We Are the Tigers by Darryl Reilly

The show’s talented mastermind is Preston Max Allen. Mr. Allen’s rollicking score is a pounding collection of catchy pop and showtune melodies matched with sharp lyrics. Allen’s well-c…

Darren Sylvester: Carve a Future, Devour Everything, Become Something by Arts Review

From a pulsating coloured dance floor based on an Yves Saint Laurent makeup range, to a chaise lounge upholstered in cheeseburger wrapping, more than 70 of Darren Sylvester’s works will be…

Tartuffe, National Theatre review - morality-heavy version of the comedy classic by Heather Neill

★★ TARTUFFE, NATIONAL THEATRE Morality-heavy version of the comedy classic Brexit provides an unwelcome motor for John Donnelly's Molière-with-a-twist Here's a recipe for a successful N…

Jo Porter appointed CEO of The Queen Victoria Women’s Centre by Arts Review

The Queen Victoria Women’s Centre Trust has announce the appointment of Jo Porter as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). “As Chair of the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre Trust, I am v…

Fiddler on the Roof: A Tradition Goes Back to the Future by Jesse Oxfeld

★★★★ This old-fashioned reinvention of the shtetl classic takes on new relevance in the mother tongue The post Fiddler on the Roof: A Tradition Goes Back to the Future appeared first…

Fiddler on the Roof: A New Tradition by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Nothing is lost in translation in the heart-wrenching Yiddish-language tale of Tevye, his daughters, and the tiny town of Anatevka The post Fiddler on the Roof: A New Tradition …

Weekend Picks: Chekhov like you haven’t seen before, L.A. Opera’s ‘The Loser’ and more by Matt Cooper

Weekend picks for the final weekend of February include Christiane Jatahy’s theater-meets-film work titles “What if They Went to Moscow?” and David Lang’s one-man opera, “The Loser…

TimesTalks: Ken Jeong by Timestalks

Medea: Kaddish for the Children by Arts Review

Footscray Community Arts Centre (FCAC) and Tashmadada, in association with the Jewish Museum Australia presents the world premiere of Medea: Kaddish for the Children from 28 February as part…

Good Morning, Viet Mom grows beyond the Fringe by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Tales of boyhood from immigrants’ son benefit considerably from more ambitious presentation at Toronto’s Aki Studio.

The Queen should totally steer clear of this Princess Diana musical by Michael Riedel

Princess Diana may have stolen the show at Buckingham Palace, but it’s Queen Elizabeth II who’s stealing “Diana,” the new musical that started previews this week at San Diego’s La …

New South Wales: Australia’s new festival-free zone by Arts Review

The NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, is creating confusion and uncertainty for any festival or community event organiser as well as millions of audience members across NSW by rejecting sensi…

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Rupert Everett is taking big steppes by winning title part of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Thanks to the benevolence of producers Jonathan Church and Danny Moar, Everett will get his chance to take the title part in Anton Chekhov’s great comedy.

Theater Review: LIGHTS OUT: NAT “KING” COLE (Geffen Playhouse in Westwood) by Tony Frankel

UNFORGETTABLE AND FORGETTABLE AT THE SAME TIME Well, here’s a show that, while it doesn’t defy description, is nonetheless perplexing. As with Matthew Borne’s Cinderella, now playing a…

GoLA Pick: Amy Raasch's The Animal Monologues

Actor/performance artist Amy Raasch looks at human behavior from the perspective of various wild and captive creatures — and vice versa — through a series of surreal vignettes that initi…

Review: One Cheer for ‘We Are the Tigers’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

High schoolers, jump scares and songs are a tantalizing mix. But Preston Max Allen’s meandering show squanders a promising concept.

Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish Off-Broadway Review: Different Context, Still Glorious by Jonathan Mandell

There’s one way that the Yiddish language “Fiddler On The Roof” directed by Joel Gray and starring Steven Skybell is strikingly different now that it’s moved uptown to the Shubert’…

#TBT: 2011 OBCR: The Book of Mormon by JK

Mike will tell you that after we saw an early performance in the now legendary run of The Book of Mormon, I predicted a 3 year run, max, and that after all the South Park fans were depleted,…

Pretty People Have Problems, Too: ‘We Are The Tigers’ by Cleo Aukland

The night takes a bloody turn as a high school cheerleading squad gathers at the start of another season in the new musical 'We Are The Tigers.' The post Pretty People Have Problems, Too: �…

Welt Upon the Soul: A Review of Requiem for a Heavyweight at The Artistic Home by Hugh Iglarsh

By going with the padded Broadway version, rather than the tighter TV or movie screenplay, this production of Rod Serling's noirish melodrama delivers something less than a knockout.

