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Rick Moranis (b. 1953) has re-emerged in the news lately following a long absence, and not in a way any of us would have wished for him. He was attacked by someone who apparently doesn't lik…
Following a staged reading last year at London's Old Red Lion Theatre, new play Star Man has made its livestream debut to raise vital funds for LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity akt.
The promise of being "urgent, responsive and fast" may not always be achieved, but at its very best the Royal Court's Living Newspaper: A Counter Narrative is both pertinent and full of joyo…
No doubt about it, in just fifteen minutes, protest theater can pack a powerful punch. Theater Alliance's creatively ambitious A Protest in Eight, with its lineup of eight fierce young playw…
Thinking Cap Theatre, "a steadfast champion of gender, racial, and sexual equality on- and off-stage," is using their current, strong world premiere production of Laced as a "Get Out The Vot…
Amanda Kloots, who recently lost her husband Nick Cordero due to COVID-19, is speaking out about Donald Trump's nonchalance in regards to the virus.
The story of a devilish figure has been widely covered and had a rich afterlife on TV soundtracks
Set adrift in the ocean of indifference and ineptitude of government guidelines, theatres and producers are finding creative solutions to stage shows, and this socially-distanced production …
Presented by Integrity Theatre, Michael Dunbar's play F**k Off is an intense look at one man's attempt to reclaim his life.
The groundbreaking musical from Tony Award winners David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly, Yellow Face) and Jeanine Tesori (Fun Home; Violet; Caroline, or Change), Soft Power, ran last fall at the …
A puppet show made brutally real; Nicolas Cage takes to sci-fi horror like a man possessed
Lighting designer Jessica Hung Han Yun is one of the industry's rising stars, with three hugely acclaimed productions to her name in
Crucible, SheffieldAn arrogant elite, populist fury … Robert Hastie charts the rise and fall of Tom Bateman's hero with a modern-day edge
For all of its ruthless violence and ferocious mil…
Joining forces with Kenny Barron and Johnathan Blake, the veteran British bassist made every note count
Review: Too Pretty to Punch, VAULT Festival 3.0stars "A transgender warrior changes the world with nothing but a banjo and a killer pair of leather trousers". Edalia Day's piece Too Pretty t…
The production at London's Coliseum features dramatic singing, but a bizarre staging
Today a long overdue post on the terrific Hollywood star Randolph Scott (1898-1987). Scott is someone you can use as a sort of litmus test: if you meet someone who is someone is familiar wit…
New blood courses through the veins of the West End's longest-running musical Les Misérables.
Cambridge JunctionThe Yorkshire comic's endearing set about mistakes made in public roars into life with a final, extraordinary reveal
Who among us, deciding instantly on a course of action,…
(Jesse Green's article appeared in The New York Times, 12/27; via Pam Green.) A comedy number from the flop "Mack & Mabel" found the unexpected sweet spot between Irving Berlin and Steph…
A comedy number from the flop "Mack & Mabel" found the unexpected sweet spot between Irving Berlin and Stephen Sondheim.
Millennial Notes Caryl Churchill Wonders, "Who Are the Witches, Now?" by Jordan Freed At Shotgun Players, the feminist fury of Caryl Churchill's "Vinegar Tom" cuts through the air like a kni…
Theo Ubique's staging celebrates the dignity of everyday labor.
As the populist question goes, "If work's so great, how come they have to pay you to do it?" That…
When pundits want to ridicule what they see as shallow displays of governance, or stunts on the campaign trail, they tend to
