Helen Shaw

Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece, “Sunday in the Park With George,” contains a song capable of making order out of mayhem. Listen to hear how he did it.

A co-founder of Pig Iron Theater Company, known for its surreal productions, he also gave energetic performances as his alter ego, Martha Graham Cracker.

Our chief theater critic looks at this year’s nominees and makes some predictions (and recommendations).

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

Lea Michele, Adrien Brody and other boldface names were left out, while June Squibb, André De Shields and Layton Williams as an iceberg were among the surprises.