PAGE BY PAGE Anyone who gets a standing ovation merely by entering the room has undoubtedly accomplished something great. Ken Page's illustrious career and sterling character earned him such…
I DREAM OF GENIE Ready to spend a little time in the ancient Arabian town of Agrabah? It's the classic story with Aladdin (Adi Roy), Jasmine (Senzel Ahmady), and of course the genie (Marcus …
A NIGHT OF HIGH NOTES The beloved and versatile award-winning musical theater star Patti LuPone delighted those who packed Boston's Symphony Hall last evening with a series of high notes, lo…
FREEDOM WRITER San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO) is presenting a terrific production that tells the amazing true story of Bay Area icon Betty Reid Soskin, known to residents i…
PUSSY POWER How can we eradicate misogyny? Meet vagina dentata, a penis-eating vagina, the product of an ancient folk tale that exists in virtually every culture, and it has now landed at Pl…
The art of bringing the visceral thrill of sports competitions to the silver screen and stage is a nuanced craft that requires the concerted efforts of directors, actors, and artists. These …
A BITTERSWEET BIRTHDAY In the luminous world of musical theater, two names stand as colossi, casting long shadows across Broadway and the global stage. Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webb…
An extravagant celebration of the iconic music of Broadway and more, The Four Phantoms in Concert brings together " you guessed it " four actors who have played the lead role in The Phantom …
A VIEW TO GREAT THEATER Theatre Palisades has a hit on their boards with a true-to-life production of Arthur Miller's landmark drama from 1955, A View from the Bridge, sharply directed by Ca…
Written and performed by Pamela L Paek and directed by Shinshin Yuder Tsai, No fucks given. None taken. All done. is (1) A life mantra. (2) A way of cutting through the BS of toxic …
FOR THEATERGOERS DESIRING A COAT OF LOVE, THIS SHOW IS BESPOKEN FOR Sometimes friends or even co-workers can become more like family than your relatives. Such is the case in Wolf Mankowitz's…
DOG AND PONY SHOW Looking at the long line that stretched all the way to 7th Avenue to get inside the 1920s Imperial Theatre, I thought I was about to see a masterpiece. I was not familiar w…
THE STEPS TO SUCCESS They say that timing is everything. Timing certainly is everything in The 39 Steps, the English spy spoof that occupies a delightful, often amazing, and even suspense…
A PIPELINE TO GREAT THEATER Theater can do more than entertain. A good drama can not only pull at your heartstrings, it has the ability to educate, influence and inform. Pipeline, now playin…
Some consider A Midsummer Night's Dream to be one of William Shakespeare's greatest tributes to love: both romantic and platonic. "Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind. And therefo…
ONE FOR THE NOTEBOOKS While specialty branded tissue boxes are sold for $5 at the merch stands, the ushers at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre should insert more in the playbill of The No…
READY FOR A HOT BATH? Staged at The Flea Theater in Manhattan between the FBI building and an apocalyptic AT&T windowless high tower, Bathhouse.pptx " described as a "group project for p…
YOU'LL BE DANCING IN THE SHEETS ALL OVER AGAIN Sitting in a movie theater, in 1984, we teens were spellbound by the original film version of Footloose " and not because it was an amazing sto…
SCRIPT2STAGE2SCREEN TO DROP ITS FINAL CURTAIN Script2Stage2Screen, the theatrical group that has produced staged readings of original works since 2010, has confirmed that this 2023-24 season…
AN ENGAGING FISHBURNE DOES A SLOW BURN Who doesn't want to see Laurence Fishburne in a solo play he describes as "The stories and lies people have told me. And that I have told myself"? The …
THE VINEYARD: WHERE NEW PLAYS GROW INTO HITS Vineyard Theatre has transferred 11 shows to Broadway, seven directly after their acclaimed Vineyard premieres [highlights are links to Stage and…
CULTURAL COMEDY GOLD, THIS PLAY REALLY IS ONE OF THE GOOD ONES In a landscape where minority narratives often revolve around stereotypes of poverty and struggle, One of the Good Ones emerges…
THE DEMONS ON ANGEL ISLAND We've all heard stories about coming to America through Ellis Island. We've read the books and seen the movies set in the early 1900s about the immigrants sailing …
TAKING STOCK OF THE MURDOCH AFTERSHOCK: HACK. LIE. INTIMIDATE. CORRUPT. BEGIN AGAIN. Welcome to Rupert Murdoch's wicked, treacherous media empire where everybody is under surveillance and ca…
A DO-NOT-MISS REGIONAL PREMIERE Martin McDonagh's Hangmen at San Jose Stage Company I was lucky enough to catch the limited run of Martin McDonagh's tense and very funny Hangmen on Broadway,…