A VARIED AND VOLUPTUOUS NIGHT OF SONG A night at Carnegie Hall always feels special and elegant, and the evening of January 15 was no exception. Applause was plentiful, cheers resounded, and…
A NEIGHBORLY NICE LADY" WITH BUZZ ALDRIN IN HER HEAD Susan Clausen shines in Ian August's funny, surreal one-woman ride Reading the press blurb about Donna Orbits the Moon left me scratching…
Desert Ensemble Theater's world premiere of Rich Rubin's Dispersion of Light opened this past Friday at the Palm Springs Cultural Center, and it's a fascinating dive into the 1930s art world…
THREE ERAS, ONE MISSED OPPORTUNITY Brownstone collapses under unfocused, baffling staging Catherine Butterfield's Brownstone (2008) is built around a solid, even enticing idea: we have three…
EVEN MORE TO DESIRE A stripped-down Streetcar that proves Tennessee Williams needs no scenery. Since struggle for power among the classes is one of the central themes in Tennessee Williams' …
THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MIDDLE EAST Stephen Cole's backstage Qatar saga is stranger than fiction"and just as entertaining In the story category of "truth …
TENDERNESS IS BOUNTIFUL IN LAMB'S PRODUCTION A Horton Foote gem, staged with patience, grace, and heart The Trip to Bountiful began as a staged-for-TV play in early 1953 and then had a very …
A SOLO HAMLET BUILT ON PRECISION AND VELOCITY Inside the White-Box World of Izzard: One Performer, Twenty-Two Roles, No Safety Net Suzy Eddie Izzard"formerly known as Eddie Izzard until 2023…
REAF'S IF THIS IS LOVE " A ONE-NIGHT CABARET VALENTINE Big voices, big heart, and Jason Brock right in his element Since 1995, REAF (Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation) has been bringing amazing…
A PRIVILEGED PTA CIRCUS, THEN A VAXNADO The funniest ten minutes onstage, ever, flanked by a modestly amusing satire. In Jonathan Spector's Eureka Day, five concerned parents gather around a…
THEATRE THROUGH GOGGLES A 47-minute VR encounter turns a gallery into the closest "front row" imaginable. How would you like to attend a play starring Ian McKellen"and be seated front row ce…
FOUR UKRAINIAN REFUGEES NAVIGATE WAR'S AFTERSHOCKS IN A NIGHTMARE OF BUREAUCRACY Natalka Vorozhbyt's darkly funny, deeply bruising play finds Trap Door Theatre at its most urgent"and most hu…
A MURDEROUSLY FUN MUSICAL SEND-UP OF KIDS-TV STARDOM Nathan Wang and Matthew Leavitt turn wholesome childhood icons into gleeful chaos" fast, filthy, and ridiculously entertaining. Sets are …
AMERICA'S DARKEST CARNIVAL BARKS TO LIFE Revolution Stage Company delivers powerhouse vocals and sharp design in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's unsettling musical revue. Revolution Stag…
DAVE MALLOY'S A CAPPELLA SUPPORT-GROUP MUSICAL ABOUT INTERNET ADDICTION Intimate, exacting, unplugged, emotionally bracing" an in-the-round ritual that is a communal act of listening Dave Ma…
A REMARKABLY RESPLENDENT & RADIANT REVUE If you're wandering around Manhattan, just "Wishin' and Hopin'" for a magnificent musical revue with some "Magic Moments," don't "Walk On By" the…
A BRITISH FARCE OF DOUBLE-DEALING, DISGUISES, AND CHAOS IN '60s BRIGHTON When it hits its stride, CV Rep's high-energy staging delivers the kind of old-school physical comedy that feels like…
OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL EVENIN'! RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN RIDE AGAIN AT CARNEGIE HALL With a full cast, full dialogue, and a glorious orchestra, this Oklahoma! concert leans into the classic's…
A MARRIAGE MUSICAL THAT SPANS 50 YEARS"ALL IN ONE BEDROOM Palm Canyon's I Do! I Do! is consistently enchanting, with actors strong enough to make this intimate two-hander feel genuinely movi…
SARCASM ON STEROIDS To say that Dorothy Parker had a way with words would be the understatement of the century"and she spanned two of them, being born in the last decade of the 1800s and han…
SAILORS, SATIRE, AND SOPRANOS New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players keep H.M.S. Pinafore proudly afloat"smart, tuneful, and gloriously old-school. Producing a Gilbert & Sullivan operet…
A MASTER VILLAIN TAKES THE STAGE Patrick Page turns Shakespeare's greatest monsters into a riveting, slyly funny tour through human nature" one blood-red spotlight at a time. Dubbed "the vil…
BOOM! IS A BLAST! Separately, each is terrific. Together, the two are sublime. When singing sisters Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway combine their voices and sensibilities"echoing each …
DESERT THEATER FINDS ITS NEW HOME WITH A PERFECTLY TIMED POWDER KEG Welcome to the sharply funny Eureka Day, where a mumps outbreak turns a school board meeting into a full-contact sport Las…
WIT, WOUNDS, AND A GREAT SET OF PODIUMS A smart, lively cabaret revue that reminds us Parker was more than just a quote machine. Those of us who remember Dorothy Parker think of a sharp-witt…