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DEATH BECOMES HIM In 2016, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's Bright Star introduced a sound I'd never heard on Broadway"a blend of Americana and bluegrass so distinct it felt like a new music…
When There's A Second Knock On The Door: Love and Lockup in Furlough's Paradise In Furlough's Paradise, a. k. payne has crafted something that moves like a whisper but hits like a reckoning.…
HUMANS, BEST BE ON YOUR AVANT-GARDE The Employees, originally produced at Studio Teatrgaleria in Warsaw, is a visionary performance and installation work by Polish-born artist, writer and di…
A Stunning Dissection of Family, Politics, and the Conservative Mythos CV Rep's Other Desert Cities is nothing short of revelatory. John Robin Baitz's lacerating family drama, set in a chic …
A BITTER TRUTH WRAPPED IN A SWEET TITLE Fresh Ink's absorbing production of Sugar, by playwright Tara Moses, is anything but saccharine. Under the sure direction of Audrey Seraphin, Sugar is…
BRAVURA BELTING, BONDING, AND BONHOMIE A double dose of old-school star power, show biz history, and charisma radiated through the showroom at 54 Below, fondly received and encouraged by a c…
August Wilson's Two Trains Running takes place in 1969 in the working-class Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now on at American Conservatory Theater, it's part of Wilson's famous "…
A BARE-BONES BOBBY IN BROOKLYN: A COMPANY THAT GHOSTS THE GOODS IS STILL ABOUT BEING ALIVE A revival of a show featuring the smart songs by the late Stephen Sondheim is sure to draw interest…
DONNA MCKECHNIE TAKES US INTO SONDHEIM'S WORLD It may be impossible NOT to be charmed by the mega-vivacious, sunny-spirited, endearing veteran Donna McKechnie. Her smile and talent light up …
A MEANINGFUL MUSICAL WHERE IDENTITY, ART, AND SILENCE COLLIDE IN 1996 PENNSYLVANIA The title might suggest a classical drama"perhaps something Shakespearean or starchy"but Keen Company's lat…
LOVE AND CHANGE, SONOMA STYLE Dating and mating get fully examined and fully skewered in I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change at Sonoma Arts Live in downtown Sonoma, through May 4. Ably he…
GRACE, GRIOTS AND GOODIE BAGS The Baobab tree is an imposing, if unconventional, tree that grows in Africa along the Zambesi River. Also known as The Tree of Life, it seems to rise from the …
Joy, love, passion and some heartbreak overflowed at Revolution Stage Company this past Monday as Broadway veterans and best friends Craig Ramsay and Catherine Wreford kicked off a multi-cit…
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Walking into the New York Irish Center in Long Island City for the first time to see a show feels a bit like stumbling into a well-kept secret; it's an intimate gathering…
SWEETLY PLAYFUL TREATMENT OF A COMPLICATED PLOT The prolific author Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was the creator of 66 novels, 14 volumes of short stories and 20 plays, ten of which have been…
The Inmates are Easy to Like in Palm Canyon's Cuckoo's Nest Upon entering Palm Canyon Theatre, one first sees the onstage set for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Designer J. W. Layne has cr…
HORRORSÂ IN THE ROUND Little Shop of Horrors, based on the 1960 science-fiction film by Roger Corman, opened off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre in Manhattan's East Village on July 27, 198…
JUDGING THE BOOK OF GRACE BY ITS (VERY IMPRESSIVE) COVER The Chicago Premiere of The Book of Grace at Steppenwolf Theatre is an expertly executed production of an underwhelming family drama.…
FALSE WITNESS HAS NOT CHANGED An ear-splitting blast from a punk-rock band opens this thought-provoking glimpse into an ancient event. Playwrights Ellice Stevens and Billy Barrett pieced tog…
AN ABSURDIST ROMP INTO MODERN LOVE AND MADNESS Desert Ensemble Theater presents Christopher Durang's hilarious comedy, Beyond Therapy, through April 27. The play is an exploration of neur…
NOTHING HAPPENS. EVERYTHING HURTS. If you're a fan of Annie Baker"whose plays of quiet revelatory naturalism include The Flick, Circle Mirror Transformation, John, and my personal favorite, …
NOT A FALSE NOTE IN DEZART PERFORMS' WONDERFUL PRODUCTION William Finn and James Lapine's two-act musical Falsettos follows Marvin (Tim Ewing), an appealing, brainy, anxious, obsessive, weal…
ONE MAN. 60 MINUTES OF DISASTER. EVERYTHING FAILS MAGNIFICENTLY! Ron Campbell is a clown all right. This is apparent from his first pratfall, which occurs about eleven seconds into his show,…
CYRANO GETS A CONFUSING NOSE JOB Why anyone involved in Los Altos Stage Company's current production of Cyrano thought it would be a good idea to make Cyrano a woman"and without the trademar…
Palo Alto Players' Jersey Boys Finds the Beat, Even When the Staging Stumbles Opening night at Palo Alto Players' Jersey Boys had the Lucie Stern audience itching to jump out of their seats …
