HIGH FIVE Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years is contextually brilliant: it is a two-character musical that starts at the end of a five year relationship for the woman, but at the be…
I WANT TO SEE MORE DEAD PEOPLE Who doesn't love a good ghost story? Jared Mezzocchi (Russian Troll Farm, my favorite theater stream of the COVID era) brings an Amityville Horror-esque, tr…
COME JOIN THE CIRCUS AS A METAPHOR FOR LIFE It's here! The world premiere of a new opera by Philip Glass which will take place on Malmö Opera's main stage with live music to a live audience…
AS AMERICAN AS LEMON CHICKEN PIE Girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl! Wazzup? So, listen, I saw the craziest thing the other night. No, not THAT thing. That's old news. No, it's this kinda performance art me…
Streaming for free through June 30, 2021, is Artists Repertory Theatre's five-part, four-hour audio drama Magellanica on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Sticher, and where you find podcasts. Mag…
NORTHLIGHT THEATRE ANNOUNCES ITS 2021-22 SEASON SONGS FOR NOBODIES By Joanna Murray-Smith Directed by Rob Lindley Music Direction by Andra Velis Simon Featuring Bethany Thomas September 23 "…
ENCORE STREAMING OF WORLD PREMIERE PLAY THE LINE BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND THROUGH JUNE 21, 2021 The Public Theater's The Line, written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen and directed…
I've known about Brian Copland's work for years, but didn't get a chance to see the Bay Area performer until the virtual presentation of his solo show The Jewelry Box, easily one of the most…
CENTER THEATRE GROUP'S 54th SEASON AT THE AHMANSON THEATRE TO BEGIN NOVEMBER 30, 2021 Ahmanson Theatre Will Have Been Dark For 20 Months While it's a shame that Diane Paulus's new revision o…
CELEBRATING SONDHEIM While we were all prepared to celebrate Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthday in 2020, and all of his accomplishments up until then, along comes COVID, which not only shut do…
Tickets now on sale for Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2021|22 Season Call 312-827-5600 or visit lyricopera.org Here are the shows: NEW PRODUCTION Verdi MACBETH Sung in Italian with projected E…
Broadway's podcast, The Fabulous Invalid, has released a fabulous episode, a thoroughly entertaining tribute celebrating Broadway and dance legend, Ann Reinking in We Got Annie: Ann Reink…
AN OPERATIC OASIS WHERE ANYTHING IS DONE TO KEEP LOVE SAFE Lost souls are found, love is rekindled, and secrets are exposed at a mysterious motor lodge in the American West. There's an extra…
The electrifying and seminal musical play Melvin Van Peebles' Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death will return to Broadway for the very first time since its 1971 premiere production. …
Broadway-Bound THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, with music by Sir Elton John (Disney's The Lion King, Billy Elliot), lyrics by Shaina Taub (Twelfth Night at the Public Theatre), and book by Paul…
Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre hosts the World Premiere of TENNESSEE RISING: THE DAWN OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, a solo play written and performed by Jacob Storms. Directed by Alan Cumm…
YOU BETTER TWERK IT It's a little too soon to present Broadway Bares live this year, but ain't we lucky for that? From the front porch to the kitchen, the bedroom to the backyard, this year'…
SERVE. SET. MATCH. WINNER. Finally! A virtual theater production that actually feels like I'm in a theater. Not only that, but Writers' production of Anna Ziegler's The Last Match is intuiti…
WAKE UP CALL "Unfortunately, there's a corpse in this trunk." Coming from spit&vigor, Sara Fellini's dark new comedy The Wake of Dorcas Kelly brings the audience front and center as a gr…
WHAT A WONDER [Editor's Note: Just after we published Marc Wheeler's glowing review of A Noise Within's production of Alice in Wonderland, the theater had to go dark due to COVID. Fortunatel…
GOODS AND READY Family. Waste. Refugees. Class. Climate Change. All these and more fly off today's headlines, but like a genie in a magic lamp, playwright Lauren Ferebee has fit them all " a…
URSULA Written, Directed & Performed by Frida Espinosa-Müller Watch On-demand for FREE starting May 20th at 6:30 PM PST / 8:30 PM CT Ursula tells the story of seven-year-old Nadia, w…
Two West Coast premieres, one Southern California premiere and one World Premiere highlight an engaging, eclectic 2021-2022 seven-play series at North Coast Repertory Theatre, now celebratin…
Pacific Opera Project (POP) announces its next installment of revolutionary, pandemic-safe productions, the west coast premiere of Georges Bizet's rarely performed comedic opera Don…
What You Need to Know About Different Types of Theater Stages Since ancient times, people have enjoyed gathering together and hearing stories. That later developed into theatrical performanc…