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A ROCKIN' REVIVAL OF WEST SIDE STORY AT MARRIOTT Fans of musical theater in general and West Side Story in particular should thoroughly enjoy the Marriott Theatre revival. The production off…
GROUNDHOG DAY DOES NOT BEAR REPEATING The Paramount Theatre has a well deserved reputation for presenting classy productions of musicals that approach Broadway caliber. That certainly can be…
NOT QUITE A ROYAL REIGN FOR QUEEN OF THE NIGHT After over 750 plus days dark, Victory Gardens Theater is mounting its first new production of their mainstage season and of the year. Queen…
A PRAYER GRANTED FOR THE THEATER "Exquisite" is probably a devalued and over-used descriptive at this point is our society. However, Manhattan Theater Club's current production of Prayer for…
THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY celebrates Black History Month with an encore stream presentation of THIS BITTER EARTH, written by Harrison David Rivers and directed by Gregg T. Daniel. Recorded li…
REDEMPTION ON REPEAT, BUT IT'S TOUGH TO GET THROUGH THIS SCORE ONCE When it comes to timing, the Paramount Theater has absolutely nailed the opening date of its latest large-scale musical. G…
EVITA: SURPRISINGLY GOOD FOR YOU Evita at the Drury Lane Theatre is a prime example of a revival that preserves the virtues of the original musical while injecting enhancements that should r…
SISTERS DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES I cannot think of a better way to celebrate the beginning of Black History Month than with the musical musings and distinguished divas now honored at the Merc…
BEAT IT, NAYSAYERS; THIS SHOW WANTS TO BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN' The new Broadway musical at the Neil Simon Theatre far exceeds a mere revue of Michael Jackson's iconic music and performance cho…
A SHAKESPEAREAN WESTERN MUSICAL? DON'T WORRY, IT MEASURES UP Love Shakespeare? Great. Hate Shakespeare? No problem. North Coast Rep's Desperate Measures may be based on the Bard's Measure fo…
YOU REALLY CAN'T STOP THE BEAT There was some major foot stomping, shoulder shimmying and hip swaying happening downtown last night, despite a major snowstorm that dumped half a foot of snow…
WHAT WILL YOU TALK ABOUT? Red high-heeled shoes? Professional drag queens? Repetitive pop music? Overcoming homophobia? Yeah, the new-ish musical Everybody's Talking About Jaime sounds a lot…
SIMPLY SUBLIME What a wonderful way to kick off Black History Month in the Windy City. The Goodman Theatre is revisiting a thoroughly engaging production of August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean.…
THE PHYSICS OF ATTRACTION If this totally non-physicist reviewer understands what he is reading " the Uncertainty Principle launched by renowned physicist Werner Heisenberg, roughly state…
RELENTLESS: A BOLD DEBUT As the snow falls, a fire is currently smoldering centerstage at Theater Wit. This slow-burning ember is better known as the World Premiere, Relentless. Playwright T…
THE SECRET IS OUT: COUNCIL IS A WINNER The First Folio Theatre has come up with an unexpected winner in David Rice's world premiere adaptation of Agatha Christie's light novel of internation…
FIREFLIES SHINES BRIGHT AT NORTHLIGHT Fireflies at the Northlight Theater takes audiences back to the fraught year of 1963 in the Deep South, where racial tensions burn hot, as black people …
FIREFLIES FAILS TO TAKE FLIGHT The old adage, behind every great man is an even greater woman, has never been truer than in the new play, Fireflies, now being staged at the North Shore Cente…
A GREAT CREW OF ACTORS BRING THIS SKELETON TO LIFE There is a family onstage in Dominique Morisseau's expertly crafted new play Skeleton Crew, which had its Broadway opening at the Samuel J.…
Broadway Stars Perform Musical Theatre Hits in Malibu Featuring the best songs from the current New York City theatre season and sung by Broadway stars with a live band, On Broadway is an un…
THIS WRONG IS OH SO RIGHT Broadway in Chicago's gamble is absolutely the right play at the right time. Staged in the intimate setting of the Broadway Playhouse Theatre, this Broadway and Lon…
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Suites from Three of His Best-Loved Musicals: Evita, The Phantom of the Opera, and Sunset Boulevard Recorded at the Newly Restored Theatre RoyalDrury Lane with an 81…
As part of its 20th Anniversary season, Hell in a Handbag is presenting a revival of its popular comedy The Drag Seed, an unauthorized parody of the 1956 psychological horror-thriller …
NEW PLAY BY BERNARDO CUBRÃA COMES TO THE ROAD The Road Theatre Company returns to live performances with three plays performing in repertory, beginning and re-opening with the world premi…
Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. is presenting a revised version of the much-loved musical Catch Me If You Can, directed by Molly Smith. It will run March 4 " April 17, 2022, i…
