YOU'LL WANT TO SEE THIS CLOVER AND CLOVER AGAIN There's a wonderful new show playing at the Cinegrill Theater at the gorgeous Hollywood Roosevelt that is not so easy to shoehorn into a simpl…
A TRIUMPHANT SAGA OF A VIENNESE FAMILY The Huntington and director Carey Perloff bring Tom Stoppard's beautifully written Leopoldstadt to Boston with engaging performances that make the comp…
A MASTER OF MUSICAL THEATER; TWENTY-SEVEN SONGS; THREE GREAT PERFORMERS; ONE TERRIFIC REVUE 3 Faces of Steve: Sondheim in Concert at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble is a revue that spans the breadt…
A BRIDGE TO GREAT THEATER Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge may be a small play physically, with a single drab set and just five significant characters. But it builds from a sympathetic…
I'D LOVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SEE It is extremely hard to translate the work of writers as ingenious and imaginative as RyÅ«nosuke Akutagawa, the father of Japanese s…
TRYING TO MAKE LIFE BETTER AT ANY COSTCO Head north to the small town of Lewiston, Idaho, and you'll discover how the town got its name. One of the town's main attractions is the Lewis and C…
THE WAY SHE WERE Envisioning a Barbra Streisand concert, one pictures $1000 seats at the Dolby for a show where every word has been discussed, rehearsed, and teleprompted. By contrast, at El…
THE GREATEST PRODUCTION YOU'LL EVER SEE OF A PERPLEXING MUSICAL If you ever want to see Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy, Writers Theatre is the place to see it. I …
DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE PLOT, AND YOU'LL HAVE A BLAST In 1973, a rock musical called The Rocky Horror Show opened in London and ran until 1980 as other productions of the show blossomed t…
I'VE GOT SOME GREAT NEWS TO CHER The Cher Show, a new musical that follows Broadway's continuous trend of capitalizing on rockstar jukebox bio-musicals like MJ The Musical and Tina The Tina …
ENJOYABLE, BUT WHO IS THE AUDIENCE FOR THE AUDIENCE? The Audience at Drury Lane Theatre is a slightly stuffy drama best suited for audience members who are very interested in British poli…
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED Take a look at the highly decorated diorama just before you go upstairs to the Henry Murray Theatre for one of the most exciting world premieres you will ever se…
STAR-CROSSED … AND TOSSED Think of The 7 Fingers (Les 7 doigts de la main) as a mini Cirque du Soleil performing onstage instead of in a ring under a Big Tent. This Montreal-based circus t…
UNIVERSAL, YES, BUT ALSO ESOTERIC Who's to say what constitutes a monumental event " something as vast as a meteor shower versus the provincial act of trying to go home again? This is the un…
GRANDMA'S A BADASS It's Grandma Maria Porkalob Sr.'s 60th birthday party, she's living in her son's mother-in-law basement and he's just given her a karaoke machine as her birthday present. …
FOR THE ROOMMATE, IT'S ULTIMATELY ABOUT THE CASTMATES Take a big dose of Grace and Frankie, add a bit of Arsenic and Old Lace, and top it off with the magnificent Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone…
ALL ABOARD FOR MURDEROUS FUN Agatha Christie fans rejoice! There is a new Christie adventure in a terrific production at The Old Globe, a novel/play hybrid of one of the Dame's most popular …
RESPLENDENT ISLAND Sri Lanka is the epitome of a tropical paradise with golden sand beaches and luxurious palm trees, regal elephants and sexy leopards, the Pearl of the Indian Ocean once kn…
TRIUMPH OF THE WILL I love how the press notes for A Noise Within's stupendous revival of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth noted a quote from original director Elia Kazan: "I overh…
PLAYWRIGHT MARTIN CRIMP HAS A NOSE FOR UPDATES Martin Crimp's Cyrano at the Pasadena Playhouse is nothing short of theatrical alchemy. This bold reimagining of Edmond Rostand's beloved class…
College theater is an excellent way for students to be creative, connect with people, and build various skills. So, for the extroverts who love to be in the spotlight, those who love to work…
AN AUTHENTIC 70S NEW YORK DISCO EXPERIENCE FROM DUSK TO DAWN On Saturday September 7, 2024, live entertainment and hospitality trailblazer Spiegelworld and Caesars Entertainment hosted a dus…
HOT PATOOTIE, BLESS MY SOUL, I REALLY LOVE THAT ROCKY SHOW The first shock for some readers may be that there was no typo omitting the word "Picture" before "Show" in the title. Before a…
ABSINTHE I FELL FOR YOU For a most salacious evening of "adult" delights, head on over to Absinthe at Caesar's Palace which is surely the #1 Greatest Show in Las Vegas history (it has pla…
BRIDGING FAMILY DYNAMICS IN THIS CLASSIC North Coast Rep's next offering, A View from the Bridge, a landmark drama from 1955, takes on new relevance today. Opening tonight, September 11, and…