Review at High Tide Festival '11: Nicked
Getting home from the theatre and sticking the news on, I was thrown for several seconds by the familiarity of Nick Clegg's dulcet tones. Then I realised I'd just spent the evening with him …
Getting home from the theatre and sticking the news on, I was thrown for several seconds by the familiarity of Nick Clegg's dulcet tones. Then I realised I'd just spent the evening with him …
A highlight of this year's High Tide Festival, held in the pretty Suffolk town of Halesworth, is the eagerly-awaited first play by former Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion. The result of an excit…
Saint Joseph High School invited me to be their guest as they put on the "tale old as time": "Disney's Beauty and the Beast."
If your car blasts the music of the 1950s and '60s and "Forever Plaid" really floats your boat, "The Marvelous Wonderettes" may be just the ticket to Cloud 9 on the nostalgia meter.
In 2009, Lynn Nottage had an unlikely hit with the Pulitzer Prize-win ning "Ruined" -- a gut-wrenching drama about sex crimes in war-torn Congo. For the follow-up, the playwright has made…
The project's commercial producers expressed optimism that they would move the show to New York after its premiere run at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass.
Broadway veterans Milton Craig Nealy and Gay Marshall will perform in the Lundstrum Center for the Performing Arts' 11th annual High Hopes gala, which will take place at The Lundstrum …
If the end had to come, and it did, and it has, "Seussical the Musical!" is a fitting vehicle. Energetically seizing the stage as the 40th and final Schenley High School spring musical, it c…
"Peter Pan" is in previews and opens Wednesday, running through June 19 at the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center, 777 W. Chicago Ave.; $20-$75 at 800-775-2000 and broadwayinchicago.com. The pro…
After over two decades of friendship, Traci Lyn Thomas (Les Misérables national tour) finally proves to Seth that she can (kinda) hit that high B-flat in "A Heart Full of Love" and that she…
If you're following ArtsJournal, you know all about the bankruptcy of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the apparent demise of the Syracuse...
'Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" is one of those stories that seems to have become embedded in the DNA from the moment J.M. Barrie's play first arrived on the stage of London's D…
Every spring, Boston art schools stage graduate thesis exhibitions, where you can see for yourself tomorrow’s art trends, and possibly stumble across tomorrow’s stars. In the pas…
'Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" is one of those stories that seems to have become embedded in the DNA from the moment J.M. Barrie's play first arrived on the stage of London's D…
The 40 dancing and singing students gathered in the former Reizenstein Middle School cafeteria in Shadyside on a recent Friday look at first like any other high school students practicing fo…
DRUGS AND RELIGION In full disclosure, I had a junkie boyfriend for about three years, so I have pretty firm opinions about drug addiction " none of them very sympathetic. Set in a Catholic …
In the busiest week on Broadway all year, I saw three plays involving nuns, three involving drug dealers " and one with both a nun and a drug dealer. Two performers debuted on Broadway and b…
Matthew Lombardo’s new play High closes today after only 8 performances, despite the megawatt presence of star Kathleen Turner. The concept is fascinating. A “been there, done…
It's a shame that a miracle didn't arrive to save HIGH. I would have highly recommended it.
The critics, for the most part, have panned Matthew Lombardo's “High,” playing at the Booth Theatre until Sunday. This play is for those who have been abused repeatedly and still…
High, Matthew Lombardo's play about an addict, an enabler and a sponsor — starring Tony Award nominee Kathleen Turner as a flinty Catholic nun who takes a young crystal-meth abuser…
Although a closing date was announced the following day, spirits were soaring on opening night for the cast of Matthew Lombardo’s High, led by Golden Globe winner Kathleen Turner. Many…
Booth Theatre, Broadway By Weston Clay > BOTTOM LINE: A poorly conceived Broadway show with a bad prognosis and a big star. You're going to have to scramble if you want to see Kathlee…
Legit Reviews: Kathleen Turner is a dirty-talking, no-nonsense nun whose expert counseling skills are stretched when she takes on a gay teenaged junkie and street hustler facing jail time.
"The Original Grease," currently in previews, opens May 1 at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron St. Tickets are $45-$50 at 773-409-4125 or www.atcweb.org TOURING THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD: A…