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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…
MARRIAGE, MOVIES & MISERIES AT MINETTA LANE Marriage may be like a garden " has to be consistently and attentively nurtured and cared for or it will wither instead of bloom and grow " bu…
CHICAGO TEENS DELIVER THE GOODS WITH ORIGINAL ONE-ACTS Pegasus Theatre Chicago's Young Playwrights Festival proves "again"that fresh voices can write with candor, wit, and bite. For the last…
NO LYIN' ABOUT THIS ADORABLE LION A story about rules and when it is right to break them The four-year-old I took to the Adam Theater production of Library Lion at the Calderwood Pavilion in…
There could have been a better time to bring back Bug, Tracy Letts's disturbing drama about paranoia and its devastating consequences. We have enough to be paranoid about these days, don't y…
OPERA AMONG THE GHOSTS From playful parlor deaths to a chilling one-act about crime, punishment, and memory, Source/Filter Music Collective made Heritage Square sing. On November 8, Source/F…
Three Couples, Zero Accumulation With a score that forgets to remember, The Notebook drowns in its own mawkish bathwater There's a musical version of The Notebook that might actually work. A…
A PLEASING PAIR Standards stretched, teased, and joyfully reimagined The song "'S Wonderful" will be a century old next year, so it's not a new thing to wonder if its titular positive adject…
CHAMBER MUSIC IN AN IDEAL SETTING Glorious acoustics, a resonant space, and musicians who know how to listen to one another. There are few places in Los Angeles better suited to chamber musi…
THIS SHOW IS ALIVE … WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC A classic musical celebrates the power of music to promote authenticity How do you solve a problem like"presenting a musical that is so familia…
SISTERHOOD, INTERRUPTED Ragtime, Liberation, and the unfinished work of women's equality Even when we know better, most of us seem to think that history proceeds in a linear manner. Life in …
Winter in the mountains is often synonymous with outdoor adventure. We think of fresh powder on the slopes, snowshoeing through silent forests, and the biting chill of the wind on a ski lift…
SIX QUEENS BEAT A FULL HOUSE A Clever, Electrifying Concert That Sometimes Overwhelms Its Own Story History serves us well in stories for musicals. From 1776 to Evita to Hamilton, all the pl…
