Artist Linda Fennimore’s poster design for “Tru,” starring Robert Morse (1989).December 25, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. It’s odd that I hold one Christmas memory that is like no…

Leslye Headland has developed a following for her acclaimed Netflix series “Russian Doll” and for “The Acolyte,” the Disney Channel’s latest installment of the “Star Wars” saga. And if Cult of Lov…

Scott Avett, Seth Avett and Bob Crawford of The Avett Brothers surprised the audience at the curtain call of Swept Away for a post-show performance of “We Are Loved” and “Ain‘t No Man,” ahead o…

The main difference is the delightfully over-the-top, campy production that takes the audience into the fertile mind of Mark Morris and his artistic colleagues. The mostly black and white scenic design by Adria…

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: This unique holiday show is a musical celebration inspired by the Christmas sing-alongs that Grammy Award® winner Dan Z…

After watching the glitziest pantomime in London, I had a night out at a hilarious ‘adult’ show. It was a good reminder that you don’t need big money to deliver big laughs They call the Palladium Christma…

Olivier; Lyttelton; Dominion; Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonAt the National, Noel Streatfeild’s classic flies while Oscar Wilde’s wit is gorgeously unleashed. Elsewhere, a slavishly faithful take on Th…

The production was delayed for 15 minutes after the audience member returned from the bathroom

By Melissa Lin Sturges. The premise of the immensely popular solo show ha ha ha ha ha ha ha is simple: Julia Masli will seriously solve the audience’s problems through comedy.

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Founded by Ukrainian professional duo Solomia Gorokhivska and Andrei Pidkivka, musicians of Gerdan bring the fire and th…

On a recent visit to GMA3, All In: Comedy About Love stars Hank Azaria and Reneé Elise Goldsberry talk about the rotating cast appearing in the show and shed some light on what the audience can expect. Watch t…

Yard theatre, London The drag queen’s ho-hum ‘anti-Christmas’ show is delivered with delinquent charm and a lot of third-hand double entendres The festive season can be isolating – so here comes drag qu…

Apollo theatre, LondonThere’s plenty of festive, fact-filled fun at this kids’ show hosted by the cheery TV presenter Maddie Moate’s USP is maximum enthusiasm. She never stops smiling, as any parent who h…

‘Alone: un/tethered’ takes the audience on an immersive journey

Sadler’s Wells, LondonClaire Cunningham’s affecting solo performance is a meditation on how we find our way along unexpected paths A dance performance that credits two mountaineering consultants – now tha…

Thespians recognize continuing to rehearse is a perilous business – but they are determined to fight on In a dimly lit rehearsal room in a city under attack, Jenny Cadet raised an imaginary pistol and fired …

Julie Halston, who plays Grover’s Corners' delightfully gossipy Mrs. Soames in the current Broadway revival of Our Town, welcomed The Broadway Show behind the scenes of the production. Featured on the tour: …

NARUTO: The Symphonic Experience is coming to the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco on April 19, 2025. NARUTO: The Symphonic Experience is a live concert that brings the beloved anime to life on a grand sca…

Nottingham PlayhouseThis uplifting production feels both improvised and polished, with John Elkington’s Dame Daisy camping it up to perfection as Jack’s mother It’s not often that a latecomer to the stall…

Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonThere are spirited singalongs aplenty and fun and games with audience interaction in this warm and colourful panto – albeit not a lot of complexity or cross-generational ap…

An all new video has been released from rehearsal for the UK premiere of Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812. The song ‘Prologue’ introduces the audience to the cast of characters …

Chickenshed, LondonWith a huge cast, a somersaulting Peter and pirates crawling menacingly into the audience, Chickenshed’s reworking of JM Barrie’s Christmas staple is sheer magic JM Barrie’s tale about …

David Sedaris is proud to be gay. Not in the marching-in-the-streets-waving-placards way. He is proud of the word ‘gay’ — as opposed to any number of the homoseuxal-defining terms that he says he has been…

Lighting designer, Martin Dudley. has been artfully supporting this magical connection between UB40 and their fans on their UK tour. The owner of Martin’s Lights Ltd, Dudley is bringing the band closer to the…

Tron theatre, GlasgowThere are cursory mentions of crocodiles, clocks and boys who never grow up, but Johnny McKnight’s script charts its own course in a hilariously daft production I have seen regular produc…

Dancing with the Stars is one of the most beloved shows on Italian television, where pairs of celebrities compete in a dance contest. Each performance is meticulously planned to deliver not only the dancers’ …

While the musicians are exemplary, it is Lipton who does the heavy lifting in the show. With what amounts to a very witty hosting duty, his singing voice is one that is rich and quite comfortable in various gen…

Dance House, CardiffA lonely deer enters a world of natural wonders in this dance-theatre show for children, with spellbinding songs by Casi Wyn Never mind poor red-nosed Rudolph being called names, here’s a …

Last night, a special reading presentation of Sinatra The Musical dazzled the audience at the historic Apollo Theatre. See footage from the evening here!

