

Theater Review: ‘‘Elegy,’’ ‘‘My Mother Said I Never Should’’ and ‘‘The Suicide’’
Three plays explore foundering relationships and generational change.

Dapper as Ever, Kid Creole Dresses Up His Songs for a New Musical
The musical, at La MaMa, uses songs from Kid Creole and the Coconuts and tells an old-fashioned tale.

Yukio Ninagawa, 80, Who Directed Avant-Garde Productions of Classics, Dies
Mr. Ninagawa fused Kabuki with Western realism to mount original versions of Greek and Shakespearean tragedies in Japan, Europe and the United States.

Review: In ‘The Ruins of Civilization,’ a Bleak Future, Brightly Told
Presented by the Manhattan Theater Club, Penelope Skinner’s account of British family life in a not too distant time bears a disquieting resemblance to today.

Review: ‘1599,’ a Mini-Marathon Devoted to Shakespeare’s Work that Year
The Irondale Ensemble explores four plays that he was writing in 1599.

What’s New for Stew? A Blues Fable Told in Story and Song
In his new show, “The Total Bent,” the music is always the play, and vice versa.

Want to See ‘Hamilton’ in a City Near You? Buy a Subscription and Wait Two Years
The hit musical is about to go on the road and regional theaters see it as a way to convert the hunger for tickets into subscriptions and memberships.

Sutton Foster to Star in New Group Revival of ‘Sweet Charity’
Ms. Foster heads Off Broadway for the 1966 musical, with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and a book by Neil Simon, in the fall season.

In Central Park, Trying to Tame ‘The Taming of the Shrew’
Shakespeare’s comedy, stuffed with rather dated gender politics, will run at the Delacorte Theater with an all-female cast.

Evan Cabnet Is Named Artistic Director of LCT3
Mr. Cabnet will succeed Paige Evans as the leader of Lincoln Center Theater’s program for producing work by new artists on July 1.

Review: Rupert Everett Brings Oscar Wilde to the Stage in ‘The Judas Kiss’
David Hare’s drama shows Wilde before and after his imprisonment for homosexuality, illustrating love as a force both sacred and profane.

Review: ‘Indecent’ Revisits a Play Colliding With Broadway Mores and More
This powerful new drama by Paula Vogel sheds light on a time when history, Jewish culture and the depiction of lesbian love explosively intersected.

Review: Laura Michelle Kelly Brings Her Broadway Voice to Cabaret
This actress, known for “Finding Neverland” and “Mary Poppins,” performed pop and show tunes and occasional bold choices at Feinstein’s/54 Below.

Review: Writing to God Is One Leap of Faith in ‘City Stories’
“City Stories: Tales of Love and Magic in London,” at 59E59 Theaters, explores the hazy corners in which the laws of the universe can be bent.

Ambassador Theater Group Announces Leadership Change
The company, a leading owner of British and American theaters, said Mark Cornell would become chief executive, replacing its founders Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire.

Jennifer Hudson Leaves ‘The Color Purple’ and Revenue Dips
The show’s producers are hopeful that Ms. Hudson’s replacement, Heather Headley, will help the production rebound.

Review: ‘Material Witness’ Explores Violence Against Indigenous Women
This production at La MaMa, presented by Spiderwoman Theater and Aanmitaagzi and written by the cast, can be rowdy and playful even as it dramatizes horror.

ArtsBeat: New-York Historical Society Plans ‘Summer of Hamilton’
Over the July 4 weekend the New-York Historical Society will kick off its “Summer of Hamilton.”

Manhattan Theater Club to Bring August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ to Broadway
The nonprofit said it would bring the play, part of the American Century Cycle, to Broadway this winter.

Theater Review: Review: ‘Daphne’s Dive,’ Where Everybody Knows You’re Broke
Quiara Alegría Hudes’s ensemble drama, which opened at the Signature Theater on Sunday, sympathizes with Philadelphia waifs and strays.

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat Awards Summer Residencies
This year’s crop of musical writers includes Brian Crawley and Adam Gwon.

Arts | Connecticut: Review: ‘Art’ and ‘Red’ in Repertory at Westport Country Playhouse
The richest vein running through these two plays about painting is what they say about men and how heavily ego figures into their lives.

Arts | Long Island: Close-Up View of ‘The Night Alive’
The audience sits with the cast at an intimate production at Guild Hall of Conor McPherson’s play, with wry humor, bloody fights and philosophical musings.

Arts | New Jersey: Hard Truths About Racism in ‘White Guy on the Bus’
Upbeat suburban scenes are interrupted by travels to a different world in inner-city Philadelphia, with a deadly serious twist.

Review: ‘My Paris,’ a Portrait of Toulouse-Lautrec in Song and Dance
Bobby Steggert portrays the French painter’s bohemian days and nights in the Montmartre section of Paris.

‘Hamilton’ Takes Steps to Limit the Resale of Its Tickets
A ticket limit is being enforced — Ticketmaster canceled purchases over the cap. And those in the ticket line can no longer camp out with tents or chairs.

A Fictional Apology to Dred Scott, Born of a Real Family’s Painful Legacy
A family descendant of the man who decreed that blacks could not be citizens has written a play exploring that reviled moment in history.

Front Row: An Avant-Garde Director Sets the Stage for Hermès
The theater director Robert Wilson pulls out the stops — and pulls in a pig — for a collaboration with the French luxury-goods company.