WE HAD A BALL Manhattan Theatre Club's We Had a World is an unconventional modern-day three-hander memory play that covers roughly 30 years. Our diarist, memoirist, and damn funny playwright…
FROM HAVANA TO BROADWAY: A SOCIAL CLUB WORTH JOINING Buena Vista Social Club is a sun-drenched, rhythm-soaked explosion of life, proving that sometimes a show just needs space to breathe"and…
WIT, WONDER AND WILD CHIMPS Embarking on a theatrical safari at the Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST), I stumbled upon a wildly witty gem tonight that rivals the most exhilarating of jungle adve…
A MENAGERIE GONE MAD"IN THE BEST WAY Boston Court has never been a company to play it safe, and John Anthony Loffredo's world premiere of Frou-Frou: A Menagerie of Sorts is no exception. Ins…
OPEN FIST'S BAT BOY SINKS ITS TEETH IN " AND DOESN'T LET GO Bat Boy: The Musical has returned to Los Angeles with a vengeance. This outrageous comedy/horror Off-Broadway musical, which or…
The Nocturne Theatre's West Side Story proves that "professional community theatre" can still hit you in the gut like a Broadway-caliber production. With a book by Arthur Laurents, music by …
I COULD'VE LOVED YOU BECAUSE Chromolume Theatre's production of I Love You Because at the Zephyr Theatre tries to charm, but struggles under the weight of a broad acting style and a perplexi…
THE MUSICAL FINN SWIMS TO TOWN HALL AFTER A STORMY SEA OF KENNEDY CENTER PIRATES TOSSED IT OVERBOARD The show they tried to sink is coming back stronger than ever. Finn, the vibrant family m…
RUMINATING ON RUMINANTS As a way to heal from recent tragedies, Alice (Erin Pineda), a big-city photographer, visits June (Virginia Newcomb), a reclusive artist on a small farm in Alabaster,…
THE SHOW WITH A BEAT TO A PULP INT. CINEVITA " NIGHT You walk in, and boom! You're hit with this electric vibe, like stepping into a Tarantino flick"one minute, you're feeling cool, the next…
WHAT PRODUCTION, FRIENDS, IS THIS? After a ship wreck, Viola and her twin, Sebastian, land on different shores, each fearing the other has perished (consider them separated at surf). And by …
FURFECT Peter Pan never grew up. Likewise Alice in Wonderland, the Hardy Boys, Freddy the Pig, Nancy Drew, or Huck Finn. It's a pity that people do: Why must grown-ups leave behind innocence…
GET READY TO ENBOY YOURSELF Jersey Boys has been around long enough that you might assume it's just another jukebox musical, cranking out hits for an easy nostalgia trip. But that's never be…
WHAT A RELIEF: OKLAHOMA! IS OK WITH VOPA The real stars of Oklahoma!, presented for two weekends only by Valley Opera and Performing Arts (VOPA) at the El Portal Theatre, are"no surprise"Ric…
ONE COULD GO ON AND ON, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE OFF Ah, Noises Off, the ever-reliable theatrical farce that's been delighting us for decades with its impeccable timing, pratfalls, and, of …
SONDHEIM MERRILY ROLLS ALONG, BUT OLD FRIENDS DOESN'T ALWAYS BOUNCE When a show is billed as a tribute to Stephen Sondheim, expectations are sky-high. His music isn't just a collection of so…
MY HEART BELONGS TO THE NY POPS The New York Pops' Let's Misbehave: The Songs of Cole Porter was filled with many of Porter's best-known songs: "Night and Day," "I Love Paris," "My Heart Bel…
STILL A WICKED GOOD TIME The stage musical Wicked is is now Broadway's fourth longest-running show"surpassing Cats; productions continue to sprout up globally in many languages; and last yea…
A deal with the devil; eternal youth, for the ultimate price. The Picture of Dorian Gray is coming to Broadway's Music Box Theatre for a strictly limited engagement 14-week engagement fo…
A LUSH, ROMANTIC JOURNEY THROUGH LOVE AND TRANSFORMATION Since Adam Karsten's arrival as Artistic Director at CV Rep, the quality and consistency of the theater's productions have improved e…
NYC PREMIERE OF RENÉ MARQUÉS' LOS SOLES TRUNCOS René Marqués' seminal work, Los Soles Truncos, stands as a cornerstone of Puerto Rican classical theater. Written in 1958, the play …
YOUR MEMORY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME With its gripping ensembles, intense partner work and evocative movement, Los Angeles Ballet's Memoryhouse tells personal and collective stories of l…
RATS AND POLITICS TOGETHER? WHO EVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING! In the wildly entertaining and mind-bending Symphony of Rats, which I had the pleasure of experiencing at REDCAT in Los Angeles la…
ARTHUR MILLER'S CLASSIC DONE TO DEATH AT THE COLONY THEATRE What cachet Arthur Miller's 1949 classic Death of a Salesman has in terms of power and artistry, nuance, subtlety and insight, is …
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) will be presenting the North American premiere of the new musical 42 Balloons. From the multi-award-winning producers Kevin McCollum (Oh, Mary!, Re…