6,591 stories from Stage and Cinema
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way… When Tolstoy wrote that line in Anna Karenina, he hadn't met the Dahls yet " that unforgettable family in Lesly…
"You not only have a right to be an individual. You have a responsibility." " Eleanor Roosevelt Laguna Playhouse has announced that Mary Roosevelt, a direct descendant of Eleanor Roosevelt, …
The holidays have faded into memory, and the bitter chill of winter days have settled in. But fear not " when the frost bites, the theatre offers warmth, and somewhere out there, a play is r…
WAKING US UP TO WOKENESS Playwright Jonathan Spector makes an impressive Broadway debut with Eureka Day, a strikingly relevant and well-crafted production that convincingly captures the comp…
THE DELOREAN IS THE ONLY THING THAT FLIES IN THIS DUMPSTER FIRE Since the release of the Stranger Things television series in 2016, the public appeal of all things '80s has left very few sto…
The full cast and creative team for the new musical Life After at CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto have been announced and tickets are now on sale at Mirvish. With book, music & lyrics …
A MAGIQUE CARPET RIDE Do you need an escape from suffocating daily life? In Bushwick, across the street from Théâtre XIV, home to the best burlesque shows in the city, artistic director …
EXCAVATING THE PAST TO SOLVE PUZZLES ABOUT THE PRESENT Family is so integral to our identity that it's difficult not to be enthralled by them. A complicated source of delight, distress, curi…
THIS TRULY IS HOLIDAY JOY Now playing this holiday season through January 5, 2025, down by The Embarcadero: The circus is in town. But not just any circus. Circus Bella, in a colorful Big To…
ACTS, REPETITIONS AND REPRESSIONS There's a new theater in town, Los Angeles, aptly named New Theater Hollywood, run by artists Calla Henkel and Max Pitegoff. I discovered it quite by accide…
WHO COULD VOSK FOR ANYTHING MORE? I can think of no better way to celebrate the holidays than at Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops' Merry and Bright, featuring Jessica Vosk (Wicked, Fi…
THERE'S A NEW GYPSY IN TOWN AND SHE'S STUNNING In the 1920s, Rose Thompson Hovick steamrolled her way through vaudeville and lived vicariously through her reluctant young daughters, Louise a…
CLASSIC STORY ENCHANTS Sonoma Arts Live captures the challenges of four sisters growing up in the late 1800s in this adaptation by Allan Knee, based on the classic novel written by Louisa Ma…
AUDRA MCDONALD GIVES US A POWERFUL MAMA ROSE BUT IS IT A SUITABLE INTERPRETATION? Gypsy is a great show. Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim wrote a justly iconic score, and Arthur Laurents' boo…
SMALLTOWN ROOTS, BIGTOWN PERFORMER Personable Kristin Chenoweth " the original Glinda in the Broadway musical Wicked " was a delight last night in L.A. This is Kristen as a regular gal from …
HOLIDAY CHEESE The Transcendence Theatre Company is based out of Sonoma County and is known for putting on live theater productions usually in the summer, often in actual wineries. They have…
39 STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION Adapted by Patrick Barlow from John Buchan's novel and Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film, The 39 Steps is a comedic thriller blending spy drama, physical comedy, a…
THERE'S A LESSON HERE: EVEN WITHOUT THE BIG PARTY, THE MESSAGE RINGS CLEAR Charles Dickens' beloved A Christmas Carol is among the holiday season's most welcome recurring theater productions…
TAP INTO JOY AT A.R.T. I felt the first chills early in Diary of a Tap Dancer. It was during an ensemble number set in the Bronx and the birth of hip hop " I got that feeling in my solar ple…
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS LIVES HAPPILY EVER AFTER Almost two hundred years ago, Hans Christian Andersen penned a quaint story about a lonesome prince in search of a woman who can prove to his mo…
YOU'LL GET A KICK OUT OF THIS Oh, no, no, no. A musical in concert of this magnitude hardly ever happens in L.A., and Anything Goes in Concert at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium is shaping up …
Karen, a young woman, is offered the chance to rescue her impoverished family from its dire straits if she agrees to become the companion of an enchanted bear for a year. Within the body of …
A TRIUMPHANT SAGA OF A VIENNESE FAMILY Shakespeare Theatre Company, in association with Huntington in Boston, is presenting at Harman Hall an epic, haunting play about loss and survival. Gra…
FEAST ON THIS! For the second year, Front Porch Arts Collective offers its Holiday Feast of staged readings of scripts from the holiday episodes of Black sitcoms of the 1970s, '80s, and '90s…
A.C.T. ASKS US TO PONDER "WHY NOT" " BUT AFTER THIS UPDATED CAROL YOU'LL BE SCREAMING "WHY?!" Last holiday season, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced that, after over 40 years,…