Musicians’ union initiates grievance process against ‘Be More Chill’ over orchestrator by Caitlin Huston

Local 802 is initiating a grievance process against “Be More Chill,” after it says the show violated the union contract by reversing its decision about orchestrator Charlie Rosen. In a p…

Broadway Bucket List: The Cher Show Star Micaela Diamond PerformsThree Musical Dream Roles

Get ready to be wowed as The Cher Show star Miceala Diamond sings Funny Girl, The Bridges of Madison County, and Sunday in the Park with George.

First Look: Be More Chill by Iris Chan

What if popularity came in a pill? Would you take it, no questions asked? In Be More Chill, achieving the “perfect life” is now possible thanks to some mysterious new technology—but i…

Token Theatre Friends: Kristine Haruna Lee Takes Us Inside the Suicide Forest by American Theatre Editors

On this week's episode, the Friends talk about Japanese American identity, review Fiasco's 'Merrily We Roll Along,' and talk about trying to date when you see four shows a week.

'An Inspector Calls' at Chicago Shakes: A man at the door interrupts a party in 1912 England — you'd swear it was Chicago, right now by Chris Jones

Director Stephen Daldry’s heart-stopping deconstruction of the post-war J.B. Priestley thriller “An Inspector Calls” was, for my money, one of the best English-language productions of …

Booked It! Chicago casting announcements for Feb. 21 by Kt Hawbaker

Mercury Theater announced the cast and creative team of “Little Shop of Horrors,” running on the main stage from March 1 through April 28. Under the direction of Walter Stearns, musical …

Laura Benanti Reveals the Stage Secret Behind an Iconic My Fair Lady Moment

Laura Benanti shares how they bring a beloved My Fair Lady scene to life.

John Cameron Mitchell on the shamanic powers of 'Hedwig,' contemporary queerness and his favorite nun by Kt Hawbaker

I remember the miracle of watching “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” for the first time. I was sitting on a couch in St. Louis with the person I thought I loved most in the world. He’d just …

Are jukebox musicals dumbing down Broadway or just giving us what we want? by Nelson Pressley Washington Post

The essence of “The Cher Show” on Broadway isn’t really the story of the famed entertainer’s life, as narrated by the three women who play her. Its soul is in the style, starting wit…

Stories of Miami, Contained but Not Constrained by American Theatre Editors

Spanish artist Lucía Miranda shares tales of the Magic City with adventurous audiences in the immersively intimate 'I am Miami.'

Trip Cullman Takes on Seven Questions About Directing Choir Boy, Discovering New Talent, Working with Mike Nichols, & Magic Mike the Musical

Trip Cullman talks about finding representation in theatre, casting Choir Boy star Jeremy Pope, and the biggest challenge facing theatre directors today.

Mark Bramble Dies: Tony-Nominated Broadway Writer, Director Was 68 by Greg Evans

Mark Bramble, the Tony Award-nominated librettist of Broadway’s hit musicals 42nd Street and Barnum, died Wednesday at a Baltimore hospital of complications related to cardiovascular hyper…

Oscars by Barry Gordin

91st Annual Oscars Telecast Live on ABC Sunday; Barbra Streisand Will Be Among the Presenters/Hosts By: Ellis Nassour February 21, 2019: There’ll be no host with the mostest on Sund…

Anguish on Display: A Review of An Inspector Calls at Chicago Shakespeare Theater & The National Theatre of Great Britain by Ben Kaye

This pristine British import is both an aesthetic curiosity and a clue to an expanded theatrical language beyond kitchen sink realism.

‘Ink’ announces full Broadway cast by Caitlin Huston

“Ink” has announced its full Broadway cast. Starring alongside the previously announced Bertie Carvel as Rupert Murdoch and Jonny Lee Miller as Larry Lamb, the editor of “The Sun,” a…

Manhattan Theatre Club Announces Full Cast for Ink by Mark A. Robinson

The forthcoming Broadway production of James Graham’s (Finding Neverland, Labour of Love) Ink, poised to open at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, has its cast. The pr…

The Shadow of a Gunman by Joseph Pisano

Director Ciarán O’Reilly handles O'Casey's abrupt tonal shifts well, transitioning from laughter to tears to horror with barely a hint of contrivance. A top-notch production team greatly …

In Arizona, Emerson Theater Collaborative Tells “Alabama Story,” a Tale of Hate in a Time of Social Change by Kenneth Jones

Emerson Theater Collaborative, the boutique bicoastal company devoted to innovative, socially relevant and thought-provoking theater, is presenting a weekend run of Kenneth Jones’ six-acto…

