We are living in what many might consider “the best of times and the worst of times” and once again history “rhymes.” One of our most savvy, socially aware contemporary playwrights, …
Everything is political—especially now. Nothing, it seems, is beyond political scrutiny as shown in the equally funny, serious and timely Eureka Day at Island City Stage. The post Comedy P…
Jonathan Spector’s school-board satire thrives in The Fifty-Niner’s close quarters.
Jonathan Spector’s successful satire finds biting comedy—and uneasy truth—in the limits of well-meaning consensus.
Playwright Jonathan Spector’s one act play “Eureka Day” is contemporary, given that the main topic of the play centers on whether a parent’s child needs to be vaccinated. On the surf…
Few if any productions have elicited as much laughter, rendered occasional pathos and drowned you in mind-spinning ideas as GableStage’s stunning Eureka Day depicting of how difficult it m…
When a group of well-meaning parents collide (and collide is the exact right word for the premise of this particular play), what ensues is a calamitous adventure in idea-making, politically …
By SHARON EBERSON High winds and power outages this past weekend ushered in theater openings featuring provocative spins on hot-button issues, told with powerful performances. From uproari…
PITTSBURGH POWER OUTAGE ZAPS OPENING NIGHT OF CITY THEATRE'S "EUREKA DAY" First there was light, and there was none. And then there was light again. And then none. And then it was light aga…
The 2025 Tony Award-winner for Best Revival of a Play, "Eureka Day," has finally come to Washington, DC. Written by Jonathan Spector and directed by Hayley Finn, the production will be openi…
Eureka Day" " 4 stars If you need a good laugh (and who doesn't?) head to the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place for TimeLine Theatre and ...
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A PRIVILEGED PTA CIRCUS, THEN A VAXNADO The funniest ten minutes onstage, ever, flanked by a modestly amusing satire. In Jonathan Spector's Eureka Day, five concerned parents gather around a…
It's a ruthless piece of satire and filled with one hard laugh after another. Frankly, it's worth going to the show at the Broadway Playhouse just to ...
DESERT THEATER FINDS ITS NEW HOME WITH A PERFECTLY TIMED POWDER KEG Welcome to the sharply funny Eureka Day, where a mumps outbreak turns a school board meeting into a full-contact sport Las…
Chicago premiere TimeLine Theatre and Broadway in Chicago mark their fourth collaboration with the regional premiere of "Eureka Day," Jonathan ...
EVERYONE'S CALIFORNIAN NOW.. Â Â Â When the Old Vic had Jonathan Spector's play in 2022 it was the first time after lockdowns that I had the joy of beng in a space with a thousand ot…
Rick Holmes and Mia Barron (Photo by Jeff Lorch) Â This review is part of the Stage Raw/Unusual Suspects Youth Journalism Fellowship Reviewed by Warren D Riley Pasadena Playhouse Through O…
Performances in N.Y.C.. Broadway Guide · Theater Fall Preview · Dance ... They Embraced the Man Who Killed Their Son: The Broadway play "Punch ...
After his Tony win, Jonathan Spector returns with a dark, cerebral comedy involving academics and Stalin's daughter.
Jonathan Spector and the team of Eureka Day accept the 2025 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for Eureka Day at the 78th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday June 8, 2025. About the 78th Annua…
Is "Eureka Day," a Tony-winning comedy now on the boards at the Pasadena Playhouse, as uproariously funny as it is because the script feels veritably ripped from today's headlines? Or does i…
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Jonathan Spector's 2025 Tony Award-winning satire is a study in cringe, generating big laughs and nervous squirms in almost equal measures. When a mumps outbreak hits a progressive private p…