15 stories by "Justin Hayford"
A musical about the darkest days of AIDS shows its student-effort roots, but provides a stirring score.
A little more than two decades ago, composer Cindy O'Conn…
The stakes are too low in this musical about the life span of a gay relationship.
Three versions of lovers Daniel and Greg"in their 20s, 30s, and "50s and older"…
American Blues Theater's production finds some honesty amid the musical cliches.
Boy, oh boy, the residents of tiny Gilead, Wisconsin, need some hope. Good thing…
The gears keep spinning, but we never get anywhere.
I suppose it would be difficult not to make a mechanical engine the central metaphor of any play about Ada By…
Odd's Bodkins has created a highly idiosyncratic production steeped in quirky earnestness.
Dungeons & Dragons' 45-year history has had its volatile moments. …
Gus Menary's ensemble transforms Kenneth Lin's mechanical script into a warm, nuanced production.
Playwright Kenneth Lin's got nothing on Frank Capra. In this ga…
It should be a trainwreck, but it's not, just so long as you put your intellect on hold.
A stranger walks up to you. They know your name, where you've been, wher…
There's not enough room in this scattershot world for ideas to deepen.
Eugène Ionesco's Killing Game, first produced in 1970, will always be relevant"which para…
Steven Dietz's historical drama starts strong but gets "tangled up in roads."
Unhelpfully prolific American playwright Steven Dietz never met a promising idea he…
It provides all the answers to the central dilemma that you'd expect.
Red Theater has achieved its admirable goal to "ask dangerous questions theatrically" in th…
"If you want something," they sing, "keep your hands on it."
Based on S.R. Bindler's 1997 documentary of the same name, this 2012 Broadway musical focuses on an …
Karim Nagi takes his audience on a tour of the Arab world beyond Aladdin.
At the beginning of this discursive one-man show, a Silk Road Rising/Stage Left coprodu…
But Greg Keller's script takes way too long to get there.
In his 2018 one-act, actor and writer Greg Keller creates a relationship between two young men so poign…
As a performer, comedian Dave Maher is a high-concept mischief-maker. During his recent six-week stint at the Annoyance, he spent one night intentionally shirking his responsibilities, setti…
In Detroit, Lisa D'Amour pulls back where she should push.
