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SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET WHAT YOU WANT I have been in a foul mood for the past several days, looking for ways to smash the patriarchy, cursing the unseasonably warm and dry November in my soul …
SURE, LET SILCON VALLEY DO ITS JOB WITH THE GOVERNMENT " WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Along with The Other Americans, Arena Stage is offering yet another world premiere. A highly relevant corporate …
SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY CYCLE OF SHOWS How appropriate! I thought, as I stood in the August Wilson Lobby of the Huntington Theatre last night. I was about to see Sojourners, t…
SEEN THROUGH A LATINO CONTEXT, THE OTHER AMERICANS IS A UNIVERSAL GLIMPSE INTO FAMLY TRAUMA The world premiere of John Leguizamo's newest endeavor, The Other Americans, directed by Ruben San…
MISSA BRAVOS The Limón Dance Company celebrates its 78th season at the Joyce Theater with an epic program that reflects José Limón's humanist aesthetic: Limón's The Traito…
GREAT F. SCOTT! Elevator Repair Service's justifiably heralded Gatz returns to The Public, opening tonight for a final New York City encore, and it's congenial, unforgettable theater. …
TIME I'LL NEVER GET BACK Any time I see a show that truly knocks it out of the park, it fills me with so much joy to be able to review it. Nothing quite compares to the transcendent experien…
DRAGON LADY ROARS AT CENTER REP Sara Porkalob's solo tribute to her grandmother is both an astounding theatrical event and a master class in storytelling. Part biography, part autobiograp…
This November 22 and 24 at the W. E. Scott Theatre in the Fort Worth Cultural District, Fort Worth Opera presents its season-opening production: Mark Adamo's operatic adaptation of beloved l…
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE'S RADIANT PERICLES All the indicators promised that it'd be special: after a 30-year lull, England's Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) e…
On Sunday, November 10, 2024, Boston Lyric Opera's one-performance-only of Giuseppe Verdi's triumphal masterpiece Aida precedes the return of its annual fundraiser that supports access throu…
MEMORIES OF CHERISHED TIMES As we age and our memories fade away, certain items from our lifetime can trigger both happy and unpleasant memories, making us feel in the moment without worryin…
The devil's voice is sweet to hear. " Stephen King, from the novel Needful Things Steppenwolf's production of Leroy and Lucy by Ngozi Anyanwu is a seductive and life-affirming reimagining of…
OOH LA LA FORÂ LA CAGE AUX FOLLES With songs by the incomparable Jerry Herman, bookwriter Harvey Fierstein once again broke ground after his Torch Song Trilogy with La Cage aux Folles. It …
HOT DOGS! Red Theater's Take on Speed Eating is a Fast and Furious Glimpse into the Fascinating Sometimes you need to head in a different direction to uncover life's true hidden treasures. T…
There's an eponymous and ominous presence onstage at New York City Center Stage I. You can't see him. But his evil, autocratic and tyrannical nature permeates every scene in Erika Sheffer's …
THE WALLIS HOSTS EXTRAORDINARY THEATER Handspring Puppet Company (War Horse) joins Cape Town's Baxter Theatre to bring Life & Times of Michael K to the Bram Goldsmith Theater at Th…
NOW, THERE'S OH SO MUCH MORE TO DESIRE Since struggle for power among the classes is one of the main themes in Tennessee Williams' still-shocking A Streetcar Named Desire, it makes perfect s…
THE SKOOBY ON HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THIS BUSH, OR SKOOBY DON'T GO? DEPENDS ON YOUR TASTE Hell in a Handbag Productions' world premiere of The Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don't Gang: The Myst…
TIED TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS OF A SILLY MELODRAMA, OR CUTE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR Popular during the Victorian era in England, a melodrama is a sensationally overly dramatic piece with lots of co…
ABT'S NEW NARRATIVE BALLET MAY NOT BE A CRIME, BUT IT SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE PUNISHMENT Last night, October 30th, at Koch Theater, American Ballet Theater presented its world premiere of Helen…
A RUFUS CONVERT During Rufus Wainwright's homey, intimate concert last night at the packed 500-seat theater at The Wallis in Beverly Hills, he chuckled that he didn't really want to do A Ruf…
GET READY TO BE INSPIRED Music By John Williams, an all-new documentary on the life and career of the legendary composer, will have a limited theatrical release, but beginning Friday, the El…
L'Chaim. "To Life" indeed. There's a ton of it, not to mention humor, sorrow and wisdom in the 1964 Stein/Harnick/Bock musical triumph, Fiddler on the Roof, which opens soon at La Mirada The…
INCIDENT AT NORTH COAST REP IS ANOTHER IN A LINE OF HITS THAT NEED NO HELP Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a nostalgic domestic comedy drama now on view in an illuminating and high…
