YOUR GOLDEN TICKET TO HIGH ADVENTURE …AND HIGH TEA What could entice a typical New Yorker to get up fairly early on a Saturday or Sunday morning and make the trip to a narrow side street i…
GULPING FOR BREATH BETWEEN TWO-HUNDRED LAUGHS What a unique, congenial, brilliantly imaginative show! You will laugh for a very long time and, if you are a European descendant, you will feel…
FUNNY FIVE SENDS-UP SIX To the worldwide fanbase of the Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss's Six, fear not " the new Off-Broadway parody Five pays loving homage to the girl-power musical sensation th…
A STICKY SCRIPT Bees, those often annoying little creatures who have a knack for showing up at just the right time to ruin any number of outdoor activities, serve an important function. Name…
AN EYE-OPENER Prior to Next to Normal at Round House Theatre a giant, obtrusive woman's eye projected onto the back wall (projections by Nicholas Hussong) stares and blinks out at the aud…
MCPHERSON EXPLOITS DYLAN IN GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Girl from the North Country is one of those shows that sounds promising in the abstract: a musical incorporating songs by Bob Dylan. W…
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE POWER Kimberly Belflower's riveting John Proctor is the Villain, which had its world-premiere at Studio Theatre in D.C. in 2022, opened last night at The Huntington. It…
HOW I WISH MARILYN MONROE WAS MY MOM In Luke Yankee's Marilyn, Mom & Me, the playwright-director takes the audience on a ruminative journey based on the complex relationship with his mot…
SEEING FIDDLER AGAIN AND AGAIN IS A GREAT TRADITION It's no surprise that this 1964 triumph " with an irresistible book by Joseph Stein and unimprovable songs by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harni…
In today's digital age, advancements in technology are reshaping the landscape of entertainment, revolutionising the way we engage with cinema, gaming, and theatre. From the intricacies of f…
ALL THAT JAZZ AND MORE The national tour of Chicago at the San Diego Civic Theater " now through Sunday " reaffirms what generations of theater fans have recognized. This musical ranks among…
Festival 2024 includes seven world premieres, a spectacular summer musical, and modern masterpieces. Here are the 2024 productions Priority booking for Friends of Chichester Festival Theatre…
WARRIOR THEATER It's the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, and one of the best ways to celebrate it is seeing a classic Chinese epic. The Pan Asian Repertory Theatre is pre…
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO MACK & MABEL Rare, fully staged and choreographed presentation comes to El Portal with a 40-member cast and an 18-piece orchestra, Feb. 16-18, 2024 Some of the most…
ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE'S ULYSSES, A WORLD PREMIERE, IS PART OF SUMMERSCAPE 2024 AT FISHER CENTER (JUNE 20 " AUGUST 18, 2024) Elevator Repair Service (ERS) has mastered the art of staging mo…
WIG SNATCHED! 1998 QUEERGENDER MUSICAL STILL SLAYS IN 2024 In the pantheon of (so-called) rock musicals, Hedwig and the Angry Inch holds a distinct and unparalleled position, merging raw ene…
THIS TOO TOO SOLID HAMLET RESOLVES ITSELF INTO A HIT It must be the Season of different takes on the Bard in New York; Greg Mullavey is appearing in a shortened King Lear, and Patrick Page's…
SANDWICHING GOOD STORYTELLING BETWEEN TWO SLICES OF COMEDY Remember Linda Lavin's old TV sit-com Alice? And her co-waitresses: the sassy Flo ("Kiss my grits!") and the ditzy Vera at the truc…
RITE ON! As part of an international tour, the weekend-long dance program that opened at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Thursday " an extra-added night due to ticket demand " gave us a tas…
WHAT THE PHO IS GOING ON? Pho (pronounced in 2 sounds, sliding up at the end: fo/É™, like your saying "fur" with a strong New York accent) is a Vietnamese soup dish consisting of broth, r…
A mysterious coming-of-age story that focuses on women's sexuality, written and directed by two talented artists like Rachel Bonds and Danya Taymor, was unquestionably the reason I wan…
YOU MIGHT WANNA MISS THIS TRAIN Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 psychological film noir thriller Strangers on a Train, which he directed and produced to mixed reviews, was based on the 1950 novel…
Mint Theater Company will continue its hybrid programming of live performances along with the FREE on-demand streaming of acclaimed previous productions. Beginning Monday February 19, 2024 (…
A SHOW THAT SENDS OUT AN S.O.S. Set to 28 songs of pop icon Sting, newly arranged and recorded with Beverley Knight and Lynval Golding (of The Specials), Sadler's Wells Associate Artist K…
SOLIDARITY FOREVER The workshop reading of Food Tank's Little Peasants at The Burren Backroom, a venue known more for Irish, Bluegrass, Appalachian, Roots, Jazz, and Blues than theater, is a…