Alex Kingston & Sarah Hadland on new comedy Admissions by Robin Johnson

Alex Kingston and Sarah Hadland are set to star in a new comedy, Admissions, at Trafalgar Studios this month - so we asked them to tell us all about it. The post Alex Kingston & Sarah H…

Art on theMart announces new videos for spring — part of Year of Chicago Theatre by Steve Johnson

Art on theMart, the fledgling video projection project on the south facade of the Merchandise Mart, is celebrating Chicago theater with the second round of video art it will display, the org…

Shoshana Bean is the Next Jenna in Waitress by Mark A. Robinson

Musical theatre star Shoshana Bean is about to make her triumphant return to Broadway. Bean will be the next actress in a parade of performers to put on the diner uniform to play Jenna in th…

Livestreaming the Arts Equity Summit

By . Arts Connect International presents the Arts Equity Summit livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at h

The Importance of Being Earnest by Vanessa Cate

The Importance of Being Earnest Reviewed by Vanessa Cate Crown City Theatre Through March 31 Crown City Theatre tackles Oscar Wilde, and the poor guy is left standing, though not after b…

Lucas Hnath’s Play About Hillary Clinton’s 2008 Campaign Is Suddenly Seeming Relevant Again by Artsjournal1

“Set in an alternate universe during the 2008 primaries, as she fights for survival against a charismatic upstart … [and] unfolding around a pivotal moment in the contest, it examined ho…

How Theater Can Save The Malls . . . of America.

I spent my teenage years either at the mall, going to the mall, or coming from the mall.  Give me an Orange Julius, a Chess King, and a Spencer Gifts and I might as well have been at Di…

Review: Dickens’s Davy Copperfield at Imagination Stage by Debbie Minter Jackson

Dickens’s Davy Copperfield is the musical retelling of the classic tale that covers and crystalizes the first ten years in the hardscrabbe life of young “Davy”. When Charles Dickens wr…

OMG! Get Ready For London's New Everybody's Talkin' About Jamie Star Layton Williams Singing "And You Don't Even Know It"

London's new Jamie, Layton Williams, is fierce as hell!

Kindred collaboration has artists dancing in the dark by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

A Bilingual ‘Romeo And Juliet’ — In English And American Sign Language by Artsjournal1

In a new production at ACT in Seattle, Juliet will speak English while Romeo will sign. (Interpreters will translate other roles’ lines into ASL.) In a process involving several steps, Sha…

Three Sisters casting announced by Eleni Cashell

The cast of the upcoming production of Chekhov’s Three Sisters has been announced, and there are some familiar faces you may recognise from recent West End productions.Joining the previous…

To Act Or To Tech? by Victoria Mason

Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to soak in all the applause onstage or to be the unsung hero of the backstage the decision to act or to tech is a hard one. Here are a couple of questions t…

Terror, Strength, Pain, Brilliance, and Children in Four Little Girls by Alex Ates

By Alex Ates. Alex Ates examines the recent production of Christina Ham’s Four Little Girls at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.

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Down the Rabbit Hole with ‘Alice by Heart”s Jessie Nelson by Cleo Aukland

Director and co-writer Jessie Nelson talks about the inspiration for "Alice by Heart," a new musical from the creative team behind "Spring Awakening." The post Down the Rabbit Hole with ‘A…

The disastrous night Lee Radziwill, Jackie Kennedy's sister, tried to act in Chicago by Chris Jones

Somewhere in the mid-1960s, Lee Radziwill (nee Bouvier), the younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy and a socialite officially known as Princess Lee Radziwill following her 1959 marriage to Pr…

From boyband Shakespeare to Betrayal: Tom Hiddleston on stage – in pictures

As he returns to the London stage in Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, look back at Tom Hiddleston’s theatre career, including his early roles with Cheek by Jowl, Coriolanus and his hot-ticket H…

SIX The Musical announces sing-along West End performance by Eleni Cashell

The queens of Six The Musical are putting on a sing-along performance on 6 June 2019, where fans will be encouraged to sing along, dress-up and fully get involved.Properly getting into the c…

Six The Musical is all set to host its first Sing Along West End performance at the Arts Theatre

Fans of Six, the concert-style hit musical featuring the six wives of Henry VIII as a girl group, are to get the chance to be Queen for a night at the show’s first Sing Along show in the W…

JayJay show offers rare pairing of painters Suzanne Adan and Michael Stevens

Although they are married to each other, Suzanne Adan and Michael Stevens, two of Sacramento’s most respected artists, rarely show together. It’s a rare occurrence when they do and, like…

