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THEATRICAL ARRHYTHMIA La Jolla Playhouse has always been fairly adventurous in its programming, but its latest premiere chooses a subject that feels less like theatrical fodder than a medica…
IT MAY BE JUST ANOTHER DAY, BUT THIS ISN'T JUST ANOTHER PLAY If I were to start by telling you what author Dan Lauria's sly new play is about, a great number of you might stop reading in dis…
CYNTHIA ERIVO CASTS A SPELL AT WOLF TRAP Cynthia Erivo returned to the Filene Center at Wolf Trap for two performances with the kind of fire, artistry, and vocal power that turned her into o…
THIS SOW BELONGS TO EVERYBODY There's the actor's nightmare, there's nightmare productions, and then there's Excorcistic: The Rock Musical which is nightmarishly twisted and sick. But don't …
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE… Early in the proceedings of Things with Friends, the new play by Kristoffer Diaz (Hell's Kitchen, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity) a character dismisses an…
EUREKA! Private school children often grow up in a carefully protected bubble. Their privilege shields them from many of life's cruelties, creating a world of like-minded students, parents, …
OPERA WITHOUT WALLS: VERISMO IN THE PARK Pacific Opera Project opened Pagliacci into the open air of Heritage Square Park last night, and the result was a strangely festive collision of carn…
A LEGEND AT WOLF TRAP Two decades after Get Lifted announced him as a singular voice in modern R&B, John Legend is celebrating the album with a tour that feels both polished and personal…
The names Red Nichols and Cliff Edwards may not be recognized by any but a few aficionados of 1920s jazz these days, but after seeing Mike Davis and Bryce Edwards' Hot Combination at Birdlan…
ON THE RIGHT TRACK The 7 Fingers (Les 7 Doigts), a Montréal-based circus arts company, brings 90 spellbinding minutes of exhibitions of strength, flexibility, coordination, balance, courage…
Some students associate theater and cinema studies with a creative world that requires no academic studies, but it's a huge misconception. Mastering any profession and getting a diploma is i…
HOW TO SUCCEED IN HISTORY WITHOUT REALLY TELLING IT Meet Lettice Douffet (Bobbi Randall), an eccentric tour guide at Fustian House, a drab Tudor mansion. Burdened with delivering its painful…
A FEATHERBABY IN SPRECKELS' CAP A talking, squawking parrot dispenses wit, wisdom, and wonder in Featherbaby at Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park. In a bright green suit and y…
Theater has always been about immersion. Actors on stage, lights shifting, the audience leaning forward"yet the limits were clear: a stage, a set, and the walls of the theater itself. Virtua…
SONGS FOR A SUMMER EVENING Palm Springs during summer becomes " well " a desert. All of the theatres close for the summer, and a large percentage of the winter population heads back to their…
WHO NEEDS A HEALTHY CORTEX WHEN YOU'VE GOT THIRTY-TWO SHOWSTOPPERS? The urge to create has served as a muse for countless forms of art: literature, opera, film, and theatre are littered with…
When I hear the name Pericles, I naturally think of the great Athenian statesman who helped shape democracy in the 5th century BC, a true hero of history. It is amusing that Shakespeare and …
FUN & DRAMATIC: A MATTER OF LAUGH AND BETH With her fans bursting into fond applause as she entered, sang, joked, or mentioned in passing a couple of shows on The Great White Way in whic…
ACHILLES' HEEL IN ARCADIA There is a misunderstanding of critics among some circles, a sense that they are all cast in the mold of Ellsworth Toohey, the sniveling, Machiavellian art critic f…
CANDACE JOHNSON IS AN ADHDIVA! ATTENTION MUST BE PAID (EVEN IF IT WANDERS) Now playing at The Marsh Berkeley is Scat-ter Brain: The Music of ADHD, written and performed by Candace Johnson. T…
Theater has always thrived on tension. A single pause, a shift in tone, or an unexpected twist can change the entire mood of the room. It is this delicate dance between performance and audie…
WHEN CIVILIZATION CRASHES IN QUIET MODE Cellunova Productions' latest outing, Destination Undefined ventures into the future with a provocative premise that might make you reconsider your st…
The circus is in town! The entrance to the Cambria Hotel on West Randolph Street in Chicago is so nondescript as to be almost invisible. Barely wider than its revolving door, you could walk …
A stark and haunting Parade marches into the Kennedy Center, the final stop of this Broadway tour, confronting history with stripped-down staging and searing urgency The national tour of …
From seat-hunting hacks to AI rehearsal partners, these digital gems are transforming how we do theatre. Theatre in 2025 isn't just about what's on stage, it's about what's on your phone. Wh…
