By Jil Picariello, Theater Editor, October 11, 2017 Who knew the Countess of Grantham had it in her? After years of playing the good-hearted American mom on everyone's favorite British soap …
By Jil Picariello, Theater Editor, September 29, 2017 “Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.” Is it just because I have a birthday coming up that I find those words…
By Jil Picariello, Theater Editor, August 1, 2017 Lord, what fools these mortals, and fairies, and royals be! Director Lear deBessonet’s new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dre…
By Jil Picariello, Theater Editor, July 19, 2017 For years, I've been threatening to write a book entitled Everything I Know I Learned from Musical Theater. I have Andrew Lloyd Webber to tha…
By Jil Picariello, Theater Editor, June 30, 2017 There's a lovely and unexpected moment that comes near the end of the new production of the 1991 play Marvin's Room by Scott McPherson. It co…
By Jil Picariello, Theater Editor, June 21, 2017 There’s a long strip of a stage. A folding chair. And six orange cones. But something is missing in the lives of the folks in the new M…
By Jil Picariello, Theater Editor, June 13, 2017 The process is complete. My brain is fully and totally Trumpified. I'm trying to remember the last time I saw something on stage that didn't …