SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY SOUNDS Audible Theater’s immersive headphone horror transforms the oldest ghost story trick into a chilling theatrical experience Imagine listening to an audioboo…
THE STORY GOES ON—AND IT SHOULD The American Songbook Association celebrates Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire while reaffirming why America’s great songwriting tradition deserves to e…
A WORLD OF DANCE IN TEN DAYS Eleven premieres and an extraordinary range of artists make New York City Center’s annual festival one of the season’s most rewarding events. For more than t…
DIAL M FOR META Emma Rice’s inventive adaptation is an enjoyable ride; just don’t expect to be transported The movies lie to us in ways the stage cannot. Alfred Hitchcock’s North by No…
THE PROOF IS IN THE FAMILY Ed Begley Jr. and daughter Hayden Begley bring David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama to the stage for a four-performance benefit supporting Parkinson’s r…
ONE MAN, MANY TRUTHS An extraordinary performer turns theatrical self-examination into something unexpectedly profound Stefan Marks is a spellbinding storyteller, and My One Woman Show (The …
A DAY WITH TRACY LETTS Animus Theatre Company presents a marathon reading festival with an all-star cast to support Circle in the Square Theatre School For theater lovers, the chance to expe…
KEERAH’S WAYWARD WANDERINGS: DON’T LOOK BACK—OR DO An ambitious meta-theatrical drama of love and loss boasts terrific performances but struggles to find its focus with too many detour…
Evaluating virtual drama academies reveals how elements of live theater criticism can enhance e-learning engagement. You’ll find that interactive storytelling and real-time audience partic…
CRAZY FOR PATSY A warm-hearted tribute lets Patsy Cline’s music do most of the talking American Blues Theater closes out its 40th season with a rather left-field choice: the 1988 revue Alw…
PUNK, PRAYER, AND PURE CHAOS The Conspirators’ neo-commedia take on Molière finds fresh mischief in a timeless satire What could be better than a saucy, irreverent, seventeenth-century Fr…
WHEN BALLET BECAME AMERICAN American Contemporary Ballet celebrates the choreographer who traded princes and swans for jazz, swagger, and pure fun Before George Balanchine arrived in America…
WIG IN A BOX, HEART ON A SLEEVE NCTC reinvents the cult classic with a fierce, funny, and deeply moving Hedwig John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch has trave…
FATS WALLER’S JOINT IS JUMPIN’ AGAIN Ledisi and an all-star cast bring the Harlem Renaissance roaring back to life at the Nate Holden Center Ain’t Misbehavin’ is a sizzling celebrati…
POLITICS, IN FULL DRAG: A CAMPAIGN LIKE NO OTHER Wayne Brady leads a wild, urgent, and unexpectedly timely ride through queer history and unfinished business. There have been outsider candid…
ICE FISHING, MALE BONDING, AND ONE VERY TALKATIVE FISH An uproarious and unexpectedly poignant Midwest comedy that finds connection in the unlikeliest of places. “There are only two or thr…
HOLD YOUR HORSES A provocative subject that proves hard to recommend—and harder to ignore Olivia Dufault’s For Want of a Horse tackles a subject most plays wouldn’t dare touch—and to…
Ask anyone to talk about the greatest Oscars snubs in history, and you’ll likely get a long litany of grievances. There’s Alfred Hitchcock, five times nominated but never picking up a Be…
THIS SHOW BUGS ME A Southern Gothic that hints at something deeper but never quite gets there For all its promise, Cockroaches, the 2024 Del Shores Foundation Best Play winner by Emma Schill…
I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE A high-energy 80s mixtape that actually leaves you wanting more For The Record has built a reputation on remixing cinematic nostalgia into immersive, high-octane theatri…
THE COST OF LOOKING BACK With a soaring first act, I’m willing to pay the price for a second that can’t quite keep up Arthur Miller’s The Price has always been a talky, introspective p…
BROADWAY GOES POLITICAL A starry virtual event blends music, activism, and marquee names If you’re going to tune into a political fundraiser, it might as well come with a Broadway-caliber …
MASTER PRODUCTION During the last half-hour of the exquisitely produced “Master Harold”…and the boys, the Geffen Playhouse becomes theatre as a temple: a transcendental, spiritual, em…
SMALL MUSICAL, BIG HEART An intimate Irish story about courage, community, and the quiet power of living truthfully There’s a certain kind of musical that doesn’t announce itself with sp…
The Boston Theater Critics Association has announced nominations for the 43rd Annual Elliot Norton Awards, a wide-ranging snapshot of the current theater season in Greater Boston. The ceremo…
