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IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S THE KING OF MUSICALS OR NOT; IT'S THE KING OF EXPERIENCES Endearing heroes and villains. Shakespeare and ancient myth. Coherent storytelling. Anthropomorphic j…
DANCE OF DESPAIR AND DESIRE Sir Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet, which made its North American premiere at the Ahmanson last night, is a bonafide hit, redefining this classic ballet (based…
A TOOTHLESS POTUS Seven women propping up one man at The White House " that's the premise behind Selena Fillinger's POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to K…
A KINGDOM DIVIDED Sam (Uly Schlesinger) is a bright, articulate and sincere young man. But he is also nervous, sensitive and bitter. In fact, he has recently attempted suicide. Actress Ruby …
ALTERNATIVE FACTS This past weekend Desert Ensemble Theater kicked off 2024 with The Lifespan of a Fact, a poignant and funny play by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Jordan Farrell. Based…
THE JOINT IS, INDEED, JUMPIN' The musical revue Ain't Misbehavin' is a sizzling celebration of Fats Waller's music " songs that he made famous in a career that ranged from uptown clubs to do…
BILLIE'S LIFE WASN'T NO HOLIDAY The title actually says a lot. When a star as bright as Billie Holiday, the sultry jazz singer whose career lasted from 1929 to 1958, is performing at a bar a…
A MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING Â "When the curtain is down, and it's three minutes before the show, what're you wishing for?" playwright John Kolvenbach wondered as he wrote Stand Up If You're…
LET'S RAISE OUR GLASSES AND CHEER DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES There is an old Irish proverb that goes "A man takes a drink, the drink takes a drink, the drink takes the man." Based on a JP Miller…
A CASE FOR SEEING THIS PLAY Toward the end of A Case for the Existence of God (named Best Play of the 21"22 Season by the New York Drama Critics' Circle), I tried to recall what I had learne…
KOOZA RETURNS TO THE CITY OF ITS 2007 U.S. PREMIERE Circuses since the 19th century conjure up images of clowns, fire eaters, men walking on stilts and lion tamers with jungle felines jumpin…
A MATTRESS THAT REVIVES AND RENEWS When Encores! announced Once Upon a Mattress as part of their season's concert series reviving American musicals, my first thought: Does this nutty chestnu…
DUBLIN YOUR PLEASURE WITH GOOD DRAMA AND COMEDY With a somewhat-forgettable title and a rather vague plot summary on the website, one walks into Outside Mullingar not quite sure what they ar…
Cabaret was and remains one of the boldest and most innovative experiments in the history of musical theater, a ravishing work that has neither lost its power nor its pertinence no matter…
HEART AND SOL A man perambulates around the stage, sunlight dancing on his bare chest or back, depending which way he faces. Then, the sun disappears, and in the plain, unnuanced light, …
HEARTBREAK AND HILARITY IN FULL DISPLAY Palm Canyon Theater has launched into 2024 with a revival of Del Shores' uproarious and heartfelt Sordid Lives. The playwright himself introduced the …
While I'm wrecked that Harmony is closing on Broadway February 5, 2024 after only 96 performances, the music, fortunately, still lives on with the Original Cast recording from Ghostlight Rec…
Directed by Obie-winner Chay Yew, the world-premiere of BATHHOUSE.PPTX by Jesús I. Valles is coming to The Flea March 19-April 22, 2024. BATHHOUSE.PPTX is an epic new play that foll…
ADVANCE WARNING: THIS CABARET WILL BE THE HOTTEST TICKET ON BROADWAY I saw this production in London, so prepare yourself for the most emotionally raw production of Cabaret you will ever see…
While films such as The Beekeeper, Mean Girls, and Wonka are currently showing in theaters, this week will see several fantastic releases arrive on streaming services. These titles include t…
THIS SHOW ISN'T A CRIME, BUT IT SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE PUNISHMENT Following his return from a decade in exile in Siberia as a dissenter against the Romanov order, Fyodor Dostoevsky intended hi…
Playwright, fiction writer, director, and immersive experience creator for weird, fantastical artistic ventures Chelsea Sutton has always had a very unique sense of humor. Hearing of her …
ANDREA GORDON'S NEW PLAY IS A DIAMOND In Andrea Gordon's lovely and engaging play Miriam and Esther Go to the Diamond District " which opened last Friday at Magic Theatre " two estran…
WHAT A GREAT SHOW CAN MEAN TO YOU Dezart Performs kicked off 2024 this past Friday with a compelling production of Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me. When I saw the direct-fr…
OFFBEAT AND OFF TRACK In the often-unpredictable world of theatrical comedy, Kate Berlant's Kate promised to be a groundbreaking foray into the realm of absurdist humor. Yet, in its executio…