O’Hara discusses encouraging complicity between the audience and the production. The post Interview: Robert O’Hara on the Provocations and Manipulations of ‘Shit. Meet. Fan.’ appeared first on Slant Mag…

Orange Tree Theatre today announces that the company will embark on a capital development project to transform both the audience and artist experience, whilst improving the overall environmental impact of the b…

When the doors open the audience enters onto a darkened stage. A woman sits on a chair facing away from the audience. She is watching, projected on a screen, the story of Agamemnon and his wife Clytemnestra tol…

Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera in “The Rink” (1984). Photo by Martha Swope.November 20, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. In 1984, Liza Minnelli co-starred with Chita Rivera through a roc…

“DRAG: the Musical” which was originally released as a concept album and had brief runs in Los Angeles in 2022 and 2024 has made its way to an off-Broadway theatre at New World Stages. The title lives up to…

Spotlighters Theatre’s production of “Deathtrap” by Ira Levin is the model balance between nail-biting suspense and hearty comedy. Director Stephen Foreman gives the audience a ‘fly on the wall’ persp…

Because this “play” relies on audience participation, Vinny DePonto selects inevitably befuddled men and women from the audience on which to demonstrate his mental prowess.

The Edinburgh Fringe smash-hit where the audience step in for the cast of The Importance of Being Earnest returns for a UK tour of nearly 30 venues

In Flower Sajza, directed by Endri Çela at the National Experimental Theater of Tirana, two women stand on the stage facing the main body of the audience. They are behind a fence of barbed wire, stuck to which…

The Director, a positive character The Critic  is a sitter on fences and neither a positive nor negative character  The Writer, a positive character The Critic’s Inner Voice, a negative character, or the v…

People have been trying to put Louis Armstrong’s life onstage ever since that master jazzman died in 1971. My BFF Phil took me to a backers’ audition for one attempt to build a musical around Armstrong back…

Director Scott Ebersold works wonders with the double-edged sword of the audience knowing full well these performances are colored by the play taking place close to 20 years ago when girls this age didn’t hav…

Factory International, ManchesterA mix of beat poetry, opera, communal screaming, TikTok and tai chi, Anderson’s state-of-the-nation work is occasionally poignant but mostly baffling Ai Weiwei is God, Elon Mu…

Review of the Saturday, November 9, 2024 matinee performance at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City. Starring Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, Katie Holmes, Billy Eugene Jones, Ephraim Sykes, Richard Thomas, …

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: The Kennedy Center joins the NeuroArts Blueprint, an initiative of the Aspen Institute and Johns Hopkins Medicine, to pr…

Review of the Saturday, November 9, 2024 evening performance at the St. James Theatre in New York City. Starring Nicole Scherzinger, Tom Francis, David Thaxton, Sydney Jones and Diego Andres Rodriguez. Music by…

Tom Block has been a leading figure in Jewish-Muslim peace-building and forensic history for over 30 years. His book, Shalom/Salaam: The Story of a Mystical Fraternity, explores Jewish-Muslim spiritual ties an…

Jesica Garrou is a passionate advocate for art as a tool for social activism. She is a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women and works with New Perspectives Theatre Company, highlighting overlooke…

Estelle Parsons as Violet Weston in “August: Osage Country” (2008).November 8, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler In New York City this week, an unseasonably warm November gave off somethin…

Like everybody in the audience, Conrad Ricamora is having a blast with Oh, Mary! The performer, who plays President Abraham Lincoln in Cole Escola's hit comedy, visited The Tonight Show on Wednesday and shared …

Music is our sorcery. The spell working creations of the notes, of the instruments. It takes us to deep places. The audience this night at the University Club of New York was transfixed. Many with closed eyes m…

The good news is that "Little House on the Ferry" is full of heart and brimming with laughs. Sook’s use of the space is commendable even if she struggles to wring a few ounces of earnestness out of the largel…

The show: “The Counter” by Meghan Kennedy at off-Broadway’s at the Laura Pels Theater in New York City. What makes it special?: I’d run to see whatever David Cromer directs. It also features Anthony Ed…

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/young-audiences/2024-2025/doktor-kaboom World Premiere Kennedy Center Commission Be amazed by the power of pressure—and what it can teach us. Equal…

Dancers and audiences are being fitted with electrode caps as part of a massive neurological study into how we respond to live performance – and the findings go far beyond what was first imagined The gel felt…

