PERICLES AT CLASSIC STAGE: A CLASSIC STAGING OF PERICLES Pericles by William Shakespeare is not a drama. Or comedy. It's a Romance. A lovely romance that touches upon incest, forced prostitu…
The studio cast recording of Well-Behaved Women by composer and lyricist Carmel Dean is a contemporary theatrical song cycle celebrating historic women who fought to make their voic…
BAKING UP SOMETHING GOOD AT WILDSONG Come on, Wildsong. You're only two seasons old, in a tiny theater, have mostly young company players, and are on a ridiculously small budget. There's no …
"In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest." ― William Penn Itamar Moses (The Band's Visit) is a playwright we should all be listening to. His new pl…
SEASONS OF LOVE A PRODUCTION OF LOVE Founded in 2007, Berkeley Playhouse is known for its youth programs and summer theater camps for Bay Area youth. Classic family friendly shows such as Pe…
JELLY'S JAM IS JAMMIN' THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW Jelly Roll Morton was born Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe in New Orleans. Both his parents traced their Creole ancestry four generations back to …
THE HUNT IS ON, BRUTAL AND UNMISSABLE The Jungle. Volcano. Life & Times of Michael K. In the last year alone, the venerable St. Ann's Warehouse has hosted stunning theater from around th…
The Center for Fiction, a 200-year-old literary nonprofit that has created an immersive home for readers and writers in downtown Brooklyn, and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the nati…
CAN THIS MARRIAGE BE SAVED? The creative and absorbing world premiere of P. Carl's Becoming a Man at A.R.T. brings the joys and challenges of gender transition for one person and those who l…
FOR THOSE WHO THINK "RESCUE ME" AT JUKEBOX MUSICALS, "I KNOW A PLACE" WHERE A NEW 60s MUSICAL WILL CHANGE THAT "When you're alone, and life is making you lonely, you can always go downtown,"…
AN EDENIC PRODUCTION AT LINCOLN CENTER Full disclosure, I'd never heard of Stephen Schwartz's 1991 musical Children of Eden before seeing this one-night only, concert performance at Lincoln …
REIMAGINING THE REIMAGINED AT PRIDEARTS Four young female prep school students, tired of going through the usual drill of conjugating Latin and other tedious school routines, decide to vary …
YOUR GOLDEN TICKET TO HIGH ADVENTURE …AND HIGH TEA What could entice a typical New Yorker to get up fairly early on a Saturday or Sunday morning and make the trip to a narrow side street i…
GULPING FOR BREATH BETWEEN TWO-HUNDRED LAUGHS What a unique, congenial, brilliantly imaginative show! You will laugh for a very long time and, if you are a European descendant, you will feel…
FUNNY FIVE SENDS-UP SIX To the worldwide fanbase of the Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss's Six, fear not " the new Off-Broadway parody Five pays loving homage to the girl-power musical sensation th…
A STICKY SCRIPT Bees, those often annoying little creatures who have a knack for showing up at just the right time to ruin any number of outdoor activities, serve an important function. Name…
AN EYE-OPENER Prior to Next to Normal at Round House Theatre a giant, obtrusive woman's eye projected onto the back wall (projections by Nicholas Hussong) stares and blinks out at the aud…
MCPHERSON EXPLOITS DYLAN IN GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Girl from the North Country is one of those shows that sounds promising in the abstract: a musical incorporating songs by Bob Dylan. W…
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE POWER Kimberly Belflower's riveting John Proctor is the Villain, which had its world-premiere at Studio Theatre in D.C. in 2022, opened last night at The Huntington. It…
HOW I WISH MARILYN MONROE WAS MY MOM In Luke Yankee's Marilyn, Mom & Me, the playwright-director takes the audience on a ruminative journey based on the complex relationship with his mot…
SEEING FIDDLER AGAIN AND AGAIN IS A GREAT TRADITION It's no surprise that this 1964 triumph " with an irresistible book by Joseph Stein and unimprovable songs by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harni…
In today's digital age, advancements in technology are reshaping the landscape of entertainment, revolutionising the way we engage with cinema, gaming, and theatre. From the intricacies of f…
ALL THAT JAZZ AND MORE The national tour of Chicago at the San Diego Civic Theater " now through Sunday " reaffirms what generations of theater fans have recognized. This musical ranks among…
Festival 2024 includes seven world premieres, a spectacular summer musical, and modern masterpieces. Here are the 2024 productions Priority booking for Friends of Chichester Festival Theatre…
WARRIOR THEATER It's the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, and one of the best ways to celebrate it is seeing a classic Chinese epic. The Pan Asian Repertory Theatre is pre…