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Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL National Tour
by Rachel Weinberg - August 15, 2024
= BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL is a fun and faithful adaptation of the 1985 film — but it’s overly long and generically scored. With music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard (Silvestri composed the film’s original score) and book by Bob Gale, the musical has a typical pop Broadw...
Review: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S GO BACK FOR MURDER at The Barnstormers Theatre
by Dan Marois - August 09, 2024
Agatha Christie's “Go Back for Murder” is more than just a whodunit. It's a psychological exploration of memory, guilt, and the blurred lines between truth and perception currently playing at the Barnstormers Theatre in its historic venue in Tamworth....
Review: THE SUBSTANCE OF FIRE at Ruskin Group
by Evan Henerson - July 29, 2024
Rob Morrow has found a dramatic vehicle that – more than 25 years after its premiere - is deepening and maturing as intriguingly as the actor himself. Baitz’s play is small with a loud heart. Director Mike Reilly, Morrow and co. do it up proud....
Review: MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL at Goodman Theatre
by Rachel Weinberg - July 09, 2024
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL is a sprawling, messy musical that weaves together the threads of several characters in 1980s Savannah, Georgia. Composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown draws on a variety of different musical styles, while Taylor Mac’s book scenes present a series of vignettes...
Westport Country Playhouse to Present The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 13, 2024
Experience the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at Westport Country Playhouse on June 28 and 29. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...
Review: CAMELOT at North Coast Repertory Theatre
by ErinMarie Reiter - June 04, 2024
North Coast Repertory Theatre invites audiences to experience ”for one brief shining moment” King Arthur’s kingdom of “Camelot” - a place where magic and the classic music Lerner and Lowe reign. “Camelot” is playing at North Coast Repertory Theatre through June 30th....
Exclusive: Watch Eden Espinosa and Andrew Samonsky Sing 'Speed' in LEMPICKA
by Nicole Rosky - May 10, 2024
Eden Espinosa is at last a Tony nominee for her performance in Lempicka, and this exclusive clip is proof that the honor was well earned. Watch as she duets with Andrew Samonsky in 'Speed' from the show's second act!...
Review: Lending an ear to VAN GOGH'S IN THE ATTIC at Abbey Theater In Dublin
by Paul Batterson - April 09, 2024
Cooney’s script is much like a van Gogh painting. Some characters, like Erin, are created with intricate paintbrush strokes; others are fingerpainted in concentric circles....
Review: EL TERREMOTO at Tarragon Theatre
by Ilana Lucas - April 08, 2024
When the ground beneath your feet starts, to move it's an unmooring, dangerous feeling. That’s the sensation that shakes at the core of Christine Quintana’s complex and refreshing new play, EL TERREMOTO (The Earthquake), which may shake you from your seat—even without the help of the intense r...
Review: PURPOSE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Rachel Weinberg - March 25, 2024
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has set the table for one hell of a family dinner in PURPOSE. Directed by Phylicia Rashad in a world premiere for Steppenwolf, this family drama keenly focuses on the privileged Jasper family, whose patriarch is a Civil Rights icon. The first act moves at a brilliant clip with...
CHILDDEATHSONG Opens At The Brooklyn Center For Theatre Research This Week
by Stephi Wild - March 04, 2024
Childdeathsong opens at The Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research this week. Learn more about the play here!...
Review: GRUPO CORPO at Kennedy Center
by Michela Dwyer - March 02, 2024
What did our critic think of GRUPO CORPO at Kennedy Center?...
Cast and Creative Team Set For THE FAR COUNTRY at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
by Stephi Wild - January 26, 2024
Berkeley Repertory Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the West Coast premiere of Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh’s The Far Country, performing at Berkeley Rep’s Peet’s Theatre beginning in March....
Review: MOMIX At The Joyce Theater Is A Spectacular Must-See Dance Event
by Marina Kennedy - December 22, 2023
New Yorkers and guests of the city are fortunate to have the opportunity to see MOMIX at The Joyce Theater through January 7th. ...
Review: THE SNOW QUEEN, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - November 25, 2023
When the beautiful and fearsome Snow Queen steals young Kei away to her frozen kingdom, she leaves behind the brave and brilliant Gerda, an Edinburgh lass who will stop at nothing to rescue her best friend....
Review: WELCOME TO YOUR NEW LIFE at Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
by Barry Lenny - November 15, 2023
This is a tour de force for Erin James...
Review: HALF BAKED at Hanover Little Theatre
by Andrea Stephenson - November 11, 2023
The stellar cast and crew at Hanover Little Theatre bring the characters to life and keep the audience laughing. Barninger and his cast and crew give a great performance of Half Baked, highlighting the comedy, and teasing out the subtleties in the relationships between the characters....
Review: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at Mercury Theater Chicago
by Rachel Weinberg - October 22, 2023
Mercury’s YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is a Halloween treat with many classic musical comedy tricks....
Review: THe World Premiere of GHOST STORIES FROM YELLOWSTONE Takes Center Stage at The Off-Central Players
by Drew Eberhard - October 09, 2023
Written and Directed by local area playwright William Leavengood, this marks the 3rd collaboration with the Off-Central Players, following The Sister-Mothers of Gulfport, and The Azure Sky in Oz....
Review: MRS. CHRISTIE at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Steve Murray - October 08, 2023
What did our critic think of MRS. CHRISTIE at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley?...
Review: IN DREAMS at Ed Mirvish Theatre
by Samantha Wu - October 04, 2023
Roy Orbison's legendary music become the touching soundtrack for In Dreams - a moving new musical from writer David West Read and director Luke Sheppard, the masterminds behind the smash hit musical & Juliet - about cherishing loved ones and the life you have, on stage at the Ed Mirvish Theatre unti...
Review: BAKED! THE MUSICAL at Theo Ubique
by Misha Davenport - September 27, 2023
What did our critic think of REVIEW: BAKED! THE MUSICAL at Theo Ubique?...
Review: ESPEJOS: CLEAN at Studio Theatre
by Roger Catlin - September 21, 2023
The all-woman production is top-notch, from the vibrant cast to the sharp direction of Elena Araoz. ...
Review: THE ANGEL NEXT DOOR at North Coast Repertory Theatre
by ErinMarie Reiter - September 16, 2023
THE ANGEL NEXT DOOR, the world premiere comedy now playing at North Coast Repertory Theatre through October 8th is like an angel food cake; light, fluffy, and leaves you feeling like you had a sweet treat at the end....
Review: CLYBOURNE PARK at EPAC
by Rich Mehrenberg - September 10, 2023
EPAC continues to do an amazing job of bringing stories of diversity to her Central Pennsylvania stage. The only thing better would be to see a similar level of diversity among her audience. ...
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