02/25/20 – Michael Griffiths @ GR42 by David Sabella

THE GREEN ROOM 42 PRESENTS AUSTRALIAN THEATER STAR MICHAEL GRIFFITHS HONORING COLE PORTER WITH HIS AWARD-WINNING CONCERT “COLE” TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 NATIONAL TOUR DATES INCLUDE LOS ANGEL…

INTERVIEW: Rev Yolanda – Church with a 2 Drink Minimum by David Sabella

Church with a 2 Drink Minimum An Interview with Reverend Yolanda by Aron Bederson I have known Rev Yolanda since 2012 where we were both participating in an interfaith church service and c…

Lynn Cohen, 86, A Great Actress Whose Name You Didn’t Know, Famous for “Sex and the City,” “Hunger Games: Catching Fire”” by Roger Friedman

Lynn Cohen died yesterday at age 86 according to friends on social media. She was not famous in the movie star sense

Family Values by Arts Review

A potentially decisive and politically charged play is left to become a lacklustre and shamefully self serving essay in the hands of a playwright resting on his laurels. Family Values is fil…

Netflix to adapt film version of 13 THE MUSICAL by Gabi Bergman

Neil Meron is set to produce a film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s 13 The Musical for Netflix! Neil has

maliphantworks3; Cowpuncher My Ass; Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: Bluebeard – review by Bidisha

Coronet; Queen Elizabeth Hall; Sadler’s Wells, LondonDana Fouras bows out in style, Holly Blakey delivers a frenzy of self-loathing, and Pina Bausch’s Bluebeard was worth the wait Russel…

Eddie Green and His Laff Jamboree by Trav S.D.

African American actor and performer Eddie Green (1896-1950) was successful in nearly every branch of entertainment he turned his hand to. A Baltimore native, Green was only eight years old …

'The Mystery of Irma Vep' is a crowd-pleasing romp by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents a Charles Ludlam classic.

Jemma Rix and Courtney Monsma to star in Disney’s Frozen by Arts Review

As it approaches its much-anticipated Australian premiere in Sydney in July, Disney has announced the two exceptional performers that have been cast in the lead roles of Elsa and Anna in Fro…

In ‘Boy’ at Keegan Theatre, the anguish of a gender experiment gone wrong by John Stoltenberg

“Oh, god. Maybe it didn’t work,” the mother exclaims in alarm. It’s the moment in this hold-your-breath drama when she realizes the gender experiment done on her child, one of two id…

REVIEW: The Visit, National Theatre London ✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews Tony Kushner's adaptation of Durrenmatt's play The Visit now playing at the National Theatre, London. This post REVIEW: The Visit, National Theatre Lon…

Call Answered: Nick Jordan: "The Middleman" by Adam Rothenberg

Nick Jordan is a rising actor who’s love of Star Wars caught my eye. He is about to be part of Marlin Thomas’ three-night theatrical event The Middleman at Hudson Guild Theatre. The Midd…

Until the Flood by Steven Morris

The post Until the Flood appeared first on STAGE RAW - ARTS IN L.A. - SERVED FRESH.

Maggie Gyllenhaal joins the cast of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic by Gabi Bergman

There’s no time to rest for Baz Luhrmann! Australian-born Baz has been busy at work with the current Broadway production

Theater Review: THE FATHER (Pasadena Playhouse) by Marc Wheeler

PAPA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? Every once in awhile a play comes along that reminds what – and how exciting – theater can be. In The Father (Le Père), French playwright Florian Zeller doesn’t…

Disney's Aladdin at The Peace Center by Bruce Steele

You will believe a carpet can fly.

Eric Benét and Dulé Hill perform Nat King Cole's "Just in Time" with the NSO Pops by The Kennedy Center

Patti Austin performs Nat King Cole's "Just One of Those Things" with the NSO Pops by The Kennedy Center

Review: The First, VAULT Festival by Olivia Kiely

Review: The First, VAULT Festival4.0starsSpace travel – a concept which either excites or terrifies, or perhaps such a feat encourages a combination of the two. Equally, a play about space…

Donald Bowles: West Coast Thespian by Trav S.D.

Thanks to reader and fellow blogger Carmen Nyssen of Buzzworthy Tattoo for sending this carte de visite of actor Donald Bowles (Percy Keeler Bowles, 1874-1921). Though born in Pennsylvania…

Review: Anna Ziegler’s Boy at Keegan Theatre by John Bavoso

As I was watching the DC premiere of Anna Ziegler’s inspired-by-a-true-story play, Boy, now playing at Keegan Theatre, there was an Oscar Wilde quote rattling around in the back of my brai…

Inside Rehearsal for I’m Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter at Steppenwolf by Marc J. Franklin

The stage adaptation of Erika L. Sánchez’s novel will begin performances in Chicago February 26.

