SWEET, CHARMING, AND BRIMMING WITH LIFE, HELLO, DOLLY! IS MUSICAL COMEDY HEAVEN It's always extraordinary to hear a live orchestra in a musical these days " a rare and exhilarating luxury th…
BLOOD AND GORE HAVE NEVER BEEN SO MUCH FUN " OR TUNEFUL This Halloween season has seemed to be unusually focused on horror movies so it came as a welcome relief for Revolution Stages to prod…
THE BRIDGE FROM THE GREAT WHITE WAY TO TINSELTOWN AND BACK AGAIN The New York Pops' concert From Stage to Screen at Carnegie Hall promised a night of crossover magic last Friday"songs that l…
TOWERING TALENT ELEVATES A MUSICAL AS SCHIZOPHRENIC AS JEKYLL & HYDE THEMSELVES Next up for Halloween, and my second gothic horror in as many days, is Kokandy Productions' presentation o…
SPOOKY CHARM MEETS UNEVEN MATERIAL The Addams Family: The Musical invites audiences into the delightfully macabre world of America's favorite gothic household " and while the show itself can…
The spotlight dims, curtains rise, and behind the scenes, artificial intelligence orchestrates a revolution in theatrical production. While audiences experience the timeless magic of live pe…
When Travel Meets Emotion In the arts, emotion is what connects the performer to the audience. In travel, it's what connects the traveler to the experience. There's a certain poetic parallel…
WHEN INTROSPECTION FLATLINES: DAVID ROUSSEVE'S BECOMING DADDY AF IS MORE LIKE WTF After more than twenty years away from full-length solo work, choreographer and storyteller David Roussève …
STRATEGIC LOVE PLAY SHOULD COME WITH A WARNING As the old love adage goes: Boy meets Girl, Girl interrogates Boy, Boy tries to leave unsuccessfully, Girl and Boy reconvene… oh, wait, this …
WITH DISCO, DRAG AND DESERT DRAMA, PRISCILLA GLITTERS AT PALM CANYON THEATRE The Palm Canyon Theatre's production of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a glittery, high-octane joyride packed …
ST. SEBASTIAN PLAYERS HONORS SHIRLEY JACKSON'S EERIE INTELLECT There are more than a few reasons to head over to Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood and catch the St. Sebastian Player's (SSP…
People, especially oppressed people, need martyrs. And Jews, although now considered part of the white establishment by some, have been oppressed for centuries. They have found their martyr …
CLOTHES MIGHT MAKE THE MAN, BUT NOT THIS SHOW Costumes were essential to the success of superstar Cher. She and her singing partner and husband Sonny Bono first burst on the music scene in t…
A Bite Out of Minimalism: Timothy Griffin's imaginative adaptation turns Stoker's most chilling chapter into a voyage of dread, myth, and mind In 1897, Bram Stoker published a gothic horror …
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO SEE A BETTER PRODUCTION OF THIS EVERGREEN MUSICAL. JUST BRING SOME CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM. How do you solve a problem like the schmaltz in The Sound of Music? Or even, how d…
THANKS TO ANTAEUS, CYMBELINE RIDES AGAIN Who knew Cymbeline could gallop? Director Nike Doukas's new staging at Antaeus Theatre Company turns one of Shakespeare's most notoriously unwieldy p…
ROXIE'S BACK IN TOWN! MY KIND OF PLAY, CHICAGO IS In Jazz Age Chicago, 1924 to be precise, Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner were tried and subsequently acquitted of murder. A young Tribune re…
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA OFFERS UNITY THROUGH AN ABSURDIST GROUP THERAPY SESSION I had no idea what I was walking into when I drove out to the Pasadena Playhouse (more than an hour's drive durin…
Angelin Preljocaj has carved out a daring niche in the dance world, fusing classical ballet with contemporary flair to invent a unique, bold alphabet of movements. Now, the US premiere of Ba…
LOVE IN UNEXPECTED PLACES Two women, from quite different backgrounds, meet in Boston in 1968, a time and a place where ancient grudges and present-day conflicts seem sure to keep them apart…
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF ETTA JAMES? MUSE/IQUE SCHOOLS US IN SOUL Presented by MUSE/IQUE at The Huntington Library and The Skirball MUSE/IQUE's concerts have never been simple performances; th…
The Bent Theatre Company Tackles " and Conquers " Part 2 of Matthew Lopez's Epic The Inheritance This past May, Palm Springs' LGBTQ+ company The Bent Theatre staged The Inheritance, Part 1 a…
A revolution without an end game misses the mark, but only by this much. Babes With Blades, a theatre company that uses stage combat to create striking, thought-provoking theatre, presents a…
A REVOLUTION LOST IN THE (BEAUTIFUL) NOISE Revolution(s) is the first Owen Theatre production of Goodman's centennial celebration. With a book by Zayd Ayers Dohrn and music and lyrics by mul…
A KNOCKOUT OF CONSCIENCE NOW BECOMES A STREAM OF CONSCIENCE Stage and Cinema called the visceral and relevant Broadway hit Punch "a knockout of conscience." Now, Manhattan Theatre Club is gi…