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AN ASTOUNDING CAST CAN'T HELP TO SHAKE THE FEELING THAT WE'VE WITNESSED THIS BEFORE Pedro Antonio Garcia, a criminal defense attorney and a playwright, must have written The Witness Room as …
STUNNING STORYTELLING Many times when I go to see a show, whether as a critic or just a patron, I'll come in not knowing in advance what I'm going to see. With a reputable theater company, m…
A LIVELY AND TIMELY EXAMINATION OF VOTING BEHAVIOR Fight Night, brought to seven American states by the Belgian performance group Ontroerend Goed (a punning name, roughly translated as "Feel…
THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEING THIS IMPORTANCE Is there a funnier comedy in the English language than Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest? Since it opened in London in 1895 the play has …
BOY, OH JERSEY BOY, IS THIS SHOW EVER GREAT In 2004, a new musical called Jersey Boys quietly debuted at the La Jolla Playhouse. It transferred to Broadway the next year, running for 12 year…
SOMETIMES THINGS HAVE TO GET VERSE TO GET BETTER Medea: Re-Versed, a Hip Hopera by Luis Quintero, has landed at the Frank Shiner Theatre and it is, without doubt, a memorable exp…
SEEING ONCE ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH Ironically, the real-life love affair between collaborators Glen Hansard, an Irish singer-songwriter, and Markéta Irglová, a Czech songwriter, fizzled afte…
A NEW MUSICAL THAT JUST MIGHT RIP YOUR HEART OUT Preston Max Allen's new musical Never Better at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre is an emotionally raw folk-punk musical. It sometimes struggles w…
LIFE IN THE FAUST LANE There's Gounod's Faust (the opera), Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus (the novel), Christopher Marlowe's Faust (the play), then there's the classic Faust " Johann Wol…
It's rare to see so many superstars on stage at once. That's what you'll get for Parents in Chains, a new comedy by Jay Martel, which will have a developmental workshop production at Hollywo…
Arsenic and Old Lace, the classic black comedy about two sweet old sisters poisoning old men lodgers has been told on stage and screen for decades. This includes the original play written by…
IT TICKS, IT BOOMS, IT EXPLODES! Theatre Palisades has struck gold with its astoundingly entertaining and moving production of Jonathan Larson's Tick, Tick… BOOM! Expanding the cast from t…
If the heat in the kitchen is getting you down, you'll want to head on over to La Mirada Theatre, where the Broadway hit Waitress opens tonight and plays through October 13. Designed by an a…
YOU'LL WANT TO SEE THIS CLOVER AND CLOVER AGAIN There's a wonderful new show playing at the Cinegrill Theater at the gorgeous Hollywood Roosevelt that is not so easy to shoehorn into a simpl…
A TRIUMPHANT SAGA OF A VIENNESE FAMILY The Huntington and director Carey Perloff bring Tom Stoppard's beautifully written Leopoldstadt to Boston with engaging performances that make the comp…
A MASTER OF MUSICAL THEATER; TWENTY-SEVEN SONGS; THREE GREAT PERFORMERS; ONE TERRIFIC REVUE 3 Faces of Steve: Sondheim in Concert at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble is a revue that spans the breadt…
A BRIDGE TO GREAT THEATER Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge may be a small play physically, with a single drab set and just five significant characters. But it builds from a sympathetic…
I'D LOVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SEE It is extremely hard to translate the work of writers as ingenious and imaginative as RyÅ«nosuke Akutagawa, the father of Japanese s…
TRYING TO MAKE LIFE BETTER AT ANY COSTCO Head north to the small town of Lewiston, Idaho, and you'll discover how the town got its name. One of the town's main attractions is the Lewis and C…
THE WAY SHE WERE Envisioning a Barbra Streisand concert, one pictures $1000 seats at the Dolby for a show where every word has been discussed, rehearsed, and teleprompted. By contrast, at El…
THE GREATEST PRODUCTION YOU'LL EVER SEE OF A PERPLEXING MUSICAL If you ever want to see Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy, Writers Theatre is the place to see it. I …
DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE PLOT, AND YOU'LL HAVE A BLAST In 1973, a rock musical called The Rocky Horror Show opened in London and ran until 1980 as other productions of the show blossomed t…
I'VE GOT SOME GREAT NEWS TO CHER The Cher Show, a new musical that follows Broadway's continuous trend of capitalizing on rockstar jukebox bio-musicals like MJ The Musical and Tina The Tina …
ENJOYABLE, BUT WHO IS THE AUDIENCE FOR THE AUDIENCE? The Audience at Drury Lane Theatre is a slightly stuffy drama best suited for audience members who are very interested in British poli…
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED Take a look at the highly decorated diorama just before you go upstairs to the Henry Murray Theatre for one of the most exciting world premieres you will ever se…
