Latest Review Roundups
Review Roundup: Dave Malloy's THREE HOUSES Opens Off-Broadway
May 21, 2024 Performances are now underway for Dave Malloy's Three Houses, which is now playing at the Signature Theatre through June 9. Read the reviews here!
Review Roundup: DEATH BECOMES HER Opens Pre-Broadway Run in Chicago
May 20, 2024 Read the reviews for the pre-Broadway World Premiere of Death Becomes Her, now playing in Chicago.
Review Roundup: Laura Winters' ALL OF ME at the New Group
May 15, 2024 The New Group is now presenting All of Me, by Laura Winters. Check out what the critics are saying about the new play!
Review Roundup: HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES Opens At New York Theatre Workshop
May 14, 2024 New York Theatre Workshop and Tectonic Theater Project present Here There Are Blueberries, co-written by NYTW Usual Suspect and Tony & Emmy award nominee Moisés Kaufman (The Laramie Project) & Emmy Award nominee Amanda Gronich (The Laramie Project) and conceived & directed by Moisés Kaufman. Read reviews!
Review Roundup: The Bengsons' THE KEEP GOING SONGS Opens at Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3
May 03, 2024 Read the reviews for The Keep Going Songs at Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3. Learn more about the show.
Review Roundup: STAFF MEAL Opens at Playwrights Horizons
April 29, 2024 Read the reviews for Staff Meal at Plawyrights Horizons. REGIONAL REVIEWS
Review: HEATHERS THE MUSICAL, @sohoplace
UK / West End: Abbie Grundy on May 29, 2024 A remarkably fresh take on the cult-classic musical.
Review: TOSCA, Opera Holland Park
UK / West End: Gary Naylor on May 29, 2024 Opera Holland Park open the season with a faithful revival of a much loved classic
Review: Alexis Cole Celebrated New York City at 54 Below
Cabaret: Rebecca Kaplan on May 28, 2024 On Tuesday May 21st at at 7 pm, Alexis Cole took us on a journey of songs celebrating New York City at 54 Below. I’LL TAKE NEW YORK: GREAT SONGS OF A GREAT CITY was a smooth, polished evening of intimate cabaret as Cole bounced from song to song, giving us a taste of classic songs performed expertly and interweaving personal stories throughout.
Review: Take Yourself Out to to the Huntington to See a Crackerjack TONI STONE
Boston: R. Scott Reedy on May 28, 2024 It’s baseball season in a baseball town, Red Sox caps are sprouting like spring flowers, and the Huntington is getting in on the act, too, with a crackerjack production of “Toni Stone,” a play about the first woman to play professional baseball on a men’s team, which will run through June 16 at the Huntington Theatre in its New England premiere.
Review: DOG ROSE Explores Family Dynamics with Grace
South Africa: Faeron Wheeler on May 28, 2024 It was beautiful and I am so thankful for that moment of being drawn into this world. The writing and performances were funny and heartfelt, and you should definitely experience it for yourself.
Neil Bartlett's Comedy-Drama IN EXTREMIS Brings Oscar Wilde Into an Esoteric Experience
Brazil: Claudio Erlichman on May 28, 2024 Directed by Bruno Guida and staring Daniel Infantini and Flávio Tolezani, the dramatic comedy by award-winning English author Neil Bartlett is inspired by a telegram sent by Irish writer Oscar Wilde to a friend in 1895, just a week before began the trial that would cost him his reputation, his freedom, his family and then his life.
Review: BABY THE MUSICAL at Revolution Stage Company
Palm Springs: Kay Kudukis on May 28, 2024 Three couples find out they’re pregnant. One 30-something-ish couple, Pam (Heather Joy) & Nick (Jacob Samples) has been trying; one older couple, Arlene (Sonia Reavis) & Alan (Michael Pacas) had an oops; and a couple of college juniors, songwriters Lizzy (Candace Coe) & Danny (Joseph Portoles) are our main characters The story follows each couple’s reactions, and wouldn’t you know it, the girls are all connected by an obstetrician (Jason Ayestas) and his nurse (Katrina Dixon) and the boys by …little league? I don’t know - some sports thing.
