Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Boy, did I feel numb leaving The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci at the Old Globe. This co-production with Goodman Theatre is a creation of Chicago’s own Mary Zimmerman, who has perfected d…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:39AMMonday, January 30, 2023
THE HOTTEST SHOW ON EARTH The incomparable sass, class and full-out dance of Broadway Bares will once again kick off Pride week in New York City with two sizzling performances featuring mor…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:45PMWednesday, January 25, 2023
Patti LuPone is hitting the road with her new tour Don’t Monkey with Broadway, which kicks off in Orem, UT on February 4 before heading to California, New Jersey, Texas, Oklahoma, and more…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:47PMMonday, January 23, 2023
GIRL, YOU IN DANGER: THIS WILL DEFINITELY SELL OUT Beginning March 15 (with an official opening on April 10, 2023), you can tune in to the epic and viciously funny new musical White Girl in …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:44PMFriday, January 20, 2023
GUESS WHAT SHOULD BE ON BROADWAY? A hit at their home theater on the Beverly Hills High School campus, Theatre 40’s production of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? has been remounted at the …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:35PMA LOST TRIBE OF BROTHERS Because a child who has been sexually abused often knew and trusted the perpetrator, only about a third of the cases are reported. Many remain silent. As if the act …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMWednesday, January 18, 2023
DON’T MISS GOING INTO THESE WOODS The kickoff event for Pasadena Playhouse’s six-month celebration of Stephen Sondheim begins next week with Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:00PMTuesday, January 17, 2023
One of my favorite theater companies is also one of the best at putting on what we used to call “Children’s Theater.” I was hooked almost 10 years ago with my first: The Emperor’s Ne…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:57PMWednesday, January 4, 2023
IT’S OK TO GET SAUCED FOR STUNNING SAUCY STRIPPERS AND SPECTACULAR SAUCERS Forget about Broadway or the latest Marvel Comic movie. The fun, hip and cool burlesque Star Wars parody — whi…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:20PMWednesday, December 7, 2022
RED BULL THEATER’S ALL-STAR BENEFIT PERFORMANCE OF YOUR OWN THING PLAYS THIS MONDAY DECEMBER 12 This Monday, December 12, 2022 at 7:30 at the Peter Norton Symphony Space — FOR ONE NIGHT …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:31PMNEIL DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH OK, we all know who Neil Diamond is. The singer/songwriter Neil Leslie Diamond born of Jewish immigrant parents in Brooklyn has released 39 albums, with 100 million…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:26AMTuesday, December 6, 2022
TAPPING TROUBLES AWAY Michelle Dorrance, founder and artistic director of Dorrance Dance, is one of the most sought after tap dancers of her generation. Her imaginative work, which continual…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:55PMFriday, December 2, 2022
HEART AND SOUL, INDEED Forget Broadway, this is where the hits keep coming. One of the most vivacious revues to come along since Ain’t Misbehavin’, Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust Road is …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:09PMWednesday, November 30, 2022
ONE OF THE ALL-TIME FEEL-GOOD MUSICALS COMES TO RUBICON Ain’t Misbehavin’ is a sizzling celebration of Fats Waller’s music — songs that he made famous in a career that ranged from u…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:59AMFriday, November 25, 2022
A TURKEY SANDWICH We are at a greasy spoon sandwich shop whose patrons are truckers making the long haul across Pennsylvania. The owner, Clyde, and her four sandwich makers are all ex-cons. …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:46PMTuesday, November 22, 2022
MIND FOR ALL ITS WORTH No one can deny that Brooklyn-based mentalist Vinny DePonto is a master showman. As with all magicians, the true context of any one-man show is not the tricks (and the…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:28PMFriday, November 18, 2022
A YEAR IN THE LIFE Jonathan Larson’s Rent is in a musical theater empyrean; indeed, productions are as ubiquitous as the stars in the firmament. The show is about a year in the life of boh…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:33PMTuesday, November 15, 2022
MAN’S FAVORITE CAST On Nathan Stuffel’s terrific set of a loading dock behind a hotel, it is 1938 Los Angeles. These are tough times for everyone, but especially the Black employees who …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:51PMMonday, November 14, 2022
MIND YOUR PEES AND QUEUES People start revolutions because they want something that authorities are controlling. Jefferson wanted to declare independence. Norma Rae wanted to improve factori…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:15AMThursday, November 10, 2022
YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? Take a look at the new production photos of Roundabout’s current Broadway revival of 1776, featuring Kristolyn Lloyd, who joined the company October 25 …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:59AMTuesday, November 8, 2022
GOLF IS ON COURSE, BUT JUST A BIT UNDER PAR Pittsburgh in 1997 is the setting for the last of renowned playwright August Wilson’s series of 10 dramas that highlight aspects of African-Amer…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:11AMMonday, November 7, 2022
GET INTO TROUBLE Written by Alice Childress — the first Black woman to have a play professionally produced in New York City — Trouble in Mind recently played on Broadway, and it amazed…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:15PMSunday, November 6, 2022
DOC NYC RETURNS WITH 13TH EDITION NOV 9-27, 2022 IN THEATRES AND ONLINE FULL PROGRAM & SCHEDULE LISTED BELOW and can also be found here DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:06AMSaturday, November 5, 2022
Continuing the legendary playwright’s singular legacy of mentorship and activism, the Terrence McNally Foundation has been launched. The nonprofit organization is committed to supporting b…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:29AMWednesday, November 2, 2022
CRACKLIN’, SWEET, BEAUTIFUL, AND CHERRY A Beautiful Noise, the new Broadway bio-musical about the extraordinary life story of singer-songwriter Neil Diamond, opened for previews at the Bro…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 05:05PMFriday, October 21, 2022
A THREE-HOUR HOME RUN Clearly and cleanly, tried and true director Cynthia Ferrer and choreographer Alexis Carra Girbés trust the heart out of Adler and Ross’s 1955 Broadway classic, Damn…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:01AMTuesday, October 18, 2022
WHAT WILL YOU INHERIT? That Matthew Lopez’s sprawling near-7-hour 2-part play, with 3 acts in each part, keeps us captivated is quite a feat. Beautifully written, funny, sad, and hopeful, …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:50PMWednesday, October 12, 2022
BOOM BOOM BOOM It’s no wonder that Kristoffer Diaz‘s The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in drama. The veneer is a hip-hop comic entertainment about t…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:31PMTuesday, October 11, 2022
FOURGET ABOUT IT While her career may be skyrocketing as a TV writer, Christina Ham has not mastered the art of playwriting. I felt terrible thinking that after seeing the opening of her wor…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:50AMSunday, October 9, 2022
WICKED GOOD A fantastic surprise from Open Fist Theatre Company awaits you at Atwater Theatre. A great story, funny stunning dialogue, and terrific performances arrive in a play — an actua…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:23PMSaturday, October 1, 2022
THIS GUY REALLY DOES DESERVE AN EXCLAMATION POINT What can I say about musical comedy actor and funny man Jason Graae? Well, first, his last name is pronounced “Grah” but his latest one-…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:09PM 
