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Review: WIVES at East West Players

Review: WIVES at East West Players

by Evan Henerson · October 22, 2026

Far more corny than it is cutting or inspiring...the play offers a few insights, scattered laughs and a ton of heavy-handed self-actualization. Even at 90 minutes, this one feels repetitive.…

Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Ovation Theatre

Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Ovation Theatre

by Edmund Whelan · October 21, 2026

Jagged Little Pill takes on a Herculean challenge: create a good original story out of a set of existing songs connected only by artist. Diablo Cody, the librettist for this Alanis Morissette musical, accomplishes this feat.…

Review: FALSETTOS at Victory Theatre

Review: FALSETTOS at Victory Theatre

by Edmund Whelan · October 18, 2026

Let’s face the music: William Finn’s Falsettos, written during the Reagan administration’s brutal fumbling of the AIDS epidemic and polarizing of the LGBTQ+ community, remains strikingly relevant to today.…

Review: COME FROM AWAY at A Noise Within

Review: COME FROM AWAY at A Noise Within

by Evan Henerson · October 16, 2026

Clearly there were a lot worse places to be on that infamous day than small provincial Gander. In Julia Rodriguez-Elliott’s spirited and heart-warming production...A Noise Within let’s us savor that unique visit.…

Review: WAITING IN THE WINGS at Theatricum Botanicum

Review: WAITING IN THE WINGS at Theatricum Botanicum

by Amanda Callas · October 14, 2026

Waiting in the Wings explores the glamor and elegance of a lost era, life on the stage of 1920s music halls, the terror and loss and beauty of aging, and the incomparable treasures of female friendship. …

Review: BAT BOY at GEM Theatre

Review: BAT BOY at GEM Theatre

by Edmund Whelan · October 11, 2026

Before the hit movie-to-musical adaptations Legally Blonde and Heathers, Laurence O’Keefe wrote Bat Boy, a cult classic camp-horror musical about a boy who is half human and half bat.…

Review: CRONE CREED at El Portal Theatre

Review: CRONE CREED at El Portal Theatre

by Harker Jones · October 6, 2026

CRONE CREED is an ambitious take on mythology and fate, and it is one of the best shows the El Portal has offered in recent years — out of a field of many exceptional efforts.…

Past Shows

74 total · showing 21–30

Tick, Tick… Boom!

Jan 24 – Feb 23, 2025

Chance Theater presents Tick, Tick… Boom!, a semi-autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson that explores the life of a young composer facing the challenges of turning 30 in New York City. Directed by H. Adam Harris, the production features Luc Clopton as Jon, Lena Ceja as...

at the very bottom of a body of water

at the very bottom of a body of water

Feb 12

Marina swims in a circle of routine: every week, she goes to her local fish store, buys a catfish, and makes soup. But this week, her usual fishmonger has disappeared and the comfort of her ritual has been destroyed! But does destruction only mean pain and suffering, or could it...

A Fantabulous Holiday Musical

Dec 6 – Dec 22, 2024

» A Holiday Musical for the Whole Family Returns! Stay tuned for the announcement of a second holiday musical that is back by popular demand to delight families and celebrate the holidays.

Jane Austen’s Emma, The Musical

Jane Austen’s Emma, The Musical

Nov 29 – Dec 22, 2024

On the Cripe Stage… Jane Austen’s enduring love story is brought to life as a romantic-comedy musical. The story revolves around Emma, a well-meaning, but disaster-prone matchmaker, who ignores her own romantic feelings while setting out to find a suitor for her friend Harriet...

Gloria

Gloria

Sep 27 – Oct 20, 2024

On the Cripe Stage… Style. Status. Success. A group of twentysomething editorial assistants are pursuing it all at one of New York’s most esteemed cultural magazines. When a seemingly normal day at the office turns out to be anything but, these aspiring journalists recognize an...

OTR: A New Play by Dustin H. Chinn

Oct 9 – Oct 12, 2024

From the writer of last season’s Colonialism is Terrible, But Phở is Delicious comes a brand new play that is so new that we don’t even have a synopsis for it yet! Check back soon for more details on this new story from one of this country’s most exciting playwrights.

Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Jul 12 – Aug 11, 2024

On the Cripe Stage… In a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett’s struggling pie shop, Sweeney Todd plots revenge on the lecherous judge who wronged him and his family. In the seedy underbelly of 19th-century London, desperate times lead to diabolical schemes — and strange alliances...

Fancy Nancy, The Musical

Fancy Nancy, The Musical

May 24 – Jun 9, 2024

On the Cripe Stage… This TYA favorite returns to the Chance for the seventh time. Bring the family and watch as Fancy Nancy and her friends Bree, Rhonda, Wanda, and Lionel get ready to perform in their very first show, “Deep Sea Dances.” Nancy is positive, that’s fancy for 100...

OTR: Boat Show

OTR: Boat Show

Jun 5

Staged reading of a new play by 2024 Resident Playwright Dustin H. Chinn

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