Review: HSO’s Romeo and Juliet a vibrant program of familiar and new works by Jessica Rudman

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s remaining performances of the “Romeo and Juliet” Masterworks program are Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m., in the Belding Theater at The Bushne…

Lynn Cohen Dies: Veteran Actor Who Played “Magda” On HBO’s ‘Sex And The City’ Was 86 by Bruce Haring

Veteran screen and stage actor Lynn Cohen, who was best known for her role as “Magda” on HBO’s Sex and the City and its two film versions, died today at age 86. No cause of death was g…

‘Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally’ reveals the quotidian miseries of family at Baltimore’s Center Stage by Cybele Pomeroy

Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally, playing at Baltimore’s Center Stage through March 1, feels oddly familiar in several ways, and in others, 100 percent fresh. Playwright Noah Diaz…

GALA Hispanic Theatre and Arena Stage amplify Cuban voices with a twofer of plays by Nilo Cruz and Eduardo Machado by Thomas Floyd

‘Exquisite Agony’ and ‘Celia and Fidel’ spotlight the work of Cuban American playwrights.

Review: Nora: A Doll’s House, Young Vic by Olivia Lunn

Review: Nora: A Doll's House, Young Vic 3.0stars “You’ve lies in the whites of your eyes, Nora. What have you done?” Playwright Stef Smith re-works Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 play A Doll’…

Review: Kneehigh’s Ubu! A Singalong Satire, Leeds Playhouse by Shamima Noor

Review: Kneehigh’s Ubu! A Singalong Satire, Leeds Playhouse2.0Overall ScoreReader Rating 0 VotesKneehigh’s Ubu! A Singalong Satire is by far Kneehigh’s most eclectic, chaotic, and ridi…

Review: Screwdriver, Lyric Hammersmith by Samuel Nicholls

Review: Screwdriver, Lyric Hammersmith 4.0stars As posited by Oscar Wilde, “one of the many lessons that one learns in prison is that things are what they are and will be what they will be…

Goodnight, Troublemaker from The Sublime Theater by Michael Poandl

Local playwright Peter Lundblad’s world premiere is like hanging out with a smart friend who makes you feel a little smarter, too.

Colorado New Play Summit: Denver’s coolest glance behind the curtain by Lisa Kennedy, The Know

Colorado New Play Summit 2020 is Denver's coolest glance behind the curtain at local and national theater performances.

At ‘You and I,’ it’s OK if theatregoers wander onstage during the performance by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The play at Young People’s Theatre is for children 12 to 30 months old — or ‘explorers,’ as playwright Maja Ardal likes to call them.

BWW TV: Watch a Sneak Peek of MCP's JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT!

On Monday night, Manhattan Concert Productions will present a 50th Anniversary Celebration of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center. Michael Ar…

Barry Sonnenfeld Calling by NPR

Director Barry Sonnenfeld joins us again, along with panelists Alonzo Bodden, Helen Hong, and Tom Papa.

The Commons Opens by Barry Gordin

Lily Akerman’s The Commons directedby Emma Miller makes World Premiere at @ 59E59 Theaters. February 12, 2020:  The Commons, a tale about living with strangers by Lily Akerman, opened …

Review: World Stages: The Clemency of Titus by Gregory J. Ford

In The Clemency of Titus, currently being presented at the Kennedy Center under its World Stages program, we have the most unbelievable plot imaginable given one of the most delightful produ…

Music of Nina Simone Coming to George Street Playhouse

Broadway veteran Laiona Michelle, writer and star of the critically acclaimed "Little Girl Blue - The Nina Simone Musical" — which enjoyed a sold-out run in 2019— will return to George S…

The Cast of Unmasked: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Plays a Round of Playbill – The Game Show by Playbill

Review: I Woke Up Feeling Electric, The Hope Theatre by Jessica Handscomb

Review: I Woke Up Feeling Electric, The Hope Theatre 3.0stars “If you don’t rock the boat, you won’t drown” is the line that perfectly encapsulates artificially intelligent operating…

Review: Bible John, VAULT Festival by Grace Patrick

Review: Bible John, VAULT Festival 5.0stars Unlike the four women around whom Bible John is built, I absolutely can’t listen to or watch anything to do with true crime, unless it’s so hi…

Review: Tinted, VAULT Festival by Alexandra Wilbraham

Review: Tinted, VAULT Festival3.0starsThe Me Too Movement and #Metoo are as synonymous with this past decade as the terms Climate Emergency, March for Our Lives and Brexit. Initially used by…

‘You can feel their emotions & yearning’: ONCE – Touring ★★★★ by Fairy Powered Productions

Once and for all this is a beautiful love story with an upbeat vibe. From the moment we entered the theatre, early, to the sound of Irish, jig worthy music I was sold.

Concert Review: ‘A Poet’s Love: It’s Complicated’ by New Orchestra of Washington at Live! at 10th and G by Dr. Mark Dreisonstok

During the Romantic Age, composers in the German-speaking world set to music many of the era’s greatest poems in the German language.  An outstanding example is “Dichterliebe,” or “…

Mourning the Loss of Chris Farley by Trav S.D.

