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Prague’s Letni Letna shows that circus, once dismissed as lowbrow entertainment, can be as potent as any performance genre.

In Young Jean Lee’s play, with choreography by Faye Driscoll, dance is a way for characters to repair relationships and communicate with one another.

“Have a Nice Day,” a play by Mr. Crystal and Quinton Peeples, will be read by Mr. Crystal, Annette Bening and Kevin Kline, Oct. 7-8, courtesy of Audible.

For more than 30 years, the British troupe Forced Entertainment has been challenging audiences to imagine bigger. And sit longer.

“The True” gives the “Nurse Jackie” star a rip-roaring role: An Albany power broker who may have had more than a professional relationship with the mayor.

The sci-fi musical set in the halls of a high school will open in March at the Lyceum Theater.

A Broadway stalwart (“Elephant Man,” “Wicked”), she also appeared in all three versions of “The Odd Couple” (stage, film and TV) as a giggly neighbor.

Ms. Yee won the outstanding new American play award for “Cambodian Rock Band,” and Ms. Backhaus’s “India Pale Ale” won promising new American play.

With a new album of Abba covers, a Broadway musical about her life and a no-holds-barred take on her career, the 72-year-old pop icon is as outspoken as ever.