A BROADWAY BACALLBACK FROM LEE ROY REAMS Few performers embody the golden age of Broadway quite like Lee Roy Reams"a Tony-nominated actor, singer, dancer, director, and choreographer whose c…
MURDER MOST TUNEFUL In 2013 a new musical called A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder played San Diego's Old Globe on its way to a prizewinning run on Broadway. The show is now back for …
THE WIT AND THE HUMID: AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS An expert in turning the mundane into something paramount and inevitably humorous, David Sedaris uplifted an immense audience at Wolf Tra…
THE SHOW BEHIND THE SHOW A well-done backstage farce is always a good time, especially for theatre lovers. But a well-done backstage farce with something to say, with layers and depth"that i…
GHOSTS POURED NEAT Conor McPherson's The Weir, a beloved staple for Irish Rep, returns for its fourth production under the intimate, finely tuned direction of Ciarán O'Reilly. This unusua…
BOURNE AGAIN: A MUSICAL RECLAMATION IN GLORIOUS MINOR KEY After a long absence from the West End, Oliver! has returned with the force of a Victorian street gang bursting through fog-shrouded…
LIFE ON REWIND In a co-production with HorseChart Theatre, Rogue Machine Theatre continues its astounding season with John Kolvenbach's gem of a play, Reel to Reel, a heart-warming, but defi…
A KNOCK AT THE HEART With her staging of Dolores, Edward Allan Baker's two-woman drama about domestic violence, director Stephanie Feury"at the theatre that bears her name"has placed on disp…
IN THE TRADITION OF THE GREAT JAZZ SINGERS When Ashley Pezzotti sings, it will only take a few notes for listeners new to her manner to gratefully discover that their ears will be caressed, …
OFFTIME Abi Watkinson's one-woman show 5:45 is a poor receptacle for a great deal of talent"one that feels underdeveloped and not fully thought through. The trouble starts with the title. A …
A TAIL OF LOVE ON A LEASH Playwright Benjamin Schwartz and director Natalie Nicole Dressel, in league with actors Callie Ott and Spencer Weitzel, have served up in Dog of Carnage one of the …
NOBODY LOVES A FAT GIRL (UNTIL SHE HAS A MIC) Laural Meade has treated the concept of the solo-bio show like an origami master, folding it over and out until it becomes something other than …
WHAT THE FOREST KNOWS: TOTORO AND THE RADICAL ACT OF WONDER There's something profoundly radical about a piece of theatre that trusts its audience to believe in wonder. The Royal Shakespeare…
BEFORE HANSEL, THERE WAS, HELL YEAH, GRETEL! Witches. Talking dolls. Folk and rock music. Chicken-legged houses. If that doesn't get your attention, then you may already be inside Baba Yaga'…
They Just Keep Moving The Line: Smash Cast Recording Crosses Into Broadway Gold The alchemy has finally occurred. After thirteen years, Smash has completed its metamorphosis from cult televi…
BIG GOSPEL ON LITTLE ISLAND Greek religion and Christianity had very different views on the nature of God and salvation, but the current revival of The Gospel at Colonus still manages to tur…
DÉJÀ LOUCHE Just to Be Close to You opens with an immaculately coiffed and mustachioed Cam Poter stepping before the packed audience at the Broadwater Studio as his alter ego, the re…
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO LOVE DAVID BURNHAM The tenor is back in the desert with a Tom Jones bang" and a burning bush in his future. Broadway leading man David Burnham"known for starring as Fiyer…
SOUNDCHECK FOR SURVIVAL "Aha…sure…uh-huh…yes…ummm…you say…." And so begins NO, dancer/actuation artist Annalisa Limardi's intriguing, minimalistic dissertation on the social pres…
PAGING DR. DRAMA, STAT! VITALS NOT STABLE Nursing Is My Life was a heart-breaker for me. Charley Karlotta has spent decades as a registered nurse, raising her family, and dreaming of one day…
NICAEA TRY Oh, Constantine! at the Zephyr Theatre is an odd nut to crack. Or I should say review. One of the best-produced shows at the Fringe, this is the brainchild of playwright / directo…
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S IN STORE; SHOP 'TIL REALITY DROPS Area15 is an immersive retail and entertainment district located just minutes from the Las Vegas Strip. Its crown jewel is Omega Mar…
A GIANT PEACH OF AN ANTISEMITE There's something eerily familiar about the way John Lithgow adjusts his cardigan in Mark Rosenblatt's haunting new play Giant, now playing in the West End's H…
Step inside a theater in 2025 and you might find more than just actors under the lights"you'll see the world of sports statistics brought to life on stage. Playwrights, directors, and perfor…
CAHN-DO SPIRIT: HARNAR'S ELEGANT REVIVAL Jeff Harnar, the celebrated cabaret artist known for his insightful interpretations of classic material, brings his acclaimed Sammy Cahn celebration …