AMERICA, ORCHESTRATED Bernstein and Gershwin soar, Renée Fleming enchants, and even the Virginia wildlife gets into the act Saturday night’s National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) concert at W…
OUT OF THE CLOSET, OUT OF THE ARCHIVES Silenced after two performances in 1922, a remarkably progressive Dutch drama finally receives its U.S. premiere A play that scandalized Rotterdam in 1…
GOOD GRIEF, SHE’S BACK Sara Bareilles opens the studio door for an intimate look at the music, friendships, and emotions behind her first album in seven years Sara Bareilles hasn’t made …
CAT COHEN HAS A STROKE! …OF COMIC GENIUS She turns a terrifying brush with mortality into a deliriously funny celebration of vanity, glamour and making absolutely everything about herself …
HOOK, LINE AND SINGER For the 50th anniversary of Norman Maclean’s beloved story, the river runs all the way to the opera stage “There was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.…
WIGGING OUT WITH THE ORIGINAL HEDWIG Celebrating a quarter-century of the film with screenings, songs, and stories Twenty-five years after Hedwig and the Angry Inch hit movie screens in a bl…
HOME SWEET HOME-ICIDE Joseph Kesselring’s dark comedy classic still delivers its lethal dose of laughs Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic and Old Lace, now revived by Coronado Playhouse, was a …
SOMEWHERE IN PALM SPRINGS Broadway’s original Maria and the film’s Bernardo reunite to share two sides of West Side Story history George Chakiris and Carol Lawrence share an unusual piec…
DYING TO BREAK THE CYCLE Three generations speak across time in a harrowing, beautifully orchestrated exploration of trauma and inheritance To a theatre-lover, going to a first production fr…
10 THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT THIS ALREADY The popular teen comedy heads to Broadway with Carly Rae Jepsen supplying the tunes Padua High is back in session. 10 Things I Hate About You, the 1999 t…
MANGA À TROIS Duncan Sheik and Leah Nanako Winkler turn Moyoco Anno’s provocative graphic novel into an Off-Broadway musical A manga set in early 20th-century Paris is about to become an …
BEFORE SHE WAS MRS. DALLOWAY A beautifully written and well-performed prequel imagines the summer when Clarissa Perry begins choosing a life of her own Our first look at Dalloway: First Love…
HAVE YOURSELF A BLUE LITTLE CHRISTMAS The silent trio returns to Chicago with its first holiday show and an unconventional take on seasonal cheer Blue Man Group has spent decades turning pai…
DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE WORLD OF TECH An inventive immersive experience turns startup culture into an office you may not want to leave Starting a new job can be stressful, but lucki…
WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS An ambitious, sometimes mesmerizing meditation on catastrophe takes big risks— and occasionally loses its footing Years ago, I argued with a friend over whether Cor…
THE HIGH PRICE OF HIGH RETURNS A smart, timely dark comedy asks what happens when the pursuit of profit starts costing more than money Bay Area theatergoers need to act fast to see San Franc…
WINDOWS NEEDS MORE SPIT AND POLISH An appealing young cast can’t overcome a world-premiere script that remains frustratingly unformed On a couch in a small apartment sits a sullen young wo…
FIVE WEEKS, FIVE WAYS TO KEEP THE BEAT From Rollins and Coltrane to Powell and Monk, Steve Smith turns a Birdland residency into a tour through jazz history Drummer Steve Smith is settling i…
A WINTER’S TALE FOR ALL SEASONS Raúl Esparza anchors a spirited, grandly theatrical production of one of Shakespeare’s trickier plays Let’s face it, fellas, who among us hasn’t had …
SOUND AND FURY, SIGNIFYING PLENTY A sound artist steps out of the booth with a powerful, deeply personal work that, in production, may be better heard than seen Over five thousand shows: tha…
A VIEW FROM THE INSIDE An intriguing drama keeps climbing but never quite reaches the heights it promises The New York premiere of The Vessel by Brendan George combines nonfiction with ficti…
SINK YOUR TEETH INTO THIS A gloriously excessive spectacle eventually falls victim to an overdose of songs The Nocturne Theatre in Glendale is quickly becoming one of my favorite venues in t…
NOW IS THE WINTER OF OUR CONTENT Shakespeare’s unruly tragicomedy gets a splendid Central Park outing powered by a remarkable cast Do not surrender to the city heat: after the opening prod…
A WOMAN UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Wendy Wasserstein’s political comedy remains disturbingly current nearly three decades after its Broadway premiere How fitting that La Femme Theatre Production…
GREASE STILL HAS ITS GROOVE Altadena Music Theatre returns after devastating loss with Rydell High, right on schedule The year is 1959. Rock and roll is reshaping American culture, the Sexua…