Danny Brown's two-hander opens with an orgasm and closes with a cathartic cleansing. Between these bold bookends lies 90 minutes of small talk"covering everything from sex and relationships …
Metamorphoses is the third show by Dmitry Krymov and Krymov Lab NYC that I have seen (the first was Three Love Stories Near the Railroad; the second Pushkin "Eugene Onegin" In Our Own Words)…
THE JAZZ AGE MEETS OPERA IN LA OPERA'S SEXY COSI Mozart's Così fan tutte started with royal scandal. In 1789, Emperor Joseph II commissioned the opera after a partner-swapping scandal sho…
THE PERPETUATION OF LEGACY Once a year we're reminded of the unique space Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) occupies in the global dance sphere. And every year we're also reminded h…
At the end of last season, Desert Theatricals warned audiences that, due to renovations at the Rancho Mirage Amphitheatre, they would have to skip the 2025 season. Then, somehow, the constru…
FORBIDDEN LOVE AND THE GILDED AGE GLOW IN ARENA'S DAZZLING PRODUCTION, BUT THE AGE OF INNOCENCE LINGERS Playwright Karen ZacarÃas (Destiny of Desire which premiered at Arena in 2015, Nati…
A WHISPER THAT ECHOES There are plays that knock you over with intensity. And there are those that seep in, settle under your skin, and stay there long after the lights come up. Adam Szymkow…
A MUSICAL THAT CURVES IN CONCENTRIC CIRCLES Fly by Night, an affecting chamber musical which premiered in 2014 at Playwrights Horizon, has been described as a "darkly comic rock-fable," and …
If you need proof that Andrew Lloyd Webber was more consistent in creating great musicals before helping turn Broadway into the spectacle-driven British juggernaut of the 1980s, look no furt…
COME TO MICHAEL MATTHEW'S CABARET With the amount of political turmoil and rising antisemitism in the world right now, it seems the perfect time to present an updated staging of the popular …
THINGS ARE O.K. WITH MR. K For decades, three words""by Barry Kleinbort""have often appeared in cabaret and theatre credits, typically preceded by "directed" or "written." At Birdland, The K…
A MENAGERIE GONE MAD"IN THE BEST WAY Boston Court has never been a company to play it safe, and John Anthony Loffredo's world premiere of Frou-Frou: A Menagerie of Sorts is no exception. Ins…
OPEN FIST'S BAT BOY SINKS ITS TEETH IN " AND DOESN'T LET GO Bat Boy: The Musical has returned to Los Angeles with a vengeance. This outrageous comedy/horror Off-Broadway musical, which or…
A DATE WITH KATE She looks and sounds radiant, and the audience knows it. Tonight, March 6, she was greeted with some of the most enthusiastic and sustained cheers I've heard in a long time.…
KEVIN CSOLAK HAS HIS HOPES HIGH, NOT TO MENTION THE TIME, PLACE AND RHYTHM Kevin Csolak (pronounced SO-lack) is currently playing Tulsa in the Broadway production of Gypsy with Audra McDo…
YOU GO, GIRLS! San Diego's theater scene is about to get a jolt of excitement as The Old Globe prepares the pre-Broadway world premiere of Regency Girls, a bold and hilarious new musical com…
FOR ALL IT'S GIRTH Sumo is a Japanese sport in which two bulky Japanese wrestlers clutch and grab at each other within a circular ring. The goal is to either eject the opponent from the ring…
THIS WILD RIDE SHOULD BE DOOLEY NOTED Francis Gercke"both the playwright and Backyard Renaissance Theatre Company's artistic director"welcomed the audience prior to the matinee. During his g…
WHO ARE YOU ASKING TO THE PROM? It may not be high school or college prom season just yet, but in the San Francisco Bay Area, at least three theatre companies have decided it's time to dust …
UNTYING THE SPELL Tongva and Mescalero Apache actor GiGi Buddie delivers a spellbinding performance in Where We Belong, an autobiographical one-woman show by Madeline Sayet, who weaves a dee…
A SKETCHY, SPREAD OUT SEND-UP SAGS WITH SLUGGISH SATIRE I like to go into shows completely blind. Sometimes that backfires, but usually not before the show even starts. On Thursday, I walked…
IT'S NOT SO MUCH HOW IRISH BECAME AMERICANS " IT'S HOW AMERICA BECAME IRISH Greater Boston Stage Company's lively production of Frank McCourt's The Irish and How They Got That Way ennobles o…
IS IT REALLY HUMAN TO FORGIVE? Dezart Performs' Grand Concourse"which opened on Friday"is a stunning interpretation of Heidi Schreck's (What the Constitution Means to Me) introspective, emot…
The Nocturne Theatre's West Side Story proves that "professional community theatre" can still hit you in the gut like a Broadway-caliber production. With a book by Arthur Laurents, music by …
Harold Arlen's Timeless Songs Take Center Stage in a New Book Musical at El Portal North Hollywood is set to get a sparkling shot of classic American songwriting, big-band swing music from t…