The Lightning Thief – The Percy Jackson Musical on Broadway by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

"The Lightning Thief - The Percy Jackson Musical" settles down a bit more in the second act and becomes more engrossing but the damage has been done. The actors in the first act all seem to …

Theater Review: “The Thanksgiving Play” — The Perils of “Wokeness” by Erik Nikander

When confronted with a seemingly intractable quandary, playwright Larissa FastHorse -- and her characters -- take the easy way out. The post Theater Review: “The Thanksgiving Play” — T…

Nora Schell – Everything’s Gonna Be Fine, Fine, Fine

Nora Schell (Spamilton, Company at Barrington Stage Company) is a rare breed, a person on the public eye who is wholly open about her life, triumphs and struggles. On social media, Schell ha…

'Feeding Beatrice' is fascinatingly offbeat by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Rep presents enigmatic ghost story.

Young Artists of America - Millennium Stage (November, 2 2019) by The Kennedy Center

Seared ****, The Michaels **** by Barry Gordin

 By: David Sheward November 2, 2019: “People suck. Only food is real,” rails Harry, the temperamental genius chef, in Theresa Rebeck’s riotous comedy Seared atMCC Theater. Harry …

THE HOPE HYPOTHESIS at The Sheen Center for Thought and Culture by Jacquelyn Claire

  THE HOPE HYPOTHESIS is a super slick production – a place for everything and everything in it’s place. It is a neat freaks nirvana. The whole show feels perfectly conceived and execut…

REVIEW: Shook, Southwark Playhouse – Little ✭✭✭✭✭ by Julian Eaves

By Julian Eaves Julian Eaves reviews Shook, a play by Stephen Bailey presented by Papatango at Southwark Playhouse. This post REVIEW: Shook, Southwark Playhouse – Little ✭✭✭✭✭ fi…

Trevor Ashley’s hilarious new adults-only show by Peter J Snee

An eco-illogical disaster movie remake – comes to Darlo! Trevor Ashley’s hilarious new adults-only show, The Lyin’ Queen, opens at the Sydney Opera House on 26 November for a very limi…

NEXT TO NORMAL (Bristol Riverside): Rock concert or psycho-drama? by Joshua Herren

Bristol Riverside Theatre’s snazzy Next to Normal leaves reviewer Josh Herren cold.

Some Silent Movie News by Trav S.D.

‘ A few silent movie news items have come our way over the past several days. They seemed worth bundling and reporting here: We are sad to report of the passing of Marilyn Slater, long a p…

Justice for Jimmy Dunn by Trav S.D.

James Dunn (1901-1967) is a beloved figure in the annals of show business. The son of a Wall Street stockbroker, Dunn only briefly followed in his father’s footsteps before going into work…

Mandy Patinkin starts national tour by Cogency

Mandy Patinkin in concert: Diaries, at Verizon Hall in the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, October 30, 2019.   Mandy Patinkin began a 30-city national tour in Philadelphia on October 30. The m…

NiteLife Exchange Picks of the Week

Leslie Orofino has been entertaining audiences in cabaret rooms across the country for over 30 years. Her CD, Moonlight Cocktails, was lauded by Dave Nathan from All Music Guide and cabaret …

Book Review: “On Fire” — An Optimistic Take on Climate Change by Ed Meek

In this book, Naomi Klein shines a light on the path to a politically and economically just model of sustainability. The post Book Review: “On Fire” — An Optimistic Take on Climate Cha…

Racism, white fragility and cluelessness: “Flame Broiled. or the ugly play” tackles it all by Lisa Kennedy, The Know

Review: Local Theater Company's "Flame Broiled. or the ugly play" at the Dairy Arts Center in Boulder, written and directed by Rodney Hicks.

Tell Us In 10: Tommy Franzen by Kitty Underwood

In a double bill this week, we've got to know Tommy Franzen, currently performing in Zoo Nation's Some Like It Hip Hop at the Peacock Theatre. The post Tell Us In 10: Tommy Franzen appeared …

🍸 A Bright Room Called Day (Through Dec. 22) by Theater With A Twist

The Public Theater Tony Kushner and Oskar Eustis team up to deliver a masterpiece, scarily relevant, asking the tough question of how you will respond

Meet Your Top 10 Semi-Finalists in The Search for Roxie and Vote for Your Favorite Three! by Caitlin Moynihan

Their names are going to be on everybody's lips! The second episode of The Search for Roxie is here and the top 10 semi-finalists have been revealed. In this episode, we return to the Stewar…

‘I think it’s unlike any other musical score’: Emma Kinney stars in The Green Fairy at the Union Theatre by Emma Clarendon

Actress Emma Kinney chatted to Love London Love Culture’s Emma Clarendon about starring in The Green Fairy at the Union Theatre.

Gloria Steinem by NPR

Gloria Steinem, feminist icon, joins us along with panelists P.J. O'Rourke, Negin Farsad, and Josh Gondelman.

