New York Times - Theater

Here are some of the brilliant moments our writers can’t shake from this year’s batch of Tony-nominated productions.

Inspired by the popular film series, the play has already run in Britain and in four U.S. cities. It arrives in New York in August after a Boston stop.The play, billed as a modern ghost story, had its first American stop in Chicago last fall.

A genre of plays has emerged in which the characters and events are real — even when the dialogue isn’t.The actors and plays defining this new genre include Mark Rosenblatt’s “Giant,” now on Broadway, featuring John Lithgow (right) as Roald Dahl and Aya Cash as Jessie Stone.

Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian and Bowen Yang have all signed on as co-producers of Broadway shows. Our theater reporter Michael Paulson explains why.

Breaking down the choreographic allusions in “Schmigadoon” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” two gotta-dance, Tony-nominated shows.