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ANNA CHRISTIE RIDES THE TIDE AGAIN An early O'Neill, boldly staged, swept me into a fog-shrouded world of fate, forgiveness, and hard-won grace. "A rich and salty play," wrote one critic of …
AN INTIMATE HOLIDAY CONCERT Renée Elise Goldsberry does everything joyfully right; And yes, it helps keep The Classical Theatre of Harlem thriving Founded in 1999, The Classical Theatre of …
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE A PLACE CALLED HOME A late-season course correction that feels like a homecoming Christmastime is filled with traditions. And one of the best ones in New York City is t…
GO TELL IT! There are many ways to celebrate the holiday season on Boston-area stages, ranging from dance interpretations of The Nutcracker to performances and revisions of Dickens, to the e…
A DELICIOUSLY VERY WRONG WAY TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS Santa's dead, the carols are cursed, and Zombie Joe wants your soul for Christmas If you survived Urban Death: Tour of Terror in Octobe…
MORAL ROT MASQUERADING AS VIRTUE Broderick underplays the zealot Tartuffe in Lucas Hnath's contemporary take, but the cast keeps the comedy crackling The art of looking virtuous while being …
A HOLIDAY MYSTERY WITH VICTORIAN MISCHIEF ON ITS MIND Chesterton by way of Conan Doyle, wrapped in Wodehouse-style tomfoolery Arthur Conan Doyle wrote only one Christmas-themed Sherlock Holm…
A MUSICAL FABLE FOR THEN " AND NOW A cornerstone of the American musical theater canon. Corny and sexist? Undeniably. But it's still thrilling, still brassy, still Broadway. Guys & Dolls…
AN OMINOUS AND DISORIENTING THRILLER A meticulously staged interrogation that tightens its grip minute by minute In theater and in life, some risks are worth taking. Others may not be worth …
A VINTAGE-STYLE HOLIDAY CONCERT A warmly nostalgic night of classic music, crooning, and dance Imagine that it's 1962. You and your spouse decide to get a sitter and go down to the "club" be…
I FOUND A NEW BEAU FOR YOU But this wonderful new musical closes on January 4, 2026 at St. Luke's There are two standout reasons to catch Beau the Musical, the moving and musically stirring …
Have you ever wondered how a stage can completely change the feel of a performance? Stage design has always shaped the way we experience performing arts. From simple backdrops to elaborate s…
PLAIDS, CAROLS & COMIC CHAOS A tuneful Yule celebration filled with charm, harmony, and holiday silliness If you're craving holiday nostalgia served with tight four-part harmonies and a …
ENDURANCE, MANIA, AND THE WILL TO SURVIVE A raw solo performance that turns lived experience into hard-earned clarity Bipolar disorder, marked by its vertiginous highs and devastating lows, …
ESCAPISM AT THE EDGE OF COLLAPSE A Kit Kat Club that feels uncomfortably close to home Since its founding in 2012, Oakland Theater Project has set out to create theater experiences that insp…
A THRILLER THAT OUTLASTS ITS TWIST Even when we know what's coming, the tension holds Let's talk about the cojones required to mount a production of Gaslight nowadays. Even if we assume " a …
Theatre audiences often respond to a mood long before the first line is spoken. Light settles across the stage, shadows form in quiet corners, and the outline of furniture begins shaping exp…
THANK YOU FOR BEING A QUEEN Four drag icons, two episodes, and twenty years of perfectly timed shade Now celebrating its 20th consecutive year, The Golden Girls Live: The Christmas Episodes …
A HOLIDAY PANTO THAT KNOWS WHAT IT'S DOING The Actors' Gang offers a family-friendly fairy tale with teeth Children of the Winter Kingdom " The Bonkers Adventures of Holly and Spruce, now fr…
TRUTH, BEAUTY, FREEDOM, LOVE " MOULIN ROUGE! LIGHTS UP THE DESERT A pop-fueled fever dream lands at McCallum Theatre Moulin Rouge! The Musical took the stage of McCallum Theatre in all its s…
THE SOUP OF THE DAY IS A DARK BROTH INDEED There's a game some couples play when they're out and about: they make up lives about the strangers they see in places like diners. Part of what ma…
THE MONKEY KING LANDS WITH A ROAR A dazzling, design-driven premiere expands what opera can be Every now and then an opera house unveils something that doesn't just premiere " it shifts the …
A FAIRYTALE REBORN ON THE SOUTH SIDE Wheeldon's Chicago-set Nutcracker still casts a decade-long spell Ten years in, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and the World's Columbian Exposition are still a match …
HOOK, LINE & SEQUINER Presidio's Peter Pan Panto soars on camp, color, chaos, Christmas cheer, and unapologetic silliness ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ �…
STILL CASTING ITS SPELL Sondheim and Lapine's fractured fairytales find fresh magic at San Francisco Playhouse Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods may be one of the most belov…