HIGH VOLTAGE DANCE, NO SAFETY NET A company built on athleticism, musicality, and sheer momentum returns to BroadStage Few choreographers have maintained the kind of sustained, high-energy a…
DESIRE, DANGER, AND A SONG TO SURVIVE Palm Canyon Theatre dives into one of Kander and Ebb's most intoxicating musical Palm Canyon Theatre brings bold heat to the desert with Kiss of the Spi…
A SMALL SHOP WITH A BIG HEART A delightful, tender surprise arrives at the Ahmanson"and quietly wins you over Sometimes the most unassuming shows sneak up and steal your heart. Kim's Conveni…
BIG CAST, BIG LAUGHS, BIG HEART AÂ joyful Morgan-Wixson production proves this classic still delivers the goods Community theatre rarely aims this big"or lands this charmingly. The Morgan…
HOME IS WHERE THE HORROR IS A boarding house of quiet menace and killer detail Writer/director Marja-Lewis Ryan is back, and her latest show arrives at The Electric Lodge in Venice with a ki…
A BEAUTIFUL DOLL CV Rep's production is one bet you can't lose It's amazing. Were this masterpiece from Broadway's golden age an actual guy or doll, he or she would be scoring Social Securit…
The wait is finally over for fans of the dark, fantastical comedy as "Death Becomes Her" on Broadway officially makes its immortal entrance. The musical adaptation of the 1992 cult classic, …
CIVILITY CRUMBLES, BUT THE COMEDY NEVER BUILDS South Coast Rep's revival exposes how thin satire needs sharper direction to truly sting Melinda Page Hamilton and Kim Martin-Cotten The first …
STILL HERE, STILL ESSENTIAL The tour of Bill T. Jones's landmark dance comes to Royce Hall with undiminished force The first time I saw Still/Here, it was at BAM. It was 1994, the year of St…
In an era when content moves fluidly across mediums, the relationship between stage, screen, and page has never been more dynamic. Theatre productions become films, films inspire novels, and…
THREE ERAS, ONE MISSED OPPORTUNITY Brownstone collapses under unfocused, baffling staging Catherine Butterfield's Brownstone (2008) is built around a solid, even enticing idea: we have three…
REAF'S IF THIS IS LOVE " A ONE-NIGHT CABARET VALENTINE Big voices, big heart, and Jason Brock right in his element Since 1995, REAF (Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation) has been bringing amazing…
CHAMBER MUSIC IN AN IDEAL SETTING Glorious acoustics, a resonant space, and musicians who know how to listen to one another. There are few places in Los Angeles better suited to chamber musi…
SIX QUEENS BEAT A FULL HOUSE A Clever, Electrifying Concert That Sometimes Overwhelms Its Own Story History serves us well in stories for musicals. From 1776 to Evita to Hamilton, all the pl…
WHEN CLOWNING, THERAPY, AND TRAUMA COLLIDE Rachel Troy's fierce, genre-breaking solo triumph is fully realized, ferociously smart, and genuinely exhilarating. I receive thousands of invitati…
REVENGE AS ENTERTAINMENT With Will Swenson and Lesli Margherita, La Mirada goes all in for this major revival Some shows you make time for. Others you plan around. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Ba…
A DELICIOUSLY VERY WRONG WAY TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS Santa's dead, the carols are cursed, and Zombie Joe wants your soul for Christmas If you survived Urban Death: Tour of Terror in Octobe…
HERBERT ROSS'S BOHÈME RETURNS Beauty polished, questions still lingering Puccini's tale may be endlessly familiar, yet the recent Los Angeles staging shows how even the most well-trodden …
A PRINCIPLED PRODUCTION Simon Stephens' deceptively simple romance finally reveals its cosmic heart in close quarters at Skylight Theatre Director Cameron Watson delivers a remarkably authen…
DON'T JEW HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO? {From the Archives " Back in 2010, when Facebook was still fun and Broadway still flirted with stereotypes like they were going out of style (which they…
CUTE MEETS CUTE, AGAIN Rendered with a rom-com frame around a night of emotional archaeology, Douglas Lyons's Table 17, briskly staged by Zhailon Levingston, wants to be irresistible, and fo…
A RIPPING GOOD YARN WITH A JOLLY GOOD CAST OPERATION MINCEMEAT EXTENDS ON BROADWAY When I first encountered Operation Mincemeat at Riverside Studios in London back in 2022, it was a scrappy,…
UNPLUGGED, UNFILTERED, AND UNMISSABLE A detonation of wit, soul, and Broadway voltage in this once-in-a-lifetime, one-night-only musical high-wire act The Wallis in Beverly Hills lays claim …
WHERE LONELINESS ECHOES AND CONSTELLATIONS ARE CALLING She gets up at dawn and is asleep by eight. She lives alone and doesn't like people. Nobody at the hospital (where she's worked for for…
GO ON AND BITE INTO THIS DONUT" YOU'VE EARNED IT It must have been quite a shock to Tracy Letts fans when Superior Donuts premiered at Steppenwolf in 2008. Chicago Theatre's favorite adopted…
