Latest Review Roundups
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.
Review Roundup: ILLINOISE Arrives on Broadway
April 26, 2024 The Broadway critics are weighing in for the final time of the 2023/24 season! Illinoise officially opened on Broadway earlier this week at the St. James Theatre, making it eligible for 2024 Tony Awards consideration, however reviews have been held until today, Friday, April 26. Check out what the critics are saying!
Review Roundup: THE GREAT GATSBY Opens On Broadway, Starring Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada!
April 25, 2024 Welcome to the Jazz Age! The new musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby opens on Broadway tonight, starring Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada! Read the reviews!
Review Roundup: MOTHER PLAY Opens On Broadway, Starring Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons & Celia Keenan-Bolger
April 25, 2024 Tony Award winner Celia Keenan-Bolger, Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award winner Jessica Lange, and Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Jim Parsons return to Broadway in the Second Stage's production of Mother Play. Read the reviews!
Review Roundup: JORDANS at the Public Theater
April 25, 2024 The Public Theater celebrated opening night of the world premiere of JORDANS written by Emerging Writers Group alumnus and Creatives Rebuild New York artist-in-residence Ife Olujobi and directed by Obie Award winner Whitney White. Check out what the critics are saying! REGIONAL REVIEWS
Review: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, Perth Theatre
Scotland: May 07, 2024 Cross-dressing, guns, psychiatry, politics, incest, adultery and accidental overdoses interlace in Joe Orton's final and most subversive play. Unfortunately to a modern audience it feels dated.
Review: COME FROM AWAY at Gallo Center For The Arts
Sacramento: May 06, 2024 September 11, 2001, is a date that is seared into the consciousness of everyone old enough to remember the events of that day. While the tragedy was overwhelming, the courage and solidarity that emerged was overflowing. Come From Away shows some of the best of humanity and leaves us with hope that human kindness will always prevail. The public agrees, as its 2017 Broadway premiere garnered seven Tony Award nominations.
Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Center Theatre At Seattle Center
Seattle: May 06, 2024 The biggest challenge of pulling off a show such as Romeo and Juliet is finding new ways to keep the audience interested when we all know what happens. If you’re going to put on a production of a play that has been endlessly adapted, performed, and studied for longer than any of us have been around, it has to be fresh and exciting. Fortunately, Seattle Shakespeare’s production of the famed work does just that. Innovatively directed by Sheila Daniels, the reimagined production of Romeo and Juliet is now playing at Center Theatre at Seattle Center.
Review: Jennifer Roberts Sings Harnick's Hidden Treasures at Green Room 42
Cabaret: May 06, 2024 It was wonderful watching cabaret singer Jennifer Roberts return to the work of one of her favorite lyricists, Sheldon Harnick. The Tuesday April 30th show in celebration of what would have been Harnick’s 100th birthday featured selections of some of Harnick’s most well-known songs and delightful obscurities plucked from the archives.
Review: Monica Passin Rocked the Night at Pangea
Cabaret: May 06, 2024 This reviewer was overwhelmed by the tornado of talent that is Monica Passin at her May 3rd show.
Review: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at Gaslight-Baker Theatre
Austin: May 06, 2024 Choosing to perform a Tennessee (Thomas Lanier) Williams (1911-1983) play means genuinely committing to some of theater’s most salient aspects: in this case, a plot that must capture and then hold the audience in unfolding layers of tragedy, characters that are complex and often display less-than-desirable human characteristics, believable delivery of modified language to portray a specific region or temperament, performance of disconcerting and sometimes virulent spectacle on a human scale, and production design that rises to the needs of the story.
Review: THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Chicago: May 06, 2024 In THE THANKSGIVING PLAY, four actors’ road to creating an elementary school Thanksgiving performance is paved with good intentions. But good intentions aren’t enough to save them from their “white savior” complexes.
Review: Lorna Luft's Triumphant Return to 54 Below with HOME AGAIN
Cabaret: May 06, 2024 Lorna Luft captivated the audience at 54 Below on Friday night. The child of legendary performer Judy Garland and producer Sid Luft, Ms. Luft is no stranger to the stage, and she had the audience in the palm of her hand with this entertaining evening of music celebrating New York writers of Tin Pan Alley, the Brill Building, and beyond!
