Hershey Felder: The Piano and Me by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Famous pianist Hershey Felder has toured the world with his many shows about legendary composers from Chopin and Tchaikovsky to Gershwin and Irving Berlin giving over 6,000 performances. Now…

Beyond the body: Wayne McGregor stretches the definition of dance at this year’s Venice Dance Biennale by Lyndsey Winship

With the British dance legend at the helm, this year’s themes ranged from quantum gravity to slightly muted geopoliticsThe most memorable performance in the opening days of this year’s V…

Così fan Tutte (Teatro Grattacielo) by Tony Marinelli

Giovanna Yang as Despina, Lina Chung as Fiordiligi, Ricardo Diaz as Ferrando, Young Kwang Yoo as Guglielmo, Mairin Srygley as Dorabella and Nicola Ziccardi  as Don Alfonso in a scene from T…

Woodmere presents Arc of Promise by Pamela J. Forsythe

Woodmere celebrates 250 through its own mission for showcasing Philly artists, marking America’s big birthday with works from 1790 to the present that reflect honestly on our history. Pame…

Who’s Afraid of “Mrs. Dalloway”? Not Playwright Lindsay Joelle by Kenneth Jones

The prismatic stream-of-consciousness narrative style of Virginia Woolf’s groundbreaking 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway has not made it easy to adapt for the stage. In the book, there’s a flui…

Pied À Terre by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

John S. Anastasi’s "Pied À Terre" is one of those small cast dramas with a lot of secrets to unload. Unfortunately, director Mitch Poulos has staged the play at so slow a pace that it see…

BONUS: All Kinds of Novels About Theater by Jan Simpson

To celebrate the 20(!) summer reading lists I’ve posted over the years, I’m highlighting what I’ve most enjoyed about putting them together: finding, reading and sharing novels and sho…

Vox Populi Gallery presents Dante Foley's UPFRONT W/ BLACK PUNKS VOL. 1 by Thomas Hagen

A new feature documentary chronicles Black musicians working in punk, metal, and heavy music and their experiences in these alternative communities from the 1990s to the present. Thomas Hage…

Video: Watch Kelli O'Hara, Adrienne Warren & More Perform at America 250 Special

Tony winners Kelli O'Hara, Adrienne Warren, and Michael Feinstein all gathered to perform this past weekend in America Made in Virginia: 250 Years Together. The PBS special celebrated the na…

–320°F review – join Cleopatra, Faust and the Pied Piper on a zany odyssey by Arifa Akbar

Sadler’s Wells, London Hideki Noda’s spectacular vision of villainous biotech and bone conduction is full of dazzling coups but gets bogged down in its earnest messageThis wacky futurist…

Drinks with the Writer: Sting by Young Vic

“It was all quite feral and wild, and the play has become quite feral and wild.” From women being put on trial for witchcraft to the present day, Sophie Swithinbank’s urgent new play…

Sting review – historical crimes against women spill back into the present by David Jays

Young Vic theatre, London Sophie Swithinbank’s urgent drama shimmers with spark and danger as an archive researcher finds herself trapped in modern-day misogyny…

Review: Summer Company’s ‘Our Town’ Invites an Appreciation of the Present and People Around You by Ghoover

By CLAIRE STEVENS          The opening of the Summer Company’s production of Our Town is heralded with the sound of a clock chime signaling the significance of the passing of time …

‘Peaky Blinders is our Nutcracker’: how Rambert are dragging dance into the present – and their message for Timothée Chalamet by Lyndsey Winship

How does a 100-year-old dance company face the 21st century? For Rambert’s Benoit Swan Pouffer the answer is combining innovation with popular adaptations such as the Brummie crime sagaOn …

This is Rambert review – 100th birthday knees-up is a big leap forward by Lyndsey Winship

Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe company’s centenary celebration isn’t about nostalgia – this occasionally thrilling triple bill of recent creations showcases some excellent dancersBritain�…

The 2026 JKTS Awards: Editors' Choice, Part One by JK

Editors' Choice, Part OneRecently, you had your say with The 2026 JKTS Readers' Choice Awards (HERE). Now it is our turn! Today, we offer up our more serious awards (a few fun ones will post…

What to Watch: Theater by Britt Stigler

What to Watch: Theater Plus: A Tony Awards livestream! THE ALL ARTS NEWSLETTER You’re reading a post from the ALL ARTS Newsletter! Subscribe to receive our updates straight to your inbox. …

Kelli O’Hara, Adrienne Warren, & More to Perform in America 250 Celebration

Tony winners Kelli O'Hara, Adrienne Warren, and Michael Feinstein are set to perform in America Made in Virginia: 250 Years Together, a new special in celebration of the nation’s Semiquinc…

Loren Plotkin | 2026 Tony Honors Acceptance Speech by The Tony Awards

Loren Plotkin was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, and graduated law school in 1966 at the age of 23. In his first six or seven years out of law school, he had a stint in the Army, a judicia…

Purification at BeBe Theatre by Bruce Steele

Alternating between 1911 and the present, David Brendan Hopes’ thought-provoking new play considers individual responses to tyranny among small circles of friends in two centuries.

a.k. payne on ‘Furlough’s Paradise’: Rupture and Ritual by Guesteditor

A conversation about abolition, family, and how to hold the past in the present.

