It would be easy for a play like “Dorian Gray” to become over-reliant on bells and whistles, but this production steers clear of retelling Wilde in an age of AI. The play’s beating heart is a ...

Kip Williams, the director of “Dorian Gray” and until recently the artistic director of the Sydney Theater Company, pioneered this technique, which he calls cinetheater, about a decade ago.

Sarah Snook in "The Picture of Dorian Gray" on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre in New York. (Marc Brenner) I guess that’s a way of making WIide’s point, but I resisted it a little.