Review: BEAUTIFUL THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL
Chicago: May 06, 2024 The earth moved. The current production at the Paramount Theatre is Beautiful, the Carole King Musical. This is more than a jukebox musical. It tells the amazing story of one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century and how her story evolved.
Review: MARVIN GAYE: PRINCE OF SOUL at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
Sarasota: May 06, 2024 WestCoast Black Theatre Troupe revives one of their most popular original shows, Marvin Gaye: Prince of Soul. Created, adapted, and directed by WBTT’s founder, Nate Jacobs, Gaye’s story is told through the narration of his family and friends. Of course, peppered throughout is the enchanted music that made Marvin Gaye an icon and what continues to make him a legend. Originally written in 2011, this time around WBTT is more refined and developed.
Review: 'Suara Areta' Addresses the Devastating Impact of Sexual Violence
Indonesia: May 06, 2024 The theatrical performance 'Suara Areta' was succesfully held at Gripa Studio, South Jakarta, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The performance, a culmination of the final project (non-thesis) by three students of Communication Science with a concentration in Performing Arts Communication from LSPR Jakarta, captivated and inspired the audience by addressing the impact experienced by survivors of sexual violence.
Review: THE WINTER'S TALE at Royal Opera House
UK / West End: May 06, 2024 Part violent psychodrama, part sunny romcom, The Winter’s Tale was not the most obvious of plays for the Royal Ballet to take on.
Review: JON BATISTE at Southern Theatre
Columbus: May 05, 2024 The first night Batiste went from performing solo, to playing with a jazz trio to playing with a 41-piece orchestra in a two-hour span. The following night The former musical director of LATE NIGHT WITH STEPHEN COLBERT unveiled a previously unheard piano concerto commissioned by ProMusica. Either night was a transformational performance.
Review: HYDE - L'OMBRA DI JEKYLL al TEATRO DI DOCUMENTI
Italy: May 05, 2024 HYDE - L'OMBRA DI JEKYLL al TEATRO DI DOCUMENTI UNA INTERESSANTE RILETTURA DI UN CLASSICO DELLA LETTERATURA CHE INVITA A RIFLETTERE SUL BILANCIAMENTO TRA IL BENE E IL MALE
Review: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE at Mccaw Hall
Seattle: May 05, 2024 Without a doubt the highlight of, and a perfect ending to, the company’s season
Review: SQUABBLES at New Theatre Restaurant
Kansas City: May 05, 2024 For those of you who feel the need for a light, fun evening of laugh out loud comedy and a delightful meal, let me recommend “SQUABBLES” a live comedy play that has Just opened at New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park. “SQUABBLES” is a light comedy with an unusually tight and experienced cast featuring Donny Most (from the old “Happy Days” sitcom) and an excellent group of mostly local actors.
Review: SWAN LAKES AND MINUS 16 at Harbourfront Centre
Toronto: May 05, 2024 What did our critic think of SWAN LAKES AND MINUS 16 at Harbourfront Centre?
Review: Backstage Babble Uncovers Broadway Flop History at 54 Below
Cabaret: May 05, 2024 Not every Broadway show is a smash. A focus on 14 hidden gems from shows that disappeared too quickly fueled an entertaining evening at 54 Below last Sunday on April 29th. Hosted by Charles Kirsch of Backstage Babble podcast and Robert W. Schneider, the evening was a success.
Review: Eight O'Clock Theatre's Production of Stephen Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD
Tampa/St. Petersburg: May 05, 2024 A solid but imperfect production of what is perhaps the finest musical yet written.
Review: Billy Mitchell's I'M STILL FINE at Don't Tell Mama
Cabaret: May 05, 2024 Despite a few teething issues, this reviewer thought I'M STILL FINE was an adventurous first step at cabaret from an established musical theater actor and looks forward to seeing what Mitchell does next. |
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