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Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune is one of those often overlooked women from America's past whose story not only deserves, but needs to be told. At TheaterLab, a cast directed by Kathleen Brant take …
Rob Rokicki's Monstersongs is possibly the greatest (and definitely the funnest) Halloween album of all time. Released by Broadway Records back in 2017, the graphic novel rock album recently…
I'll admit I came in predisposed to like Randy Sharp's production of Washington Square. Henry James is one of my favorite authors, and I read the story of Catherine's ill-fated hopes earlier…
When aspiring young actress Tig Kennedy is raped by her would-be producer, she faces a wrenching choice: expose the wrongdoing and turn her back on a promising career in Hollywood? Or brush …
Storytelling, on perhaps its most basic level, is a means of transmitting memories and messages from one generation to the next. As such, it becomes a sort of ritual. By sharing our stories …
Gertrude Stein's Four Saints in Three Acts is, to put it bluntly, nonsensical. An avant-garde opera with a libretto by Stein and a score by Virgil Thomson, it's more word-driven than plot…
photo by Matt Murphy / @murphymade When a show moves from a big Broadway stage to an off-Broadway venue, something's gotta give. Whether it's the staging, the size of the cast, or the number…
A CIA newbie with orders to remove the Chilean President walks into a bombed out palace. What could go wrong? In Mark Wilding's delightful comedy Our Man in Santiago, loosely inspired by …
Gertrude Stein once said of her own writing: "if you enjoy it, you understand it." If that's true, then I suppose I understood My Onliness: a world premiere musical about a mad king and his …
The idea of rewriting history to include a much clearer account of what happened and who people were than the one that fits our current preconceptions about the past. The version of history …
Stories have a special power, and they fill an irreplaceable role in human life. Once Upon a (korean) Time, a new play written by Daniel K. Isaac and developed by the Ma-Ti theatre company, …
What's it like to work at a job that's slowly sucking the life and soul out of you"and is it worth it? That seems to be one of the questions asked by Alexander Perez in his dark comedy Randy…
There is an element of sincerity which brings an irreplaceable strength to any show"when it's missing, it is unmistakable. The Inconvenient Miracle, an original musical staged by the Skel…
Photo by Aaron Cobb Do you believe that a person can be hypnotized? How about 20 people at the same time on a stage in front of an audience? As long as you believe or, at least, accept the p…
"There's no reality in which I don't fall in love with you." So says a nervous but excited bride on her wedding day, as she and her husband-to-be wait for their civil ceremony. A 10-minute o…
From time to time, a play can take you by surprise. That was the case with Chain Theater's macbitches, written by Sophie McIntosh and directed by Ella Jane New. While intrigued by the premis…
Eartha Kitt was described by Orson Welles as "the most exciting woman in the world." Yet for 10 years, she was blacklisted from work in the United States. Why? Because she spoke her mind in …
 The world premiere of the new musical, "The Butcher Boy""book, music and lyrics by Asher Muldoon under the direction of Ciarán O'Rerilly"currently runs at the Irish Repertory Theatre…
Often a visit to the theater can be an opportunity for discovery. That's what happened when I attended a performance of The Butcher Boy at the Irish Repertory Theatre. The musical, based upo…
What makes a play queer? Is it simply a queer cast? A queer aesthetic? Or something more? Billed as a queer and gender-blind, abridged and I quote "hilarious version of this beloved classic,…
A year ago, I had the opportunity to review Alexander Perez's dark comedy Randy's Dandy Coaster Castle, which follows a team of overworked, underpaid employees at a rundown amusement park al…
Despite its charms, and there are many, the new musical "BetweenThe Lines" at the Tony Kiser Theater is a show in search of a target audience. Based upon a young adult novel by best-selling …
Scene: the Sakha Republic, Siberia. Some time in the future, a genetically engineered mammelephant (half mammoth, half elephant) has an existential crisis in a man-made park created to solve…
Kathy Ng's Happy Life, directed by Kat Yen at Walkerspace, is not a show for everyone. Nor is it a show for the faint of heart. But if kinky, morbid humor is your thing, well guess what, it'…
photo by Joan Marcus Adapting a beloved bestselling book into a Broadway show is not without its challenges. While the show has name recognition and is sure to attract loyal readers, it also…