Much of promise was lost when SNL comedian Chris Farley left the world via the same method (speedball) and almost the identical age (33) as John Belushi in 1997. Unlike Belushi, Farley had n…

Appreciating Harvey Korman by Trav S.D.

Rarely has a supporting player in comedy been as widely recognized, loved and respected as Harvey Korman (1927-2008). While virtually never the STAR of anything, Korman often stole the show …

‘This is a winner’: CRONGTON KNIGHTS – Belgrade Theatre & touring ★★★★ by Guest Bloggers

Crongton Knights is a winner... up there with the best, for the range and breadth, depth and richness of drama.

Dramatizing Khaled Hosseini’s Novel A Thousand Splendid Suns Into a Lyrical Play About Female Friendship and Resilience by Ruthie Fierberg

The best-selling author of The Kite Runner sees another of his books take the stage, as Carey Perloff and Ursula Rani Sarma to bring the story to life.

FEATURED SHOW: ★★★★ reviews are in for ‘comically absurd’ & ‘essential’ People Show 137 by Featured Content

People Show have been leading the UK's alternative theatre scene for more than 50 years, and their latest show, People Show 137, proves that they've lost none of their "essential" edge.

Photo Coverage: Mandy Gonzalez, Carrie Manolakos, and Alex Newell in I'M EVERY WOMAN: DIVAS ON STAGE

On February 14, The New York Pops was joined by guest artists Mandy Gonzalez, Carrie Manolakos, and Alex Newell for I'm Every Woman: Divas On Stage. The concert saluted the power of the fema…

‘A comedy monologue like no other’: MUSIK – Leicester Square Theatre by Shanine Salmon

Frances Barber gives one of the performances of the year (yes I know it is only February) as Billie Trix in Musik, reuniting with Jonathan Harvey and the Pet Shop Boys.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella musical will star Carrie Hope Fletcher in the title role

It’s the traditional fairy tale with a modern twist and a very modern Cinderella as played by Carrie Hope Fletcher in Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel’s new musical, based on an orig…

Megan Hilty and Cheyenne Jackson in NSO Pops: Broadway and Beyond at the Kennedy Center by Hilary Sutton

If your ideal Valentine’s date is cheerful, charming, and looks fantastic in formal wear, then get thee to the Kennedy Center to spend an evening with Megan Hilty and Cheyenne Jackson. The…

PHOTOS: The cast of Angels are learning to strip for a living in rehearsals by Featured Content

Diane Herbert's debut play Angels, premiering next week at VAULT Festival, is based on the real-life experiences of London strippers. The cast have been dancing their way through rehearsals.…

Disney announces lead roles of Australia’s FROZEN by Sean McLoughlin

As it approaches its much-anticipated Australian premiere in Sydney in July, Frozen is thrilled to announce the two exceptional performers

The Visit, National Theatre review - star turn bolsters baggy rewrite by Matt Wolf

Lesley Manville rises above the prevailing muddle Lesley Manville’s thrilling career ascent continues apace with The Visit, which marks American playwright Tony Kushner’s return to t…

‘Too many worthy narratives jostling for keen examination’: THE WHIP – Swan Theatre, Stratford upon Avon ★★★ by Amy Toledano

While The Whip highlights the moral complexity of the abolitionist movement, the density of the plot does not enable the emotional weight of the piece to translate to its audience.

REVIEW: Leopoldstadt, Wyndham’s Theatre, London ✭✭✭✭ by Ray Rackham

By Ray Rackham Ray Rackham reviews Tom Stoppard's new play Leopoldstadt which is now playing at the Wyndham's Theatre, London. This post REVIEW: Leopoldstadt, Wyndham’s Theatre, London ✭…

FIRST-LOOK: Production photos & trailer released for Netflix & Chill comedy by Featured Content

Are you suffering from post-Valentines' hangover? Date night didn't go quite as expected? Check out these Netflix & Chill production shots and cheeky show trailer to feel better. See, yo…

Celebrate Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes With a Look Back at Its Broadway Productions by Nathan Skethway

The play, which premiered on Broadway in 1939, has recieved four subsequent revivals.

Theater Review: GATZ (Berkeley Rep) by Harvey Perr

GREAT F. SCOTT! If you love literature, have fond memories of being read to or of reading to others, and feel, as so many do, that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is in the Pantheon…

Medea - Hell Still Hath No Fury... by Judd Hollander

Reviewed by Judd Hollander Director Simon Stone has staged his new adaptation of Euripides' classic revenge story Medea, now at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, on a white background. Bob …

Should You Cancel a Show? by Kerry Hishon

Cancelling a show is a difficult decision. There isn’t a “one answer fits all” solution – it must be handled on a case-by-case basis. As much as possible, I believe that “the show …

Stagecraft: Zora Howard, Playwright of “Stew” by Jan Simpson

The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. Guest: Zora Howard, P…