This perennial favorite is back for its 19th year. This "drag" version of classic holiday-themed Golden Girls episodes seems to grow in popularity every year. Since its inception in 2005 whe…
A HEARTWARMING ADAPTATION The world premiere of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women adapted by Lauren Gunderson as a co-commission from Northlight Theatre, City Theatre, People's Light, a…
Art, theatre and cinema is a medium through which stories can be told across borders and geographies, evoke emotions and make you feel that the story belongs to you. Able to inspire, enterta…
A PLAY TO BE THANKFUL FOR Director Tara Moses (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma/Mvskoke) leans into the challenge of bringing the satirical comedy The Thanksgiving Play to the stage with "a full …
ACTORS LOOKING FOR WORK: GOD BLESS THEM, EVERYONE! La Jolla Playhouse is presenting the world premiere of a play for the holiday season, and beyond, with the extensively titled Your Local Th…
NOSTALGIC, SAPPY FUN If you're in the mood for a night of campy humor with a Christmas-y theme, head to Bus Barn Theatre in Los Altos for its production of A Christmas Story: The Musical. Th…
A RAGING CAREER " NO BULL Palm Springs' The Bent is presenting John Logan's one-woman play I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers starring Academy Award-nominee Cathy Moriarty as the …
Last year at this time, I saw the family-friendly and totally entertaining Dog Man: The Musical at the Kirk Douglas Theatre presented by TheaterWorksUSA in which comic book hero Dog Man, wit…
IF THE HEAT IN AMERICA'S KITCHEN IS GETTING YOU DOWN, HEAD TO WAITRESS AT SF PLAYHOUSE San Francisco Playhouse has delivered an incredible gift for the winter holiday season: Waitress, Jessi…
PUT YOUR LIFE AND TRUST INTO THE HANDS OF LIFE AND TRUST There is a daunting immersive theater experience in Manhattan's Financial District that is also somehow prophetic. The location, 69 B…
WEAVING TOGETHER THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE With our post election blues, and immigration becoming a hot button issue again, Jaja's African Hair Braiding sends a message of love, hope and fami…
Live music has been a key part of cultural expression for millennia. Typically showcased in beautiful theaters with velvet-draped seating, this art form can also be found and enjoyed in at l…
A FUSION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, MATHEMATICAL GENIUS AND FAIRY TALES CaltechLive's Opening Doors is a themed series of dance, music, and theater events on campus that showcase artists wh…
AN INCREDIBLE SCORE; A FINE PRODUCTION; A FUNNY AND POIGNANT FRACTURED FAMILY PORTRAIT; WHY, THEN, DOES THIS REVIVAL NOT EMOTIONALLY RESONATE? Court Theatre and Timeline Theatre's joint prod…
NOISES OFF, LAUGHS ON Just in time for the holiday season, Lyric Stage Company of Boston has something for audiences eager for some silly fun. Written by Michael Frayn the quintessential far…
THE PORTERS SHARE WITH US IN GLORY HENRY IV There is a danger of critical indulgence when considering a company like the Porters of Hellsgate; their ambition to produce all of Shakespeare's …
GALILEO'S THEORIES WOULD PROVE THAT THE SUN DOESN'T MOVE " GALILEO'S DAUGHTER ALSO DOESN'T MOVE It's an intriguing notion: the ground-breaking scientist and astronomer Galileo Galilei, who d…
A QUILT BLANKETED BY PREDICTABLE STITCHING Quilts always intrigued me; for millennia, women took scraps of fabric from discarded items and made quilts to be used for warmth or decorative pur…
LITTLE WOMEN WITH A BIG PRESENCE Allen Knee took on a daunting task in creating a play from Louise Mae Alcott's hefty 1868"69 two-volume novel, but he also cuts back the narrative for the mu…
DEATH BECOMES HER BECOMES BROADWAY I had opposite opinions this week between the opening of the film version of Wicked and the new Broadway musical comedy Death Becomes Her. Wicked outsoared…
GET READY TO CRACK SOME NUTS WIDE OPEN Christmas can be very sexy if you step into the sumptuous world of Théâtre XIV in trendy Bushwick, and catch Company XIV's neo-Baroque classic Nutc…
THE BEST HOLIDAY GIFT ISN'T UNDER THE TREE, IT'S ELF AT THE MARQUIS Elf, the charming story of Buddy, the orphan who crawled into Santa's sack one Christmas Eve and was raised at the North P…
CONFRONTING THE CURSE It is a signal accomplishment to produce 70 minutes of solo theater which are all the things Hexen manages to be: solemn, playful, enchanting, insightful, and finally, …
MAX VON ESSEN HAS A KNOCKOUT CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT Max von Essen is no spring chicken, having made his Broadway debut in the 2000 revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. Nevertheless, when he bounc…
PREPARE TO BE SWEPT AWAY What happens when we are faced with extreme necessity? The 1884 tragic wreck of the yacht Mignonette was a cause célèbre in late 19th-century Britain, but not beca…