Monday, May 29, 2023
In the run-up to the festival, our writers will choose new productions that have caught their eye – but here’s a selection of those we’ve already reviewed
Richard Marsh has clearly see…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMThursday, May 4, 2023
From Kingshighway to King Louis to the King Burger to the King of Beers to a visit in 1977 from the future king himself, we bow down to our own royalty.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:00PMTuesday, April 11, 2023
A reverend and a rabbi walk into a Broadway show. The cast and crew are offstage, grappling beautifully with questions of identity, exclusion and the ongoing struggle against white supremacy…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:57PMSunday, March 5, 2023
The measure is part of a wave of legislation by conservative lawmakers across the country against drag performances. Many are wondering how it will be applied.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:52AMMonday, January 23, 2023
Elon Musk's Twitter feed is absurdist theater, so we hired a local actor to perform it as a monologue.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMSunday, January 22, 2023
Sonne, los jetzt!, Elfriede Jelinek’s new theater piece, is imperative with an unknown addressee. Is it the Sun or humanity that needs to make a change? Obviously, this is a first of many …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:40AMFriday, November 25, 2022
KeyComp could make it possible for a single synthesizer player to replicate the sound of a large orchestra with unprecedented flexibility.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMSaturday, November 12, 2022
On one downtown Berkeley block, phở is both dinner and theater for two Chronicle critics.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:07PMSaturday, October 15, 2022
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
The term “world music” has never been adequate to the task we’ve set it—even in its most benign reading, it implies a division between the listener and the rest of […]
The post The…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:15PMFriday, September 23, 2022
The hottest celebrity in town right now is an enchanting 12-foot-tall Syrian refugee puppet. She’s drawing masses of admirers, but that’s not always a good thing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:37PMThursday, September 1, 2022
Sunday, August 21, 2022
Attendance lagged in the comeback season, as the challenges posed by the coronavirus persisted. Presenters hope it was just a blip.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:33PMThursday, August 18, 2022
Comedian Grace Campbell on why after being raped last year, she worried that her openness about her sex life would be used against her
Grace Campbell, comedian and author of Amazing Disgrace…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33PMThursday, July 28, 2022
In late June, the Chicago Pride Parade returned to its in-person glory after two years of delay and cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of people headed for the north side …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:33PMWednesday, June 8, 2022
The ballet star discusses what’s next in his first interview since he won his job with the company back after a nude photo sharing scandal.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:11PMMonday, May 16, 2022
From Shakespeare’s dithering Dane to Desperate Housewives’ steely-eyed Bree, our critics serve up the coldest revenge dishes
In Desperate Housewives, when her gay son, Andrew, sleeps wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMTuesday, May 3, 2022
Abi Stafford Lillo left City Ballet amid a family feud and a dispute over whether a choreographer had body-shamed her or she lacked the strength to dance her final role.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:00AMMonday, April 4, 2022
While the newest iteration gives proof to the old adage that bigger isn't necessarily better, Paradise Square, with its thrilling vocals, virtuosic choreography, and brash declaration of Ame…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:58PMThursday, December 30, 2021
Fingers crossed and fervent wishes sent for the end of the pandemic, here are some of the arts-and-culture events we're looking forward to in the new year, from a Billie Eilish concert to na…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AMSaturday, November 27, 2021
“I would ask you to sit back and luxuriate in his extraordinary words and music,” the director John Doyle said before Friday’s performance of the “Assassins” revival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:32AMFriday, November 26, 2021
Audra McDonald, Bernadette Peters, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others mourned and celebrated the essential composer and lyricist, who died at 91.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06PMMonday, September 27, 2021
The streaming part of the ceremony actually did a better job conveying the electricity of being in a theater than the CBS special billed as “Broadway’s Back!”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMTuesday, August 17, 2021
Berber, a North African restaurant in Russian Hill, hosts a weekend circus dinner show. Two Chronicle critics wrote a play about it.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMTuesday, August 10, 2021
Theater and agriculture intersect at Willow Wisp Organic Farm, where an arts collective performs site-specific plays about climate change amid the greenhouses and flower beds.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMFriday, July 23, 2021
Though playwright John Wilkins identifies as African American, he is light-skinned enough not to get followed at the grocery store.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMThursday, July 1, 2021
A wave of nationalistic music, theater and dance is sweeping China, part of Beijing’s efforts to improve the party’s image and strengthen political loyalty.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AMFriday, May 21, 2021
The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program has been marred by delays, but officials say some applicants could learn next week if they have been approved for aid.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:54PMSunday, April 11, 2021
How have Hollywood and Broadway responded to an exposé detailing routine abuse and bullying by producer Scott Rudin? Mostly, with crickets.
SOURCE: apnews.com at 09:00AMSunday, April 4, 2021
More than a year after the pandemic abruptly shuttered theaters and concert halls across the city, limited audiences were welcomed back inside.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMThursday, March 25, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the city would create a vaccination site for theater workers to try to help Broadway shows reopen by the fall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:06PM 
