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: THE WOMAN IN BLACK at Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Australia - Brisbane: May 03, 2024 What did our critic think of THE WOMAN IN BLACK at QPAC?
Review: FUNNY GIRL at Orpheum Theatre
San Francisco / Bay Area: May 03, 2024 What did our critic think of FUNNY GIRL at Orpheum Theatre?
Review: MONSTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA at Rogue Machine At The Matrix Theatre
Los Angeles: May 03, 2024 MONSTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA, a whip smart and heartfelt play by Christian St. Croix produced in its L.A. premiere by Rogue Machine Theatre, argues that in the present, monsters and human beings aren’t easily distinguishable from each other. Monsters can take human form and vice versa. I guess that’s the…uh…the Thing?
Review: MRS. DOUBTFIRE at Blumenthal Performing Arts
Charlotte: May 03, 2024 Pardon me a second, but I seem to be noticing stretch marks on my suspension of disbelief. Three nights before the curtain rose on the touring version of MRS. DOUBTFIRE that rolled into Belk Theater, I saw a rather fine production of Twelfth Night across town at Central Piedmont College. Since both of the brief runs include at least one matinee between now and Sunday, my experience of seeing two wives who fail to identify their true husbands can be intensified, compressed into the space eight hours, if you wish, after my relatively relaxed 75-hour exercise.
Review: ALICE IN WONDERLAND at Arkansas State University Beebe
Arkansas: May 03, 2024 Arkansas State University Beebe theater department has blossomed so much under the tutelage of Director Ryan Gibbons that they now offer multiple opportunities for their students to work on and off the stage. In March the ASU Beebe Theatre presented BLACK BOX NIGHT, where students were able to gain experience performing in a more intimate setting, and then in April, the students adapted Lewis Carroll’s iconic ALICE novels into a script molding in their own vision. Though vastly different, both shows allowed the students to prove that they were worthy of competing with the larger programs in Arkansas.
Review: MATADOR - THE MUSICAL at One & Only Musicals
Denmark: May 03, 2024 At skulle koge 24 afsnit af danskernes yndlings tv-serie, 'Matador', ned til to en halv times musical virker som noget nær en umulig opgave. Det ender desværre mest som et forjaget forsøg med enkelte lyspunkter.
Review: PASSING STRANGE at Portland Playhouse
Portland: May 03, 2024 Portland Playhouse’s production of this wild, exuberant roller coaster ride of a musical makes for a fabulous night at the theatre.
Review: SAN DIEGO OPERA'S MADAMA BUTTERFLY at San Diego Civic Center
Opera: May 03, 2024 Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is one of the most popular operas ever written. It has a wonderfully lyrical score, familiar arias and a story that remains compelling even after often heard. San Diego Opera’s most recent production played to a full house on opening night, and under the direction of Jose Maria Condemi the well-chosen cast delivered a performance with impressive emotional depth. Corinne Winters’s convincing portrayal of the naïve 15-year-old Cio-Cio-San brought bravas and enthusiastic applause at curtain call. But her portrayal of innocence exploited meant both bravos and boos over extended applause for tenor Adam Smith’s convincing version of her heartless seducer, Lieutenant Pinkerton.
Review: Take 6 Takes the Cake at Birdland
Cabaret: May 03, 2024 Take note: Take 6 is at Birdland Jazz Club through Saturday. They take the art of vocal harmony singing to impressive heights. Their opening show on Wednesday May 1 was a smash.
Review: THREE MOTHERS at Capital Repertory Theatre
Central New York: May 03, 2024 I’ll be the first to admit that when it came time for me to see Three Mothers, I was a bit worried what the experience would be. Watching three women grieve the loss of their sons didn’t sound like the kind of activity I would generally choose to subject myself to for entertainment— it frankly seemed like a bit of a downer.
Review: ANNABEL CRABB: 50 ODD YEARS OF CRABB at Astor Theatre
Australia - Perth: May 03, 2024 What has Annabel Crabb, leading journalist, author, comedian and podcaster learn in roughly 50 years? A great deal, and she’s happy to share it with a captive audience in her comedy show 50 ODD YEARS OF CRABB, which graced Perth this week before continuing onto other Comedy Festivals around the country.
Review: Anything Can Happen When MARY POPPINS Takes The Stage!
Vancouver: May 03, 2024 Presented by Royal City Musical Theatre, MARY POPPINS brought the timeless tale to life in New Westminster’s Massey Theatre this week for their opening night. Bringing audiences into the world of imagination, MARY POPPINS kept the carefree whimsy and wonder of childhood alive.
Review: COMPANY at Connor Palace
Cleveland: May 03, 2024 What did our critic think of COMPANY at Connor Palace? Stephen Sondheim is generally considered the most important composer/lyricist of the 20th century American musical theater. Many consider him to be the person who reinvented the genre.
Review: PRETTY WOMAN THE MUSICAL at Robinson Center
Arkansas: May 03, 2024 If you were lucky enough to see Celebrity Attraction’s national tour of Pretty Woman the Musical at Robinson Center, 426 West Markham St., in Little Rock, AR April 26-28, you are probably still dancing and humming like me.
Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Southern Arkansas University Magnolia
Arkansas: May 03, 2024 A weekend of “Tradition” in the Harton Theatre at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, began on Friday April 19 and ran through Sunday April 21 with Fiddler on The Roof. I was so excited when Theresa asked me to review this show because it’s a favorite of mine.
Cine Sao Pedro Shows THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI With a Live Soundtrack
Brazil: May 03, 2024 A classic of German expressionism will be plaiyng at Theatro Sao Pedro on the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th of May. Conducted by Marcelo Falcao, the Theatro Sao Pedro Orchestra will perform the film's soundtrack, presented in partnership with Cinemateca Brasileira.
Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at ACT Theatre
Seattle: May 03, 2024 At first glance, Dear Readers, Stefano Massini’s “The Lehman Trilogy”, as adapted by Ben Power and currently playing at ACT, may seem like a daunting task. I mean, a 3-and-a-half-hour play (thankfully with two intermissions) about bankers. It doesn’t sound like a rollicking good time. It sounds like the theatrical equivalent of eating your vegetables. Well, with a scintillating script and stunning performances from the three actors in the play, these vegetables have been sauteed to perfection and spiced and sauced to delicious result.
Review: Luke Islam LIVE IN CONCERT at The Cutting Room
Cabaret: May 03, 2024 For his age, Luke Islam has incredible vocal control, range, and awareness of what he wants. Islam’s solo show at the Cutting Room on Sunday April 28th at 7 pm featured a mix of the Broadway classics he grew up on, and R&B classics.
Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Donmar Warehouse
UK / West End: May 03, 2024 An excellent cast are let down by self-obsessed direction.
Review: BILAL ZAFAR: IMPOSTER, Soho Theatre
UK / West End: May 03, 2024 'Bilal Zafar: Imposter is an hour-long story in which Zafar uses comedy to tell the audience about a wild experience he had when his housemate tried to get him arrested five separate times.' |
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