Opening space for the inexplicable: loveconductors and ghoul|take III  by Shiloh Hodges and Shantelle Courvoisier

On Wednesday, September 25th, loveconductors presented ghoul|take III, the  third program in soft bodies in hard places, a platform of trans-disciplinary events circling planetary events cu…

A Prayer for Wings, King's Head Theatre review - claustrophobic mother-daughter drama soars by David Nice

A young carer and her mother movingly portrayed in Sean Mathias's 1985 drama When Sean Mathias wrote A Prayer for Wings 35 years ago, the subject of young carers devoting their lives to pare…

Kate Zibluk in conversation with Egregious Philbin by Lydia Mokdessi

Drag has challenged me to re-examine and expand my gender identity, which I now see as a continuum between my “everyday self" and “performance self”.

VIDEO: Watch the Music Video For 'Oh Well' From Joe Iconis' LOVE IN HATE NATION

Performances begin on November 9 for Love in Hate Nation, an original rock romance set in a 1960s Juvie Hall that features book, music and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Joe Iconis, directed …

FLYING OVER SUNSET Will Hold an Open Call For the Role of Sophia Loren

An open call will be held for the role of Sophia Loren in the new Broadway musical FLYING OVER SUNSET, produced by Lincoln Center Theater.

Walter Woolf King: The Man Who Played Lassparri by Trav S.D.

Walter Woolf King (1899-1984) will probably best known to readers of this blog as the singing villain of two Marx Brothers movies, A Night at the Opera (1935) and Go West (1936), and as a sh…

ARF Halloween Pawty by Barry Gordin

November 2, 2019: The tricks and treats continued with ARF's Halloween Pawty on Saturday, November 2, from 12 to 3 PM. All were welcome, kids and pets, too, at the ARF Adoption Center in Ea…

People You Should Know . . . Pascale Roger-McKeever by Zack Calhoon

PASCALE ROGER-MCKEEVER (Actor/Writer) is an actor, playwright, director, poet and fiction writer. Theatre credits include Rosannah in Brilliant Traces, May in Fool for Love, 3 woman in Tenne…

It’s Like Every Other Thing Has Been Tailored to Your Whiteness by Emma Bentley

Emma Bentley talks to three actor friends who are sick of the inherent racism they face day after day when auditioning for jobs and often before they even get in the room. If you think you�…

‘Excellent sweet ballet for children & families alike’: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD – Touring ★★★★ by Fairy Powered Productions

The dancers of Northern Ballet interpret the adventure of Little Red Riding Hood simply and dramatically with excellent portrayals of the characters. Reviewed By Dawn Smallwood …

Tony Award Winner Christopher Hampton Finds New Meaning in the Translation of Another Florian Zeller Work by Mark Peikert

Why Manhattan Theatre Club’s The Height of the Storm was Hampton’s toughest translation to date.

‘The ensemble had me helplessly grinning with affection from the start’: HIGH FIDELITY – Turbine Theatre ★★★ by Libby Purves

High Fidelity stomps along unmemorably with great goodwill and a three-piece band overhead, and moments of soul or hare-krishna pastiche are wittily done

Tributes are paid as actress Ann Crumb passes away aged 69 by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Tributes have been paid by both Broadway and West End community members to mark the passing of Ann Crumb who was 69. This post Tributes are paid as actress Ann Crumb passes a…

Boulevard of dreams – Inside London’s new Boulevard Theatre by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Mark Ludmon visits London’s new Boulevard Theatre to meet its two directors and the cast and creatives of its first show. This post Boulevard of dreams – Inside London’s…

‘Find honour & truth in being yourself’: DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS – White Bear Theatre ★★★★ by Darren Ross

The past often offers a convenient intellectual space which we can all look down upon and feel smug about how far we have come in moral terms. Different From The Others gleefully kicks us of…

Look Back at the Original Broadway Production of Grey Gardens by Marc J. Franklin

The production, starring Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole, opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre November 2, 2006.

Tim Whelan: Comedy Highs and Lows by Trav S.D.

Indiana native Tim Whelan (1893-1957) started his career as an actor and director with touring stock companies. In the 1920s he broke into movies as a scenarist and gag man on comedies and t…

Recently reviewed theater for Nov. 1

‘Dear Evan Hansen’

Former STLer Katie McGrath back in STL with new show by Joe Holleman St. Louis Post-Dispatch

McGrath said show's music responds to race, religion hate crimes.

All rise for Nick Offerman, who asks us to do better as a species by Valerie Schremp Hahn | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The comedian, author, woodworker and writer comes to St. Louis on Thursday, Nov. 7.

New York Theater Quiz for October 2019 by Jonathan Mandell

How much were you paying attention to New York theater in October? Take this quiz and find out.  

Soweto Kinch brings black history to life

The jazz saxophonist‘s new project explores, in music and dance, a century of racial conflict

Love in Hate Nation: "Oh Well" Music Video by Two River Theater

Putting on a Class Production Part 1: What to Produce? by Kerry Hishon

This is Part 1 of a 5-Part Class Production Series. Putting on a class production is a great opportunity for your students to use the skills they have learned in drama class in a practical w…

Migdalia Cruz’s Fur Begins Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

In the new play, directed by Elena Araoz, a woman whose body is covered in fur is entangled in a love triangle.

Remembering Song & Dance by Mark Robinson

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black created a heartfelt, funny, touching and palpably heartbreaking musical when they wrote Tell Me On A Sunday. Written as a one-woman show for British actr…