THE THINGS THEY CARRIED The fourth episode in Mfoniso Udofia's ambitious nine-episode Ufot Family Cycle, Her Portmanteau, takes us deeper into the fascinating story of a very specific Nigeri…
THE NAKED TRUTH In Amour, Acide et Noix, Canadian choreographer Daniel Léveillé presents a stark and unflinching meditation on the human form"one that reduces dance to its most essential c…
GRINS, GOWNS, AND GRIT: A WINNING SMILE SASHAYS BACK ONSTAGE In the year 1919, the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway featured an ode to female finery as a bevy of beauties graced the stage to the…
IT DON'T GET MUCH CORNIER" AND THAT'S THE POINT In Shucked, the jokes fly fast as exploding kernels of popcorn in this Tony-award winning musical comedy"part Brigadoon, part Music Man, and w…
The Martha Graham Dance Company is back at The Joyce for its 99th season with a new dance concert titled Dances of the Mind, featuring 11 works across three programs through April 13, 2025. …
THE NONPAREIL NONAGENARIAN REMAINS A NON-STOP WHIRLWIND OF TALENT There's a problem with singer Marilyn Maye's appearances. And it's this: For reviewers, all the positive adjectives have bee…
A RIOTOUS ROMP Audiences are often drawn to a theatre by curiosity when an unknown play opens, particularly when the description is "The sacred, the profane, and side-splitting hilarity unit…
Teenagers these days are out of control. They eat like pigs, they are disrespectful of adults, they interrupt and contradict their parents, and they terrorize their teachers. " Aristotle Whe…
A rare and exhilarating theatrical event is unfolding at American Conservatory Theater's Strand Theater: Suzy Eddie Izzard's one-person performance of Hamlet. This is no ordinary production.…
With just two actors onstage for 90 minutes, The Heart Sellers relies entirely on the chemistry, charisma, and emotional intelligence of its performers"and in TheatreWorks's production, Nico…
MR. GREENSPAN, PARTY OF FOUR Here's a one-of-a-kind, one-person, one-act play in which one man plays four women"simultaneously"without ever leaving the stage. Three (sometimes all four) of t…
Brecht once said, "In the dark times, will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing. About the dark times." This must have been the inspiration for A Mother, a truly amusing collect…
GOING WRONG NEVER FELT SO RIGHT Like any great farce, the success of The Play That Goes Wrong depends on the utmost precision and skill of the actors, crew, and design team to make everythin…
EXIR, PURSUED BY MOVEMENT THAT CUTS DEEP Jealousy doesn't sneak in. It bursts. You can see it take hold of Leontes the second doubt flickers behind his eyes. His body folds in. Hands clutch …
TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE…AND FUNNY Now playing at San Francisco Playhouse, Fat Ham is James Ijames' Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony-nominated riff on Hamlet"but this is no brooding royal …
LIFE IS LIKE A CARTON OF EGGS; YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET UNTIL YOU CRACK ONE OPEN How do we cope with the loss of control in a crisis? Imagine two couples (one from Manhattan, …
HERE'S THE SCOOP ON BOOP! ENDEARINGLY CUTE, ASTUTE AND A HOOT Some things are meant to last. Cartoon character Betty Boop has been around for 95 years and has been rejuvenated"as youthful, s…
A SLICE OF LIFE WITH LAYERS OF ISSUES The Bent, Coachella Valley's main theatre geared towards the queer community, is currently running The Cake, playwright Bekah Brunstetter's take on the …
FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN Last night, Revolution Stage Company presented Cindy Marinangel's in her one woman show, Dietrich. Â Inspired by the legendary Marlene Dietrich, this is a captivating…
A BEAUTIFULLY SHABBY, STARKLY HUMAN TRIUMPH From the moment the house opens, Shakespeare Theatre Company's Uncle Vanya, directed by Simon Godwin and starring Hugh Bonneville, signals that…
A SPIRITED REVIVAL WITH DEPTH AND DISSONANCE Eighty years after Carousel had its final pre-Broadway preview at Boston's Colonial Theatre, Boston Lyric Opera revives Rodgers and Hammerstein's…
HIGH NOTES AND HARD KNOCKS: SHOWSTOPPER CHARTS THE SONGBOOK OF SURVIVAL Singer songwriter Gary Stockdale has a loyal but eclectic fan base. His long-term devotees date back to legendary TV p…
MURDER BY MANGO Ricardo Pérez González's Don't Eat the Mangos"a tragicomedy brimming with revelation, rage, and retribution"transforms the Calderwood stage into a site of reckoning. Dire…
In an era dominated by the convenience of streaming platforms, where movies, TV shows, and even live events are just a click away, the question arises: Can classic theater still hold its gro…
I CAN'T CAVE ENOUGH In 1917, Kentucky cave explorer Floyd Collins discovered Crystal Cave. Located in the same area as Mammoth Cave"the longest cave system known in the world"the site operat…