169 stories from Pages on Stages
Death Becomes Her " 29 April 2024 Death Becomes Her is a show that didn't work for me, but I'm having a hard time explaining why. The design elements were flawless and beautiful. Each act…
Dead Outlaw " 30 April 2025 I applaud Dead Outlaw for being one of the few Broadway shows with genuinely original content, a fully original score, and no need for a television/movie star to …
Real Women Have Curves " 25 April 2025 Real Women Have Curves was speaking my language from the moment I entered the theatre and saw the gorgeous mural that set the tone for story that, l…
Pirates! The Penzance Musical " 09 April 2025 Roundabout Theater Company's swashbuckling re-setting of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance in New Orleans, Louisiana is the v…
Manhatten Mayhem by David Rothenberg, review written 25 April 2025 David Rothenberg's new memoir, Manhattan Mayhem, is an intelligent, beautiful look at a lifetime of memories (and fictio…
Hold Me in the Water " 17 April 2025 Since I first saw Ryan J. Haddad present a preliminary reading of Dark Disabled Stories in Damrosch Park (and waited around afterwards to shake his…
minor.ity " 19 April 2025 minor.ity begins with a Senegalese storyteller (Ato Essanndoh) inviting the audience into a tale he's going to tell. He pulls back the curtain to a modern-day story…
Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. " 12 April 2025 The Public Theater's presentation of four of Caryl Churchill's short works carefully curated into one production baring all of their names …
Featured Production: Othello " 6 April 2025 Stunt casting has been a part of Broadway for generations, and this 2024-2025 season is no exception. On the surface, it seems like a good idea. I…
Old Friends " 10 April 2025 As theatre revues go, Old Friends is absolutely unique in a number of ways. The most distinct (and most amazing) is that it's not just a couple of talented …
He Said, She Says " 07 April 2025 Many transgender people, especially those who transition later in life, like to glamorize their medical transitions as a way of finding peace and comfort th…
Becoming Eve " 05 April 2025 The degree to which I saw myself in Becoming Eve was overwhelming. The powerful weight of Jewish tradition that seemingly hindered Chava (Tommy Dorfman)'s abilit…
Boop! The Musical " 29 March 2025 The most interesting and exciting thing about Boop! The Musical is the devotion and commitment to creating a black-and-white cartoon world that is just as i…
The Threepenny Opera " 03 April 2025 Twenty-first century theatre, especially of late, primarily comes in two forms: safe and edgy. But it's a very specific definition of "edgy", which has b…
The Picture of Dorian Gray " 28 March 2025 The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Sarah Snook as all 26 roles appearing in this production makes brilliant use of a combination of live and prere…
Amerikin " 27 March 2025 There's a strong push from civil rights advocates to acknowledge that everyone is human and therefore equal. Right from the get-go, Amerikin challenges this notion b…
POTUS " 22 March 2025 POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive at City Gate Productions utilized a talented cast of diverse women to shatter the glas…
The Trojans " 20 March 2025 The Trojan horse of The Trojans by Leegrid Stevens as produced by Loading Dock Theatre was hiding a very dark and depressing reality inside a fun, enjoyable exper…
I have a deep admiration and respect for BASHEVIS'S DEMONS for not only bridging gaps between spoken Yiddish and the modern world, but also for reaching back into the theatre canon to bridge…
