The devil's voice is sweet to hear. " Stephen King, from the novel Needful Things Steppenwolf's production of Leroy and Lucy by Ngozi Anyanwu is a seductive and life-affirming reimagining of…
OOH LA LA FORÂ LA CAGE AUX FOLLES With songs by the incomparable Jerry Herman, bookwriter Harvey Fierstein once again broke ground after his Torch Song Trilogy with La Cage aux Folles. It …
HOT DOGS! Red Theater's Take on Speed Eating is a Fast and Furious Glimpse into the Fascinating Sometimes you need to head in a different direction to uncover life's true hidden treasures. T…
There's an eponymous and ominous presence onstage at New York City Center Stage I. You can't see him. But his evil, autocratic and tyrannical nature permeates every scene in Erika Sheffer's …
THE WALLIS HOSTS EXTRAORDINARY THEATER Handspring Puppet Company (War Horse) joins Cape Town's Baxter Theatre to bring Life & Times of Michael K to the Bram Goldsmith Theater at Th…
NOW, THERE'S OH SO MUCH MORE TO DESIRE Since struggle for power among the classes is one of the main themes in Tennessee Williams' still-shocking A Streetcar Named Desire, it makes perfect s…
THE SKOOBY ON HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THIS BUSH, OR SKOOBY DON'T GO? DEPENDS ON YOUR TASTE Hell in a Handbag Productions' world premiere of The Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don't Gang: The Myst…
TIED TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS OF A SILLY MELODRAMA, OR CUTE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR Popular during the Victorian era in England, a melodrama is a sensationally overly dramatic piece with lots of co…
ABT'S NEW NARRATIVE BALLET MAY NOT BE A CRIME, BUT IT SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE PUNISHMENT Last night, October 30th, at Koch Theater, American Ballet Theater presented its world premiere of Helen…
A RUFUS CONVERT During Rufus Wainwright's homey, intimate concert last night at the packed 500-seat theater at The Wallis in Beverly Hills, he chuckled that he didn't really want to do A Ruf…
GET READY TO BE INSPIRED Music By John Williams, an all-new documentary on the life and career of the legendary composer, will have a limited theatrical release, but beginning Friday, the El…
L'Chaim. "To Life" indeed. There's a ton of it, not to mention humor, sorrow and wisdom in the 1964 Stein/Harnick/Bock musical triumph, Fiddler on the Roof, which opens soon at La Mirada The…
INCIDENT AT NORTH COAST REP IS ANOTHER IN A LINE OF HITS THAT NEED NO HELP Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a nostalgic domestic comedy drama now on view in an illuminating and high…
EVERYTHING KREYÓL IS NEW AGAIN Seemingly caught between differing identities and life paths, Simone is at a crossroads. Half African American and half Haitian, this early thirties, nativ…
A CAVALCADE OF RICHES Anticipating Giordano Dance Chicago's (GDC) newest season is getting to be a lot like looking forward to an extravagant Christmas that happens twice a year. In the Spri…
COWARD'S ANGELS ARE A LAUGH RIOT Almost one hundred years after its somewhat scandalous debut, Noël Coward's Fallen Angels is enjoying a revival at Berkeley's Aurora Theatre, where it run…
EXPLORING THE GULF IN A RELATIONSHIP New Conservatory Theater is premiering in it's West Coast debut, Audrey Cefaly's 2017 play The Gulf " An Elegy. This intense one-act two-hander traces th…
STARRING GEORGE CLOONEY IN HIS BROADWAY PREMIERE Good Night, and Good Luck, a new play by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, and directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer, will pr…
A WELL-PLAYED PIANO Though the surface plot of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson is fairly simple " an estranged brother and sister argue over whether to sell or keep a beautiful piano that h…
Whore's Eye View is a unique event, more of a lecture on the history of women's sexuality than the personal monologue one would expect from a sex-worker. Now at HERE Arts Center as part of a…
MEMORY AS AN ACT OF LOVE The East Coast premiere of playwright Steven Drukman's snappy and cleverly written Pru Payne is movingly brought to the stage under SpeakEasy Stage founder Paul Daig…
OUR SHOCKING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM Rawshock, a new drama by Rita Lewis which opened last night for a limited run by Manhattan Rep at the Chain Theatre, is set in a psychiatric hospital. As is o…
Today, Concord Theatricals Recordings released the audio recording of Jason Robert Brown and Stephen Sondheim: Live in Concert on digital platforms worldwide. Recorded in June 20…
HOT PATOOTIE, BLESS MY SOUL, I REALLY LOVE THIS ROCKY SHOW If you're a veteran fan of the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ray of Light's production at the ever-fabulous Oasis Nightclub t…
WICKEDLY WITTY WILDE Sometimes you just need to take refuge from the contemporary world with a classic play. And when it's delivered as delightfully and professionally as Antaeus Theatre Com…