MILLER THEATRE IS BACK Miller Theatre at Columbia University is the leading presenter of new music in New York City; now, one of the most vital forces nationwide for innovative programming i…
JESUS TRADES SOUL FOR A MAN BUN While the the 50th anniversary tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar is still finding its footing in this truncated version (90 in…
A LITTLE LITE MUSIC Any theater company that decides to produce the entire body of work created by a single artist, like, say, aiming to produce every play Shakespeare ever wrote, deserves a…
AN ANIMATED FLUTE FANTASIA This new-to-Chicago production of Mozart's Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) is the most unique production this writer has seen in eight years of reviewing Lyric Oper…
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE'S OPENING Casting has been announced and tickets are now on sale for Friends Ticket Presale & American Express® Presale and, Nov. 17, the general publi…
A Red Orchid Theatre's 29th Season kicks off the with the Chicago Premiere of The Moors by Jen Silverman, directed by Kirsten Fitzgerald (Jan 6-Feb 27, 2022) and followed by the world premie…
THANKFULLY, WE'RE STILL SEARCHING Is there life after Lily Tomlin? The Shed, the cool new space for theater and art in Hudson Yards, is about to prove that question with a resounding "yes". …
TERRIFIC LINE-UP JUST ADDED AT AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE '1971: 50th Anniversary' Series Sat. November 6, 2021 " Sun. November 28, 2021 Los Feliz 3 Theatre Celebrate the 50th anniver…
COME IN TO GET OUT In an immensely satisfying Halloween entertainment, Jordan Peele's splendid thriller, Get Out, was accompanied by the LA Opera Orchestra playing the score live under the b…
Useful Tips for Starting Your Own Theater Company Live theater in the USAÂ is finally awakening after an extended lull of approximately 18 months. In order to keep the arts alive, it is im…
SEEING THIS REVUE MAY BE THE BEST DECISION YOU'VE EVER MADE I entered the Second City e.t.c. on opening night with a sense of unease. Two weeks earlier the Second City mainstage company, the…
STREAM-N-SCREAM Fright seekers are spending their weekend with Oiwa, Japan's most terrifying female ghost. GHOST LIGHT: THE HAUNTING is a streaming theatre experience based on Yotsuya Ghost …
WHAT A GREAT SHOW CAN MEAN TO YOU What the Constitution Means to Me is back at the Broadway Playhouse after a two year pandemic hiatus. Again, it is delivering an entertaining, thoughtful, h…
CHANGEÂ IS NOW We hear that that the only thing constant is change, yet we struggle against change, we fight against change, and some are even willing to succumb to the unyielding stress o…
Indra's Net Conceived, Directed, and Composed by Meredith Monk Meredith Monk's newest interdisciplinary, evening-length music theater piece is an experiential performance work affirming the …
THE THEATER IS RICHER DUE TO POOR CLARE Every once in a while, a bright shiny play comes along that absolutely restores my faith in theater as a place to be entertained, enthralled, and enli…
TURNING LYRICAL INTO A MIRACLE In emphasizing the "musical lyricism" of August Wilson's Seven Guitars, A Noise Within's promotional copy for its new production echoes the numerous commentari…
IS LESS MOOR? The Court Theatre artistic management is giving William Shakespeare's great tragedy Othello a startling makeover. The play has been condensed into a single 110-minute act. The …
MCC Theater (511 W 52nd St) opens its 2021-22 season with Nollywood Dreams, which reunites the entire cast from the 2020 MCC production that was postponed due to the theater shutdown. Wri…
THE RETURN OF THE SHOTGUN PLAYERS It is always a pleasure to come across a playwright with a love for (and a gift for) language and, better, an appreciation for the comic possibilities of wo…
THE PUBLIC THEATER ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR WORLD PREMIERE PLAY CULLUD WATTAH Written by Erika Dickerson-Despenza Directed by Candis C. Jones Above is the cast for the world premiere of CULLUD …
DOUBLE TROUBLE IN MINEOLA Paula Vogel, likely best known for her Pulitzer prize-winning How I Learned to Drive, isn't afraid to tackle tough themes. In The Mineola Twins, she does so by dren…
AMERICA'S BEST NOTES Beginning its first season since the COVID shutdown, Musical Theater West has, true to its name, celebrated musical theatre with A Grand Night for Singing, a heartfelt, …
YOU WILL LIKE IT In As You Like It, the new production at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the company unites William Shakespeare's classic romantic comedy, with the Beatles songbook. And th…
TOGETHER IN SPIRIT MORE THAN LAUGHS After an 18-month hiatus inflicted on Chicagoland theater because of the virus pandemic, the Second City has finally opened its 109th revue, the upbeat-ti…