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War, time and death are hauntingly explored in the eerie high-tech performance piece "Remnant," a company project by Theater Mitu. It's based on interviews with a cross section of people tha…
"Be More Chill" is an impressive musical version of Ned Vizzini's cult novel. Not only does it reproduce the plot on stage, it also gives it a high tech look that dramatizes the story where …
With Tony nominations for "Rocky," "On the Twentieth Century" and "Groundhog Day," 44-year-old Andy Karl's charisma and considerable talents have been well demonstrated. In "Pretty Woman: Th…
After intermission, German-born and now San Francisco based conductor Christian Reif led the International Contemporary Ensemble together with Quince Vocal Ensemble (Amanda DeBoer Bartlett/s…
What's missing from the nondescript music is originality, soul or spirit, and the same can be said about the book. Under the guidance of director James Will McBride, the cast, however, featu…
The clever invention is that each of them has a best friend who only they can see and hear: Neurosis (Brennan Caldwell) is Frank's best buddy, a more cautious, nervous version of Frank, and …
Presented by NAATCO (National Asian American Theatre Company), it has a virtually all-Asian excellent cast of sixteen, several of whom play roles of opposite genders. Creatively conceived by…
Spirited, tuneful and fabulously performed but lacking a strong plot, the silly "R.R.R.E.D." might have made for a lively hour-long cabaret show. However, as a full-length musical, it's a ti…
If the show plays like it was written by a committee, in fact, it has been. The book is by producer/ writer Ken Davenport and The Grundleshotz who turn out to be a group of performers and wr…
Comedian/monologist Mike Birbiglia, best known for "Sleepwalk with Me," has the remarkable knack of finding humor in autobiographical crises that shouldn't be funny but in his hands are upro…
The Sarasota Ballet, under the direction of Iain Webb, a former leading dancer with the Royal Ballet, has, to the benefit of the dance world, been collecting works by the British master chor…
Though there are recurring references to Woody Allen and more specifically to "Annie Hall" during the 90-minute piece, "Less Than 50%" bears as much resemblance to that Oscar-winning film as…
Gambling, palace intrigue and poetry abounds in playwright Jonathan Leaf's imaginative and engrossing historical drama "Pushkin." In the course of two acts and numerous scenes, the eventful …
Shaina Taub's joyful and sunny updated musical version of Shakespeare's comedy, "Twelfth Night," is back in a full production courtesy of Free Shakespeare in the Park and Public Works which …
Given how physically playful the brothers are with each other--and with their father--"Straight White Men" is that rare play that even has a credited choreographer, Faye Driscoll. In additio…
Translated into English from the Swedish by Charlotte Barslund, Ms. Langseth's trite sexual obsession scenario is reminiscent of the novels of Patricia Highsmith and the French thriller film…
Under Michael Mayer's fast-paced direction, "Head Over Heels" starts badly and busily but eventually slows down to a delightful Elizabethan parody on love and gender. While not all of The Go…
Along with its twists and turns, Bohjalian's "Grounded" is so fully explored that it is hard to believe that it is a first play. On the long wait on the runway at Kennedy Airport for a fligh…
That renowned man of the theater Austin Pendleton's concept to adapt and combine portions of William Shakespeare's "Henry VI, Part 3" with Richard III is intriguing and textually successful.…
"This Ain't No Disco" is a compressed, zany look at the years in the 1970s that Studio 54 ruled the social whirl of New York City, complete with debauchery, drugs, loud music, semi-nudity an…
Gardley makes use of a little known piece of American history: while Louisiana was under Spanish and later French rule, it had a three-tiered racial system. Aside from white settlers and bla…
It's easy to see why MOMIX is one of the most popular dance troupes in the world. Beauty, strength, ingenuity combine in often ingenious choreography. A generous program of short wor…
The plays in Summer Shorts 2018 - Festival of New American Short Plays have often had a theme running through all the offerings in one evening, however they were concealed or obscured. This …
Today’s column will be focusing on theatrical rights. The first rule in the theater, for anyone contemplating presenting a play: make sure you have the right to present the work. That …
Having added the 200-seat indoor Touchstone Theatre in 2009 to the outdoor Hill Theater with a capacity of 1,089, the season which began on June 14 now runs until November 18. It currently s…
