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Isn't it amazing the way the future succeeds in creating an appropriate past? Â Â " John Leonard, American critic Appropriate won Branden Jacobs-Jenkins the 2024 Tony Award for Best Rev…
ADRIENNE WARREN IS, INDEED, SIMPLY THE BEST The second of a three Beyond Broadway concert series was headlined by Tony-winner Adrienne Warren. I have followed Warren since 2016 when I saw he…
DIRECTOR AND PLAY: A PERFECT ARRANGEMENT, INDEED On February 6, The Bent in Palm Springs is opening Perfect Arrangement, a biting and timely comedy by Topher Payne. Set in 1950 during the he…
THERE'S A HOT HIT COOKING IN ROSS In ancient biblical texts, Gilead is not only a place of final peace, but also invokes healing and hope. How appropriate that playwrights James Valcq and Fr…
A SEARCH FOR MEANING BROUGHT TO GLORIOUS LIFE BY A PUPPET Based on the Booker-prize winning novel by Nobel-laureate South African J.M. Coetzee and adapted and directed by Lara Foot in collab…
SIX DEGREES SPOOFS UPPER-CLASS PRETENTIONS Sonoma Arts Live (SAL) has launched an ambitious production of Six Degrees of Separation, John Guare's now-classic tale of belief and deception amo…
USING ART TO COMBAT GUN VIOLENCE GUAC at Woolly Mammoth is not traditional theater"it's a powerful act of performance art that explores with life and tragic loss in the wake of a mass school…
KEEPING MEMORY ALIVE Memoryhouse, which premiered in 2023 as the first full-length ballet directed by Los Angeles Ballet's new Artistic Director Melissa Barak, is an abstract work compose…
San Francisco Ballet opened its season last weekend with Manon"the first in its "British Icons" series"a sumptuous and heartbreaking ballet by Sir Kenneth MacMillan. Based on Abbé Prévost'…
SLEEPING GIANT THINKS TOO BIG FOR ITS BRITCHES To live is to be in a constant state of suspension. One must cling to whatever helps establish a sense of permanence. A lover that won't leave.…
A deal with the devil; eternal youth, for the ultimate price. The Picture of Dorian Gray is coming to Broadway's Music Box Theatre for a strictly limited engagement 14-week engagement fo…
EVERYONE WILL LIKE IT HOT It wouldn't be a valid review to simply write, "I loved it!" a hundred times and ship it off to my editor. However, if you're looking for a bottom line or a simple …
Where digital entertainment and live arts converge, there emerges a quite captivating new domain that audiences could explore. And with every advancement in technology, the way we watch thea…
NOSTALGIA NEVER GETS OLD When The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams premiered on Broadway in 1945, it became his first major success. Nearly 80 years later, the play remains relevant, to…
Entertainment comes in many forms"whether it's the emotional pull of a theater performance, the immersive world of cinema, or the thrill of an online casino game. While these mediums may see…
THE BONES OF GREAT THEATER Wakka Wakka, the Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning theater company, returns with Dead as a Dodo, a surreal and darkly humorous production at the Baruch Performing …
ONCEÂ UPON AN AMAZING TIME Once is back at the Lamb's Players Theatre for an extended run through March 30, glorious news for area playgoers. This is one of the must-see musicals of the ea…
Aspiring theater musicians play a vital role in creating the captivating atmosphere that enhances any performance. Choosing the right instruments is crucial to effectively bridge the gap bet…
CHUCK YATES IS A TOUR DE FORCE AS TRUMAN CAPOTE Based on photos and video clips I've seen of Truman Capote, Chuck Yates has truly captured the successful-but-troubled author in Desert Ens…
STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE SET TO A POP BEAT After a few weather-related delays, Houston was introduced to the toe-tapping fun that is the national tour of & Juliet at The Hobby Center. Blendi…
IN A YEAR WHERE EVERYTHING HAS GONE WRONG, THIS WRONG MAKES EVERYTHING RIGHT The Tony Award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong, also crowned Best New Comedy at the 2015 Olivier Awards, is a si…
THE END OF THE WORLD COMES WITH A COFFEEE BREAK There's something eerily familiar about the way Michael Redfield and Hugo Armstrong zip and unzip their parkas in Will Arbery's haunting new p…
Steep Theatre Company's A Slow Air: An Astonishing Journey Into Forbidden Territory "Estrangement" is an unfriendly word that carries with it all kinds of negative connotations"hostility, al…
A LESSON ON FAMILY LEGACY Actors' Shakespeare Project continues its exploration of August Wilson's Century Cycle with an absolutely superb production of the 1987 Pulitzer-winning masterpiece…
THE MINUTE THAT CHANGED POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING FOREVER On September 7, 1964, a 60-second TV ad transformed American politics. Known as "Daisy Girl," it featured a young girl counting daisy pe…
