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MADNESS MADE FLESH I've seen several performances of Edgar Allan Poe's poems and short stories over the years, but none compare to the artistry, intensity, and total immersion Stephen Smith …
RADIO-ACTIVE SATIRE (WITH SONGS) And now for something completely different. Presented for your amusement is a skillful skewering of the approach to fundraising"or, to put it more plainly, b…
In Praise of a Misjudged Misfit: Mark Brokaw and the Undeserved Fate of Cry-Baby In the wake of director Mark Brokaw's untimely passing at 65 yesterday, I find myself returning not to one of…
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE What is theatre? This was the question that popped into my head as I took my seat in the tiny TUTA Theatre space in Chicago's Ravenswood Manor neighborhood, ready to t…
THE ODYSSEY, IN ASHES AND UPHOLSTERY The chair will not move. That is how we begin. In Anna Ziegler's The Janeiad, now in a quietly astonishing production at the Old Globe, which produced Zi…
IN THIS BEAUTIFULLY MOODY MAZE, THE LINE BETWEEN ENCHANTMENT AND ENTRAPMENT BLURS I have yet to encounter an immersive theatrical experience that captivates me as deeply as a well-staged pla…
There are two standout reasons to catch Beau the Musical, the moving and musically stirring new Off-Broadway production now playing at Theatre 154"aside from the fact that its cast of eight …
CAN THIS SHOW LIVE UP TO THE MOVIE? YES, IT CAN CAN! The 2001 film Moulin Rouge told its La Bohème-like story with tremendous use of cinematography and computer animation, pulling off an ot…
QUINTUPLE THREAT NYMPHIA WIND HAS MORE THAN BANANA APPEAL I'm a bad gay. I've only seen one or two episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race out of"how many seasons now? Seventeen! But after seeing Nym…
BULLISH ON WOMEN'S EDUCATION With sharp, witty, and informative dialogue, Bryna Turner's Bull in a China Shop offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and accomplishments of Mary Wooley (L…
SOBER TRUTHS AND SLIPPERY MEMORIES IN A COMIC, CHAOTIC QUEST FOR CLARITY Alcoholism and Alzheimer's. What a combo. Sounds serious, right? They both are, of course. But in the hands of playwr…
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF CLASSICAL BALLET Founded in New York in 2000 as a means to put professional ballet dancers to work during their summer hiatuses, Chamber Dance Project, now based in…
WHEN THE ONLY TENSION IS IN THE CORSET: GASLIGHT IS ALL DIM AND NO SPARK AT PRT Patrick Hamilton's 1938 play, Gas Light (now known as Gaslight) is a melodrama which follows a young woman …
BLUE NOTE'S INAUGURAL JAZZ FESTIVAL SLAMS INTO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL Dubbed "summer's biggest party," the Hollywood Bowl has witnessed countless musical transformations since 1922, but Saturday…
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE OF RAGE As the inaugural production at the new Studio Seaview (formerly Second Stage on 43rd and 8th), Penelope Skinner's Angry Alan opened June 11 for a limited run. St…
MIC DROP IN A MINEFIELD Last night, the Lucille Lortel Theatre unveiled Duke & Roya, a luminous new work by the compelling playwright Charles Randolph-Wright. Under the graceful directio…
It's been 25 years since the debut of the tour de force play known as The Laramie Project. It's based on the 1998 brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21 year old student at the University of…
TAPS, TINSEL, AND TENACITY: KAYLA BOYE DAZZLES AS ANN MILLER Kayla Boye is a powerhouse performer whose ability to step inside the soul of her characters will astound you, beginning from her…
STANDING OVATIONS, INNER DEMONS By the time Jeffrey Seller is having sex in a gym sauna"one of the more unfiltered anecdotes in Theater Kid"it's clear this isn't your typical Broadway memoir…
OKLAHOMA! RIDES AGAIN" THIS TIME WITH DEPTH IN THE SADDLE When gay playwright Lynn Riggs wrote the rather dark Green Grow the Lilacs, his eighth play, and saw it produced in 1931, it's likel…
ABT'S GISELLE IS A TRU RENAISSANCE OF ROMANTICISM Very few ballets have made their mark like Giselle, the jewel of Romantic dance. It emerged in 1841, at the height of an era when people wer…
FROM CUBICLES TO CLARITY: A THEATRICAL GEM IN FOG CITY San Francisco's Word for Word Theatre Company, known for its singular mission of staging short stories word-for-word"narration and all"…
SEAGULL INTERRUPTED An extraordinarily well-written play"and a perfect choice for the Hollywood Fringe"Steven Dietz's 75-minute one-act, The Nina Variations, takes the final scene of Chekhov…
HOLY LAND, HOLY LAUGHS Comedy goes a lot of places, and some say a comedian can and should be able to joke about anything. But what if a comedian wants to go to Israel and the Palestinian te…
VELVET NOTES AND VINTAGE VIBES Remember when singers had velvety voices and a smooth style? Even those who don't certainly enjoyed George Young: Singin' and Swingin'Â at 54 Below on June 1…