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/young-audiences/2024-2025/doktor-kaboomWorld Premiere Kennedy Center CommissionBe amazed by the power of pressure—and what it can teach us.Equal parts …

All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy, coming to Toronto's CAA Theatre this December! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning blockbuster film Titanic…

Oct 27, 2024 - Nov 24, 2024 | Sylvan Adams Theatre All aboard this new, must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning blockbuster film …

Duke of York’s theatre, LondonThe stars of Emily in Paris and Money Heist team up for a curiously flat drama mixing suspense, comedy and politics Emily in Paris star Lily Collins makes her stage debut by step…

Zoetic Stage's production of The Pillowman lives up to this modern masterpiece’s unique amalgam of a terrifying nightmare and ebon black comedy. It is built around at least a half-dozen disparate themes that …

13 Going on 30 - The Musical, a stage adaptation of the 2004 romantic comedy starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo, will have its world premiere at Manchester Opera House in fall 2025. Directed by Andy Fi…

Delaware Theatre Company teams with Charlie DelMarcelle to present the popular one-man show Every Brilliant Thing, a gentle comedy that embraces the audience in its exploration of depression and healing. Gail O…

As a new show co-created by an AI performer opens in France, industry leaders including Wayne McGregor, Tamara Rojo and Jonzi D contemplate the technology’s possibilities and perils ‘I think AI’s going to…

Join the Broadway Bradshaws as Disney Cast members Jared Bradshaw and Lindsay Northen give you the full review of Disney's new private paradise on the end of the Bahamian island Eleuthera. Disney's Lookout C…

INSIDIOUS: THE FURTHER YOU FEAR is coming to the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco from March 9–10, 2025. Brace yourself for the scare of a lifetime, as the world of Insidious jumps off the screen and int…

Her-story is being made in Echo, MD! Based on Chelsea Clinton’s book of the same name, Adventure Theatre MTC’s production of “She Persisted” takes the audience on a time-traveling adventure thro,ugh his…

By: Paulanne Simmons October 21, 2024: Nancy Harris’s The Beacon, now at the Irish Repertory Theatre, is certainly an ambitious play. In fact, the playwright juggles so many plots and subplots many in the …

At first glance, Manhattan Theatre Club’s “Vladimir,” currently at New York City Center Stage I, might receive a “what’s new” reaction from the audience. But the importance Erika Sheffer’s well-co…

Leicester Square theatre, LondonWhile her assessment of her life so far may feel a little insubstantial, there is no doubting the standup’s likability and skill with an audience Crowd work at the start of a s…

The myth of Oedipus is so central to our psychic world that I was really surprised how many people in the audience for this revival were shocked by the revelation of the protagonist’s incestuous relationship …

By: David Sheward October 19, 2024: The spring Broadway season is getting more crowded. Sadie Sink (Stranger Things, The Whale) will star in Kimberly Belflower's John Proctor Is the Villain, a new play re-ex…

The Kubuś Puppet and Actor Theater in Kielce, Poland, founded in 1955, is entering a new era of creativity with the opening of its new facility. The theater, known for captivating audiences of all ages with it…

The show: ”Our Town” by Thornton Wilder at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre. What makes it special?: The production stars Jim Parsons, best known for his TV role in the popular “The Big Bang Theory.” Bu…

They dropped to the ground, out of view for anyone sitting at the center of the audience circle, and they rippled back up again. Then, almost unexpectedly, they were in the audience. They felt close, too close.

Sadie Sink, best known for her role as Max Mayfield in Stranger Things on Netflix, will star in John Proctor is the Villain on Broadway this spring. The play, by Kimberly Belflower, will begin previews at the…

Unicorn theatre, LondonA pet marooned with his owner in a ‘place between worlds’ whispers to the audience through headphones in this skilful play for over-nines ‘We’re not in Kansas any more,” Dorothy…

  Mike Roche credits include In Uniform (dir. Joan Kane w/ Nylon Fusion Theatre Company), Arthur Miller's The Hook (Brave New World Rep dir. Claire Beckman adapted by Ron Hutchinson), Night Over Taos (INTAR…

Dave Piontkowski is an NYC based stand-up comedian who performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024 with his one man show 3 Kidneys No Colon.  Dave has performed at various clubs in and around New York…

Director Jared Mezzocchi uses the proximity of the actors to the audience to its best advantage. We don’t even question when one of our ranks is pulled out to play Young Sunny. It adds to the sense of communi…

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonTwo strategists from the US and New Labour are recruited to help win a ruthless election in a former Russian colony The New Real is bookended by scenes where an onstage chara…

Zachary Quinto is leaning into his musical theatre roots before returning to Broadway in Cult of Love. While sitting down on The Kelly Clarkson Show, he revealed that 'there's a fair amount of music' in the pla…