Embassy of Spain: Galera - Millennium Stage (May 13th, 2026) by The Kennedy Center

Galera is a shared program that brings together two contemporary dance pieces: Un solo día and Uholdeak. Both offer perspectives that engage in dialogue around loss and the urgency of inhab…

Miracle on South Division Street: Faith, Family, and the Fragile Stories We Tell Ourselves by Suzanna Bowling

At The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, Miracle on South Division Street arrives with themes of faith, identity, and family legacy"but never quite finds its footing in the present. Pl…

Copenhagen review " atomic secrets and moral fog in a terrifyingly timely revival by Arifa Akbar

Hampstead theatre, LondonMichael Frayn's cerebral drama of science and conscience returns with urgency " although this production struggles to ignite its emotional core Paapa Essiedu recentl…

A Doll's House review " sex, drugs and Romola Garai in a heroic Ibsen update by Arifa Akbar

Almeida theatre, LondonAnya Reiss packs the marriage scandal plot with inspired ideas, from convincing talk of Instagram to a look at sexual dynamics in the crosshairs of contemporary capita…

7 Reasons This Revival of Death of a Salesman Will Catch You Off Guard by Beth Stevens

There's nothing distant about Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman now playing at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre. This revival, directed by Joe Mantello and starring Nathan Lane and Laurie …

Resistance movement: how a play about penicillin brought the arts, science and politics together by Deborah Linton

Championed by a former chief medical officer, Lifeline is both a musical following Alexander Fleming's discovery of the first antibiotic and a warning about the threat of superbugs in the pr…

Our OG Schuyler Sisters reflect on the women who shaped the past and inspire the present. by Hamilton

Slippery review " lust and longing are in the air, long after the party is over by Anya Ryan

Omnibus theatre, LondonA couple of former hedonists are reunited years later in Louis Emmitt-Stern's quick-witted dissection of bereavement and the queer dating scene History is supposed to …

Empreintes review " Jess and Morgs go off-piste at Paris Opera and Marcos Morau sets the chandelier swinging by Chris Wiegand

Palais Garnier, ParisJessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple's Arena spills off the stage while Morau's equally audacious Étude has balletic body snatchers What a joy to find Jessica W…

Where Gays Go To Retire (Safely, Supported and Well) by Frank Rizzo

Randy Wilcox and Rich Costabile Years ago I had a great idea for a television series. It would be called "Lavender Heights" an…

The Plough and the Stars review " Seán O'Casey's Dublin drama hits 100 with haunting staging by Helen Meany

Abbey theatre, DublinDirector Tom Creed brings this 1926 political classic into the present, with a tremendous cast navigating the tonal switch from comedy into tragedy Marking the centenary…

Alexia "Cypriote" - Millennium Stage (March 20th, 2026) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Alexia "Cypriote" In Cypriote, Alexia explores the island's multilayered identity through a curated selection of songs and stories inspired by Cypriot ant…

Saint Joan review " urgency and drive in Stewart Laing's modernist adaptation of George Bernard Shaw by Mark Fisher

Citizens, GlasgowNewcomer Mandipa Kabanda plays the Maid of Orleans from obscure teenager to army-commanding conqueror, tearing through dialogue with rare pace When George Bernard Shaw's pla…

Pierrot Lunaire review " Royal Ballet reaches for the moon with a creepy dance of desire by Sanjoy Roy

Linbury theatre, LondonGlen Tetley's landmark 1962 ballet, set to Schoenberg's atonal score, is stark, strange and psychologically charged Sometimes the revival of an old work can make it, a…

"Mexodus" Returns Off-Broadway, Looping History Back Into the Present by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Off-Broadway's Mexodus Returns By Ross When Mexodus first landed at Audible Theater last fall, it didn't arrive quietly. It arrived with urgency, sweat, and an insi…

IMPRESSIONS: Brokentalkers' "Bellow" at the Irish Arts Center and Kinoshita Kabuki's "Kanjincho" at Japan Society by The Dance Enthusiast

"Appearing in Under the Radar, Brokentalkers' Bellow at the Irish Arts Center and Company Kinoshita Kabuki's Kanjincho at Japan Society approach inherited traditions from different cultural …

"Before The Storm" ("Prima Del Temporale") At Milan's Piccolo Teatro by Margaret Rose

Before the Storm is set in a rather dilapidated dressing room where an elderly actor waits to go onstage for his last performance in August Strindberg's Storm. As he waits, he reflects on hi…

DCPA 2024/25 Community Report - A Season Of Celebration by Denver Center For The Performing Arts

A season of impact. A season of joy. A season of celebration. 💙 In our 2024/25 year, we continued to strive for a sustainable future " one that honors our past, embraces the present…

Bug on Broadway " Conspiracy or Crack-Up? Either Way, It Get Under Your Skin by Suzanna Bowling

Tracy Letts's Bug may have first crawled onto the Off-Broadway stage in 1996, but its long-awaited Broadway premiere arrives feeling disturbingly attuned to the present moment. Directed with…