LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO MACK & MABEL Rare, fully staged and choreographed presentation comes to El Portal with a 40-member cast and an 18-piece orchestra, Feb. 16-18, 2024 Some of the most…
ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE'S ULYSSES, A WORLD PREMIERE, IS PART OF SUMMERSCAPE 2024 AT FISHER CENTER (JUNE 20 " AUGUST 18, 2024) Elevator Repair Service (ERS) has mastered the art of staging mo…
WIG SNATCHED! 1998 QUEERGENDER MUSICAL STILL SLAYS IN 2024 In the pantheon of (so-called) rock musicals, Hedwig and the Angry Inch holds a distinct and unparalleled position, merging raw ene…
THIS TOO TOO SOLID HAMLET RESOLVES ITSELF INTO A HIT It must be the Season of different takes on the Bard in New York; Greg Mullavey is appearing in a shortened King Lear, and Patrick Page's…
SANDWICHING GOOD STORYTELLING BETWEEN TWO SLICES OF COMEDY Remember Linda Lavin's old TV sit-com Alice? And her co-waitresses: the sassy Flo ("Kiss my grits!") and the ditzy Vera at the truc…
RITE ON! As part of an international tour, the weekend-long dance program that opened at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Thursday " an extra-added night due to ticket demand " gave us a tas…
WHAT THE PHO IS GOING ON? Pho (pronounced in 2 sounds, sliding up at the end: fo/É™, like your saying "fur" with a strong New York accent) is a Vietnamese soup dish consisting of broth, r…
A mysterious coming-of-age story that focuses on women's sexuality, written and directed by two talented artists like Rachel Bonds and Danya Taymor, was unquestionably the reason I wan…
YOU MIGHT WANNA MISS THIS TRAIN Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 psychological film noir thriller Strangers on a Train, which he directed and produced to mixed reviews, was based on the 1950 novel…
Mint Theater Company will continue its hybrid programming of live performances along with the FREE on-demand streaming of acclaimed previous productions. Beginning Monday February 19, 2024 (…
A SHOW THAT SENDS OUT AN S.O.S. Set to 28 songs of pop icon Sting, newly arranged and recorded with Beverley Knight and Lynval Golding (of The Specials), Sadler's Wells Associate Artist K…
SOLIDARITY FOREVER The workshop reading of Food Tank's Little Peasants at The Burren Backroom, a venue known more for Irish, Bluegrass, Appalachian, Roots, Jazz, and Blues than theater, is a…
ANN HEARN TOBOLOWSKY RAISES THE TEMPERATURE ON LOS ANGELES THEATER I have been following the work of extraordinary director Ann Hearn Tobolowsky at Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills for quite some…
KING LEAR, KING LEAR Gregory Mullavey stars in the Frog + Peach Theatre Company's production of Shakespeare's King Lear through Feb. 18, 2024. Mr. Mullavey performs the iconic tragic charact…
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED WHEN BROADWAY WAS HIRED BY A TOILET COMPANY A few years back I discovered a fascinating theatrical vehicle referred to as the "industrial musical." These were musicals…
THE ACTORS' GANG PRESENTS YBOR CITY, A HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL NEW PLAY Ybor City tells the story of overworked Cuban cigar factory immigrants in 1931, who find themselves inspired by the spiri…
World premiere of Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D. Hunter and directed by Joe Mantello The Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Micah Stock, John Drea and Meighan Gerachis. June 13 " July 21, 2024Â in…
A TASTY SLICE OF 80s NOSTALGIA In the ever-evolving landscape of film-to-stage musical adaptations, the latest entrant Mystic Pizza emerges as a charming addition. Based on the eponymous 198…
ALIVE AND KICKING: MADDOW AND ZIMET AT PAC/NYC New York City, 1947: Julian Beck and Judith Molina found The Living Theatre, the oldest experimental group in the United States, giving life, w…
FROM NOTORIOUS TO VICTORIOUS Michelle Azar vividly invokes the spirit of famed jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Rupert Holmes's one-woman show All Things Equal. As implied in the play's subtitl…
CULT OF LOVE TAKES YOU FROM "HO, HO, HO" TO "HOLY CHRIST!" The Dysfunctional Family, whether in a comedy or drama, is a staple of storytelling, from The Bible and Shakespeare to Netflix. We …
TINY LITTLE TOWN OPENS WITH A BANG, BUT GETS CORRUPTED BY INCOHESIVE STYLES Theatre Movement Bazaar's Tiny Little Town, a new musical comedy now playing at the Broadwater Main Stage, starts …
LEARNING ENGLISH IN IRAN IS TOUGH, BUT THIS PLAY WILL BE YOUR BAG, DAD Years ago, I ran a teambuilding class using improv games for an I.T. group. Despite the diversity of heritage and a…
PURE PLEASURE Acclaimed vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant brought nothing but pleasure to Sanders Theater in Cambridge last night, courtesy of Celebrity Series of Boston. From the moment she …
IRELAND'S GENTRY IS DISINTEGRATING IN FRIEL'S ARISTOCRATS, BUT SO IS THE DRAMA The mid-19th century, with its changing class dynamics, marked the decline of the power of aristocracy in Europ…