NICE ASP! Troubadour Theater Company is a free-wheeling, no holds barred, commedia dell'arte-flavored, slapstick-driven Los Angeles based ensemble of actors, musicians, and comedians that ha…
A SLINGSHOT IN THE DARK Poor King David. What a life. If the blonde-haired King of Israel isn't being duped by the local townspeople to fight Goliath, he's embarrassing himself at a cocktail…
MY HEAD SAID "STAY" BUT MY HEELS SAID "RUN" Since 2007 the Berkeley Playhouse is one of the few theaters in the Bay Area that offers classes and camps for youths. Consequently their shows fe…
THE MINDLESS SILLINESS WE DIDN'T KNOW WE NEEDED Broadway Center Stage's production of Bye Bye Birdie, the 1960 musical comedy smash currently at The Kennedy Center, is delightfully corny, sc…
HAIRSPRAY: HIGH-STEPPIN' AND HIGH HAIR IN HOUSTON Returning to the Broadway at the Hobby Center series for one week only, the high-stepping, toe-tapping, raucous romp good time known as Hair…
YOU'LL LEAVE THIS ASTONISHING PRODUCTION POSSESSED It's not often I would feel compelled to begin a review with mention of the creative team, but director Igor Golyak " co-adapting with …
IT MAY BE DATED, BUT IT'S A POIFECT MUSICAL WITH WHICH YOUSE CAN TAKE A DATE Guys and Dolls has long been considered by many to be the perfect musical. Since its premiere in 1950, some have …
EVERYBODY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT RAY OF LIGHT'S EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE Now, it's a legend. First there was the 2011 British television documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16, which b…
A STRANGE LOOP'S IDENTITY CRISIS See if you can guess which musical this is. "A young black man sets out on a spiritual journey to discover his art, love, and himself. Along the way, he enco…
A JOY TO BEHOLD COMES TO MCCALLUM ONE NIGHT ONLY, SATURDAY JUNE 15 AT 8 The jazz world has been abuzz about the 24-year-old New Yorker Samara Joy since she won the Sarah Vaughan Internationa…
FRANTIC ANTICS FUEL THE HUMOR Terrence McNally updated his 1986 Off-Broadway comedy It's Only a Play for Broadway in 2014 featuring an all-star cast including F. Murray Abraham, Matthew B…
LAS CAGES AUX FABULOUS If you are looking for a quality show with poignancy and heart, but ultimately just want to leave your worries at the doorstep and have a good time, head on over to La…
AUDRA'S TURN AS ROSE Six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald returns to Broadway this fall, 2024, taking on what is widely regarded as the greatest role in musical theatre, "Rose" in Gypsy…
MAKING FACES You've heard of a play-within-a-play? Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang offers us a play-within-a-play-within-a-play in the semi-autobiographical Yellow Face. Lyric Sta…
ROB MCCLURE IS ON FIRE AS MRS. DOUBTFIRE Mrs. Doubtfire started its theatrical life as the hit 1993 film starring Robin Williams. As happens so often with hit movies, it was adapted into a s…
AVANT-GARDNER NewYorkRep is currently presenting the world premiere of The Opposite of Love by Ashley Griffin, which runs through June 15, 2024 at the Royal Family Performing Arts Space at C…
SHE'S THE ONLY ONE. HERE SHE COMES AGAIN. THIS TIME ON BROADWAY. Today, beloved icon Dolly Parton announced from the stage of the CMA Fest in Nashville, that she will partner with ATG …
COME HOME In the lovely Broadway revival of writer Samm-Art Williams' Tony-nominated play Home, an African-American man named Cephus Miles contemplates life or, more to the point, his life. …
Sugar Daddy, a new production of comedian and actor Sam Morrison's hilariously funny, unexpectedly moving one-man show, will play the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Be…
THIS AMERICAN FELT LIKE AN IDIOT UNTIL READING A SYNOPSIS When MTV hit the airwaves, a young generation stopped dead in their tracks and watched hours and hours of endless videos. Frequently…
CIRQUE AND THE CITY During Dear San Francisco at Club Fugazi in North Beach, one could be forgiven for feeling like you'd jumped into a Cirque Du Soleil production, and that's fine as the fo…
HAIR EXPLODES WITH ECSTACY AT SIGNATURE The 1967 "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" Hair, currently at The Signature Theatre through July 7 and directed by Matthew Gardiner, is an explosion…
HOLY HADES! HERE COME LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE! Otherworld Theatre, North America's premier fantasy and genre live theatre production company, is bringing The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson…
MUSIC, MEMORY AND MORTALITY: THE MAGIC OF JELLY'S LAST JAM In the resplendent realm of musical theatre, Jelly's Last Jam has once again ascended to prominence. Recently produced as a concert…
BUILDING BONDS OVER BREAD AND BUTTER In the evocative narrative of Miranda Rose Hall's The Sandwich Ministry, " which opened last Saturday at Skylight Theatre " the audience is invited to pa…