Review: TROUBLE IN MIND at the Flipside Provides Hilarious and Tragic Social Commentary
South Africa: Jaime Uranovsky on May 28, 2024 I’ve always loved seeing plays at the Flipside at the Baxter. Something about observing a production performed in the actual backstage area of the theatre makes me feel like I’m on hallowed ground – I’m somewhere that is sacred, special and usually off limits to the public. These feelings became even more heightened during TROUBLE IN MIND.
Review: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE at Opera Theatre Of St. Louis
Opera: Steve Callahan on May 28, 2024 Spring fever? If you’ve been made a bit dozy by these warm spring days the new production at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis will, with a bang, hoist you wide awake in all your senses. Rossini’s The Barber of Seville opened Saturday to an audience that packed the Loretto-Hilton theatre to the rafters.
Review: THE PRODUCERS at Theatre Three
Long Island: Melissa Giordano on May 28, 2024 Port Jefferson’s historic Theater Three certainly has another hit on their hands with their current showing of the mega hit musical The Producers. Closing out their incredible 53rd season, the beautiful Long Island venue has assembled a brilliant cast to flawlessly deliver this Tony, Grammy, and Olivier winning Mel Brooks classic. Indeed, this thrilling production is a must see this exciting Spring season in the lively town.
Review: THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Creative Cauldron
Washington, DC: Pamela Roberts on May 28, 2024 Creative Cauldron stages a positively effervescent musical, THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN, a coming-of-age story that ably balances light humorous moments with pointed questions of growing up a Black woman in the latter part of the 20th century.
Review: SCHOOL OF ROCK at Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong Academy Of Performing Arts
Hong Kong: Rachel Wong on May 28, 2024
Huge Success in London and in the USA, DRUNK SHAKESPEARE (Um Porre de Shakespeare) Opens in Brazil
Brazil: Claudio Erlichman on May 28, 2024 Six professional actors meet as members of The Drunk Shakespeare Society. One of them has 5 shots of whiskey and then attempts to perform a major role in a Shakespearean play. Hilarity and mayhem ensue while the five sober actors try and keep the script on track. Every show is different depending on who is drinking... and what they're drinking!
Review: THE PROSPECT OF EQUALITY at Ensemble
Cleveland: Roy Berko on May 28, 2024 What did our critic think of THE PROSPECT OF EQUALITY at Ensemble?
Review: AVRIL LAVIGNE Kicks off her Greatest Hits Tour in Vancouver
Vancouver: Alyson Eng on May 28, 2024 The first show of Avril Lavigne’s Greatest Hits Tour played last week at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC to a sold out crowd. With Vancouver being her first show of the new tour, the excitement was high and a strong sense of nostalgia lingered in the air.
Review: LONG WAY DOWN at Olney Theatre Center
Washington, DC: Tavish Young on May 28, 2024 On May 25th, Olney Theatre Center unveiled the world premiere of the musical Long Way Down at the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab. The piece was adapted from Jason Reynolds's novel of the same name, which has received accolades such as the National Book Award and a Newbery Medal, and was written (books, music, and lyrics) by Dahlak Brathwaite, with additional writing (books, music, and lyrics) by Khiyon Hursey.
Review: THE ODD COUPLE at The Comedy Theatre
Australia - Melbourne: Josh Stent on May 28, 2024 The Odd Couple is playing at The Comedy Theatre for a strictly limited season, through to June 23rd.
Review: JOE JACKSON at At Davidson Theatre
Columbus: Paul Batterson on May 27, 2024 What did our critic think of JOE JACKSON at At Davidson Theatre?
Review: QUEEN OF THE NIGHT at Luna Stage in West Orange-Poignant and Appealing
New Jersey: Marina Kennedy on May 27, 2024 'Queen of the Night' written by travis tate and directed by Luca Pinner is billed as “a story of queerness, Blackness, masculinity and the challenges of camping with family.” It will definitely appeal to a broad audience.
Review: BLUETS, Royal Court
UK / West End: Alexander Cohen on May 27, 2024 Katie Mitchell returns to the Royal Court with a curious but dense adaption of Maggie Nelson's poetry |
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