THE IDES HAVE IT It's 44 BCE, March 15, and Julius Caesar walks toward his death, changing the course of Western history. Exactly 2,067 years later, at the West End Theater in New York, a co…
Decades ago, only the most avid moviegoer would make the effort to install a mini theater at home. Today, home theaters are much more common thanks to advancing TV technology and, most impor…
CUMMING OR GOING, YOU'LL WANT TO SEE THIS ONE Man of many parts, Alan Cumming discusses life's big issues: death, love, and, yes, the size of his scrotum in Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Ag…
You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. " George Bernard Shaw With Avenue Q, Mid-Century Moderns, and The Boy Band Project, Palm Springs' newest profe…
OUR PUPPET, WHO ART IN HELL, HALLOWED BE THY BLAME When a newly widowed mom tries to lead three teens in a wholesome, Lutheran, extra-curricular church class, tasked with creating a Christia…
WINNING ASSIST Big hits can come in small packages. The wonderful production of King James " which opened last night at the Old Globe Theatre " has only two characters and runs only about 1 …
FINDING NEW ABILITIES Cost of Living is full of surprises, and I don't mean inflation or unexpected banking fees. Speakeasy Stage Company brings the Pulitzer-winning play from playwright Mar…
UNPACKING PACKS IN TOO MUCH INFO WITHOUT PACKING ENOUGH PUNCH Set in the East Coast Summer gay mecca Provincetown in 1959, four old vaudeville friends reunite anxiously awaiting the promisin…
IMMIGRANT WOMEN IRON OUT DIFFERENCES In Lost Sock Laundry by Ivan Faute, presented by Northern Manhattan's UP Theater Company April 10-27, 2024, there are rules and expectations about how…
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one. ― Voltaire The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines parable as,  "…a usually short, fictitious story that…
CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF JOE'S PUB! Since 1998, Joe's Pub has been a home for artists at all levels of development " from early-career artists to those at a critical stage in their careers (lik…
The National Theatre announces that the Donmar Warehouse revival of the Royal Court Theatre Production, Constellations, directed by former artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse …
CELEBRATING GENIE TODD Monday, April 15, 2024 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 W 43rd Street), Kristin Chenoweth " last seen on Roundabout's stage in the superb On the Twentieth Century …
NEW PLAY ELLIE SHOWS ITS UNDERBELLY Desert Ensemble Theater (DET) is one of the boldest and few Coachella Valley companies committed to creating new work and producing envelope-pushing plays…
NORTH COAST REP DOESN'T JUST HEIGHTEN TARTUFFE, IT LEVITATES IT Let's not bandy words. The North Coast Repertory Theatre revival of Molière's comedy Tartuffe is a brilliant success. The pro…
Ever heard the phrase "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas"? While many use it as an excuse to get away with drunken nights, daring escapades, and wagering it all on the best Vegas slot ga…
KING HEDLEY II: A CROWNING PRODUCTION The Actors' Shakespeare Project production of King Hedley II follows ASP's acclaimed Seven Guitars of last season, once again bringing a work by August …
Now in its fourth year, Bedlam's DO MORE: NEW PLAYS readings series returns with five thrilling new pieces of theater. All performances for the series will take place at the West End Thea…
SAINT BERNADETTE After she hung up her late-Victorian hat after taking over for Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway, the inimitable Bernadette Peters made her West End debut in Stephen…
SURVIVING THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO Theatres took a big hit after COVID. Many lost a third of their audience. Now, regional theatres " those that haven't shuttered " are turning to a new …
A CASE OF GREAT THEATER It is rare to see intimate, loving friendships between straight and gay men both in life and on stage. In A Case for the Existence of God, running at Dezart Performs …
IF YOU WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN', COME FOR THE MUSIC AND DANCE The musical biography of Michael Jackson (tersely titled MJ) is playing a brief one-week run at the San Diego Civic Theatre a…
LOOK AT WHAT THE CATASTROPHE DRAGGED IN He's funny. He's avuncular. He's unpretentious. He's loveable. He's dry and urbane. And, he's a decent person. But Nick Ullett is an actor by trade, s…
THE TALLEST LIVING THING ON EARTH INSPIRES A MUSICAL ACORN As one who has hiked many times deep in the ancient Redwood groves, those which have been relatively untouched for thousands of yea…
WHAT MORE CAN I SAY? BRING YOUR KLEENEX The musical masterpiece Falsettos follows Marvin (William Giammona), an appealing, brainy, anxious, obsessive, wealthy Jewish gay man who struggles to…