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By AARON KRAUSE A small, dark statue of a woman rests among the items in Jacob Brown's realistic set design for Main Street Players' (MSP) shining professional production of Lauren Gunderson…
This sterling production of a flawed play announces to the theatergoing public that Tin Drum"which was launched only last year"is a company worth watching.
The production, starring Rich's close friend Patricia Clarkson, transferred to Broadway that same season. Over the next three and a half decades ...
"The music is a zany mashup of classic Broadway, Renaissance style, and tongue-in-cheek parody," says Trask. The show has several full-chorus ...
To give tribute this great American playwright, who died on July 4 at the age of 67, we assembled a party of colleagues, friends, and admirers.
A friend and colleague remembers the director as a private but passionate man who treated new plays like classics, and classics like new plays.
Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results.
An Up-and-Coming Cabaret Star Looks at Life, Love, Lust, and Everything Else That Happens Under the Covers "As tempting as it is, please refrain from opening your dating apps during this sho…
Steven Suskin has been reviewing theater and music since 1999 for Variety, Playbill, the Huffington Post, and elsewhere. He has written 17 books ...
★★★★☆ Playwright Ken Ludwig finds literary delight in the family attic
The post Dear Jack, Dear Louise: WWII Love Letters, with Wit and Charm appeared first on …
Dan Hoyle Amazes, Embodying Citizens Across America by Corey Finnegan & Barry David Horwitz Well, it's time to enjoy a new gaggle of folks that Dan Hoyle has met, interviewed, and recrea…
Tom Stoppard's classic evocation of Victorian golden age Oxford stars Simon Russell Beale
Can men really love each other " without sex? Or, to put it another way, how many different forms of…
Writing for The New Yorker, she was both admired and feared, wielding a sometimes merciless pen. Her study of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers drew accolades.
Members of the dramaturg/activist's chosen family remember her lifelong commitment to theatre, politics, and the art of friendship.
Noel Coward Elevates Savvy Maid in Devilish Comedy by Joseph Mutti & Barry David Horwitz Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels" presents us with two self-involved, flamboyantly dressed flappers w…
By SHARON EBERSON For those of you who give jukebox musicals a general thumb’s down, even you might find yourself giving a high five to & Juliet. Star-crossed though they may seem, i…
Remy Bumppo's "Dear Elizabeth" is a superb example of historical fiction and a fitting celebration of two prolific artists.
It's a play that negates itself, and the feeling it leaves behind isn't catharsis, but rather frustration.
A WITCH'S BREW WHICH EFFECTS HOPE AT HALLOWEEN There's a play about the Salem witch trials playing in Chicago, and amazingly it's not Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Sarah Ruhl wanted a turn a…
From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Morgan James and Ellyn Marie Marsh present 'Gettin Peggy Wit It'! Peggy took time out of her busy schedule to check in with six green girls of Broadway…
Kevin Barry's Stories, Brilliantly Staged"A Must See! by Mary Lou Herlihy Hilarious Irish characters mine a deep well of humor and humanity in all three of Kevin Barry's short stories. Melan…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe Mash Report comedian's material on middle age is sharp but it's her political musical numbers that really hit home
If life begins at 40, where does that l…
"Do you want to play a game? " Lucy (Madison Ferris) asks Alfonso as soon as she spots him, without even so much as a hello. "It'll be fun, trust me." "A stranger who says I should tru…
