"GOOD TIMES NEVER SEEMED SO GOOD" Producers Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio, principals of A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical, announced today that Tony"nominee Will Swe…
New Trailer! 7 DAYS The Charming Rom-Com from Filmmaker and MD Roshan Sethi (Co-Creator of The Resident) starring GERALDINE VISWANATHAN (Bad Education) and KARAN SONI (Deadpo…
THERE IS NO OTHER HAND: ROGUE MACHINE HAS A WINNER Another one of Los Angeles's best theater groups got back on the boards last week, as Rogue Machine Theatre kicked off its first post-pande…
VIRGIN PLAY GETS TESTED AT IRISH REP Ciara NÃ Chuirc's new play Made By God, now being given its world premiere run by Irish Rep, is described in the show's promotional materials thusly: …
This Saturday, February 26 at 8, The Soraya's resident ballet company, Ballet BC, offers a program of unusual depth with two works: GARDEN (by the new Artistic Director Medhi Walerski)Â a…
THE KIDS AREN'T ALL RIGHT Ever heard of Godwin's Law? If you've spent a sizable amount of time on social media you've surely experienced it. An adage from the '90s, Godwin's Law states that …
Registration is officially open for the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival, LA's largest celebration of the performing arts. Organizers are seeking artists and producers in the performing arts t…
THIS IMPRESSIVE WORK IS STILL A BIT IN THE DARK George Schuyler's classic novel Black No More " written during the famous Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 30s " is a funny, absurdist, sea…
MAC'S MULTI-TALENTED TRIBE AND FABULOUS PHILOSOPHERS HANG AT HERE Taylor Mac is nothing if not creative. Perhaps oppressively so. Mac's latest on-stage extravaganza is titled The Hang and is…
CONRAD RICAMORA OFFERS A NEW SEYMOUR Audrey II is back and New York's got……Him? Her? It? Hard to tell, especially since this giant-alien-Venus Flytrap has an insatiable appetite for huma…
SERIOUS STOMPIN' IN CHICAGO One of the many things I enjoy about Porchlight Music Theatre here in Chicago is no one dusts off a little-known musical for a revamping better than this talented…
BRINGING BACK BYRNE Talking Heads superstar David Byrne re-opened his acclaimed rock spectacle American Utopia last September 17 at Broadway's St. James Theatre after the pandemic shutdow…
LIFE MAY SUCK, BUT THE PLAY SURE DOESN'T For those familiar with Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, it might seem an odd choice to modernize. But Aaron Posner's tight script, combined with Cygnet'…
A ROCKIN' REVIVAL OF WEST SIDE STORY AT MARRIOTT Fans of musical theater in general and West Side Story in particular should thoroughly enjoy the Marriott Theatre revival. The production off…
GROUNDHOG DAY DOES NOT BEAR REPEATING The Paramount Theatre has a well deserved reputation for presenting classy productions of musicals that approach Broadway caliber. That certainly can be…
NOT QUITE A ROYAL REIGN FOR QUEEN OF THE NIGHT After over 750 plus days dark, Victory Gardens Theater is mounting its first new production of their mainstage season and of the year. Queen…
A PRAYER GRANTED FOR THE THEATER "Exquisite" is probably a devalued and over-used descriptive at this point is our society. However, Manhattan Theater Club's current production of Prayer for…
THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY celebrates Black History Month with an encore stream presentation of THIS BITTER EARTH, written by Harrison David Rivers and directed by Gregg T. Daniel. Recorded li…
REDEMPTION ON REPEAT, BUT IT'S TOUGH TO GET THROUGH THIS SCORE ONCE When it comes to timing, the Paramount Theater has absolutely nailed the opening date of its latest large-scale musical. G…
EVITA: SURPRISINGLY GOOD FOR YOU Evita at the Drury Lane Theatre is a prime example of a revival that preserves the virtues of the original musical while injecting enhancements that should r…
SISTERS DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES I cannot think of a better way to celebrate the beginning of Black History Month than with the musical musings and distinguished divas now honored at the Merc…
BEAT IT, NAYSAYERS; THIS SHOW WANTS TO BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN' The new Broadway musical at the Neil Simon Theatre far exceeds a mere revue of Michael Jackson's iconic music and performance cho…
A SHAKESPEAREAN WESTERN MUSICAL? DON'T WORRY, IT MEASURES UP Love Shakespeare? Great. Hate Shakespeare? No problem. North Coast Rep's Desperate Measures may be based on the Bard's Measure fo…
YOU REALLY CAN'T STOP THE BEAT There was some major foot stomping, shoulder shimmying and hip swaying happening downtown last night, despite a major snowstorm that dumped half a foot of snow…
WHAT WILL YOU TALK ABOUT? Red high-heeled shoes? Professional drag queens? Repetitive pop music? Overcoming homophobia? Yeah, the new-ish musical Everybody's Talking About Jaime sounds a lot…