ONE OF THE ALL-TIME FEEL-GOOD MUSICALS COMES TO RUBICON Ain't Misbehavin'Â is a sizzling celebration of Fats Waller's music " songs that he made famous in a career that ranged from uptown …
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. …
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…
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 bohem…
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 must…
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…
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 Octob…
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-Americ…
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 m…
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 ro…
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 bol…
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 Broad…
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 Y…
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, Th…
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 the d…
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…
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 actual …
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-man …
CRANES HAS A CLIPPED WING Last night at REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles, CalArts presented a new play by Octavio Solis, and the story is magnificent. In East L.A., a teenager named Nico has b…
OUR FUNKY FOUNDING FATHERS A hip-hop Alexander Hamilton? A beat-box Father of His Country? A jumping James Madison and a jiveass Jefferson who disses bigtime in a poetry slam? The ten-dollar…
SPILL YOUR MAGIC BEANS NOW; THIS SPELL ONLY LASTS ONE NIGHT Get all dead-dolled up and get your spook on for Broadway's biggest Halloween event of the year: Jay Armstrong Johnson's annual so…
A BRAINDEAD MUSICAL REANIMATED TO GLORIOUS LIFE In 2007, the Mel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein opened on Broadway to largely dismissive reviews. Some say it opened too close on the heels…
THE FARM-TO-FABLE REVOLUTION IS HERE In what is Los Angeles's best season since well before the pandemic, comes along the best show of the season. Only in New York would one expect the calib…
JAGGED LITTLE SHOW You're going to need more than a pill to relieve your aches after seeing this dreck. From what I'd heard, the Broadway success of Jagged Little Pill, a hyper-woke jukebox …
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT IN THIS LOVELY PRODUCTION Unless you are an astronomer or an astronomy buff, you likely have never heard of Henrietta Swan Leavitt. She was an American woman who made dis…