First Night Takeover: Come From Away

Our #FirstNightTakeover series continues with Perry O’Bree attending the West End opening of Tony Award-winning Canadian musical Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre. Perry was there at t…

Review: SparkPlug at HOME, Manchester by James Varney

Bad parenting: James Varney writes on the ambiguous critical outlook of David Judge's autobiographical monologue on race and fatherhood. The post Review: SparkPlug at HOME, Manchester appear…

Review: Princess and the Hustler at Bristol Old Vic by Lilith Wozniak

Personal and political: Lilith Wozniak reviews Chinonyerem Odimba's play for Eclipse Theatre, set during the Bristol Bus Boycott. The post Review: Princess and the Hustler at Bristol Old Vic…

Review: Shipwreck at Almeida Theatre by Sally Hales

Paralysing pontifications: Sally Hales writes on Anne Washburn's brilliant new satire of an America that can't save itself from Trump. The post Review: Shipwreck at Almeida Theatre appeared …

Go with the flow: the mesmerising moves of Russell Maliphant by Lyndsey Winship

With a dance version of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, a collaboration with Greek composer Vangelis and his touring show Silent Lines, the questing choreographer is busier than ever I’m lo…

Making work with ‘real’ people by Luke Barnes

Playwright Luke Barnes writes on what he's learned from developing new play 'The Jumper Factory' in collaboration with men from Wandsworth prison. The post Making work with ‘real’ peopl…

On the Couch with Thomas McGuane by Arts Review

Who is Thomas McGuane? I am an actor, singer, musician, photographer and nerd. I am 22 and I’m an Aries. Country born and bred and now live in Melbourne with my partner and our toy cavoodl…

Shipwreck, Almeida Theatre review - Trump-inflected fantasia mixes the polemical and the poetic by Matt Wolf

★★★★ SHIPWRECK, ALMEIDA THEATRE Trump-inflected fantasia mixes polemical and poetic Anne Washburn's shape-shifting play won't be confined, nor will the man at its thematic centre J…

Keith? A Comedy, Arcola Theatre review - Molière mined for Brexit-era laughs by Tim Cornwell

Canny update of a 17th-century classic locates real laughs in today's censorious landscape Breathe in the love and breathe out the bullshit. After the Arcola Theatre's founder and artistic d…

Bodies, Southwark Playhouse review - shaky revival misses the mark by Laura De Lisle

Last seen 40 years ago, James Saunders' four-hander never quite gets off the ground Bodies is the latest in Two's Company's series of what they deem "forgotten masterworks", this one making…

Speechless by Arts Review

A powerful and moving response to children in detention, Tura New Music presents award-winning composer Cat Hope’s new opera, Speechless, in a Perth Festival Co-Commission at the Sunset …

Adelaide Fringe – Ben Hart: The Nutshell by Arts Review

Ben Hart in a nutshell – AMAZING! Sometimes you think why should I see a magician when they will just do the same tricks all the other magicians do? Well you can’t say that about Ben Ha…

Houston Symphony Celebrates ELLA FITZGERALD by David Dow Bentley III

By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III     “The People’s Critic” I don’t remember the exact details of the performance, but sometime in the late 1970’s or early 80’s, I recall viewing one …

A Hotel Is Created From A Designer's Vision And The Owner's Dream by Jeryl Brunner

How prolific designer Andres Escobar created the design forward Aliz Hotel Times Square.

Richard Jordan: After critical disappointment, where next for the two most hyped shows of 2019? by Richard Jordan

All About Eve and When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other were two of London’s most anticipated plays of 2019, but when it comes

Confessions of a Mormon Boy by Arts Review

The international one-man sensation, Confessions of a Mormon Boy, comes to Redfern’s Giant Dwarf as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival in February, before heading to C…

Single Asian Female returns to La Boite Theatre Company by Arts Review

Skewering race and gender in contemporary Australia, La Boite Theatre Company presents the return season of Single Asian Female by award winning writer Michelle Law at the Roundhouse Thea…

The best things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 21-24

Blake Shelton, Michael Buble and “Phantom of the Opera” will all be in town.

Triple-threat Drew Leigh Williams returns to CLO Cabaret in new musical by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"The Double-Threat Trio” is a romp for the actress who took time off from show biz after launching her career in Chicago.

Wearing Their Subtext on Their Sleeves - Dede M. Ayite on crafting the costumes for the multi-era comedy 'By the Way, Meet Vera Stark'

Dede M. Ayite on crafting the costumes for the multi-era comedy By the Way, Meet Vera Stark---How do you give outfits subtext? That's one of the many challenges Dede M. Ayite faced designing…