The cast of Circle Theatre’s “Urinetown.” (photo credit: Bob Knuth) Have you ever had to pee so badly you could nearly taste it? I remember one time I was at an Ann Hampton…
Our experts on theater, dance, visual arts and film wax nostalgic on three decades of reviews.
The Broadway season has just begun and already there is Tony Awards chatter about "Follies," the new revival of the 1971 musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman.The Broadway season has…
The Broadway season has just begun and already there is Tony Awards chatter about "Follies," the new revival of the 1971 musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman that originated at the …
The first opening of the fall theater season has arrived, and we can’t think of a better way to kick it off than with the highly anticipated Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Ja…
We searched high and low to find a dozen sharp, opinionated Broadway fans to review all of the new shows on the Great White Way as part of our 2011-2012 Word of Mouth panel. Without futher a…
Headlong Theatre and director Rupert Goold's site-specific exploration of 9/11 and its legacy, Decade, opened last night (8 September, previews from 1 September 2011) at St Katharine Docks. …
Arnold Wesker’s The Kitchen, set behind the scenes in a large West End restaurant, opened at the NT Olivier last night (7 September, previews from 31 August 2011) as part of the Nation…
Trevor Nunn’s starry production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest opened to critics at the Theatre Royal Haymarket last night (6 September 2011, previews from 27 August). Thought by…
The terrifyingly talented Jessica Blank (The Exonerated, Aftermath etc.) tried to write in a comment and it just wouldn't post. I asked her if I could just go ahead and post it to help keep …
Controversial 'Porgy and Bess' staging opens in Massachusetts
Where George Hunka irritates us enough to make us write about something we don't like to write about (not that I'm sure he's not a nice guy)
"Complaining," said Rilke, almost a century ago. "The eternal vice of poets." But consider the poet in the 21st century! The digital age has amplified whingeing to a rema…
After 15 years since the Long Beach Civic Light Opera (LBCLO) folded, the company's former artistic director Luke Yankee has come back to the Long Beach Performing Arts Center to direct No…
Large-scale arena show Batman Live, which brings the Caped Crusader to the stage for the first time, arrived at the O2 last week (24 August 2011) as part of a national tour.Adapted from the…
Large-scale arena show Batman Live, which brings the Caped Crusader to the stage for the first time, arrived at the O2 last week (24 August 2011) as part of a national tour.Adapted from the…
It is the second win for both The Downtown Cabaret and Mr. Rocco.