On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27 from 1:30 to 3:30, National Jewish Theater Foundation President Arnold Mittelman will interview creators of current NYC shows Harmon…
THE HOUR HAS COME The Trinity Theatre in Mission Valley is currently presenting a too-brief revival of A. G. Gurney's comedy-drama The Cocktail Hour. The show originally debuted in 1988 at S…
GOOD TROUBLE Â Trouble in Mind, the first full-length play written and directed by Alice Childress premiered off-Broadway in 1955, yet nearly everyone who encounters this play is astonishe…
DEAD MEAT There is a notion floating around that critics get pleasure from bashing shows. I can't speak for everyone, but it's been my experience that most reviewers love the theater. Person…
KNOWING WHICH IS WITCH The word "crucible" has two very different meanings. One is a pot in which substances are heated to high temperatures. Another is a situation in which people are sever…
The death of childhood is the beginning of poetry. " Andrei Tarkovsky "This is a children's show," informed the Krymov Lab NYC stage manager after showing us where we could hang up our coats…
ECLIPSING NORMALITY: THE DARK ORBIT OF STEVE YOCKEY'S MERCURY Steve Yockey's work in the theatre world undeniably polarizes audiences, eliciting fervent admiration from some and equally pass…
It's hard to compose for modern musicals and not fall for pop-tunes or Sondheim's classic songs to be safe; Theatre is made of trials and errors, you keep reworking ingredients until you get…
EVERY BRILLIANT PLAY Now playing at Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek through Jan. 28 is the fantastic one-man show Every Brilliant Thing. Written by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Dona…
MY KIND OF SHOW, CHICAGO IS Coming to the San Diego Civic Theatre is the National Tour of the 1996 revival of Chicago, now the longest-running revival in Broadway history, and the second …
IS LOVE REALLY ALL YOU NEED? "Love" appears three times in the title of this three-act play, and there are three separate time periods and settings, all of which are directed with solid, ass…
A SWEEPING MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN WHO CHANGED ART AND CULTURE FOREVER Lempicka, the musical about the Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka, will begin performances at Broadway's Longacre Th…
WICKED GOOD THEATER Patrick Page was exposed to Shakespeare as a toddler in the mid-sixties; since then he seems to have been deeply feeling, researching, analyzing and performing every word…
A VALENTINE'S CABARET WITH MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES PERFORMING SONGS OF PASSION Join the Troubies, masters of musical mirth, for an hour-long, family-friendly, song-filled sojourn with classic…
The Nosebleed, the Obie Award-Winning Show from Playwright and Director Aya Ogawa now on national tour The Walker, Minneapolis (Jan. 25-27); REDCAT in L.A. (West Coast Premiere Feb. 1-3, …
Outdoor cinema, with its unique charm and communal atmosphere, offers an unforgettable experience for movie enthusiasts. The allure of watching a film under the open sky, surrounded by natur…
MONSTER MOURNING, HOME OF FRIENDSHIP Weena Pauly and Katie Workum aim to highlight the essence of their friendship in a minimalistic form of postmodern dance-theatre. Like children fol…
Easily one of the best Broadway productions ever, the revival of Parade, winner of the 2023 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical and Grammy Award nominee for Best Musical Theat…
THE THREADS THAT BREAK The African-American playwright Lynn Nottage sits atop the honor role of American playwrights from the first two decades of the 21st century " she has written a dozen …
AZNAVOUR IS YOUNG AGAIN Charles Aznavour hoped to be still singing before audiences on his 100th birthday. Unfortunately, he died in 2018 at the age of 94. But Jules Grison is celebrating Az…
"ARE WE SAFE?" In a world that foolishly brought back authoritarian regimes and fascist rhetoric, as if they didn't do enough damage to humanity in the past, it is always wise to keep histor…
AVENUE Q GETS AN A+ Avenue Q, the delightful musical comedy which affectionately lampoons Sesame Street, opened last night to a packed house at Revolution Stage Company, and it's a non-st…
Written, directed and choreographed by Luke Murphy from Ireland, Volcano " at St. Anne's Warehouse as part of Under the Radar Festival " is a dance/theatre production you will not forget. No…
I WISH I COULD SAY "NO BAD NEWS" BUT… The large opening night audience at the San Diego Civic Theatre last night seemed to be having a good time watching the the musical revival of The Wiz…
DEAD OUTLAW A NEW MUSICAL FROM THE TONY AWARD®-WINNING TEAM BEHIND THE BAND'S VISIT Elmer McCurdy was an ambitious, turn-of-the-20th-century outlaw whose death at the hands of a Wester…