Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at A Noise Within
Director Gregg T. Daniel conducts a muscular cast delivering a production that is as fulfilling as it is shattering.…
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Director Gregg T. Daniel conducts a muscular cast delivering a production that is as fulfilling as it is shattering.…
Actor WEST LIANG, delivers deeply nuanced, emotionally quiet, and completely resonant character portrayals that enhance each time capsule, in this play about historical and generational change.…
TP’s production of Abaire’s KIMBERLY AKIMBO, the 2000 play, not the musical, is a potent concoction of pitch-black humor, family dysfunction and unexpected does of sweetness that one would not expect out of a tale this offbeat.…
The Gem Theatre in Garden Grove, CA, tackles one of Broadway’s darkest musicals, Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, armed with every color of light you can think of.…
Amid the heat and haze of Bakersfield emerges a spine-shivering show of human connection, compassion, and camaraderie. One of the first community theatre productions of Come From Away brings out the best of humanity (and Bakersfield) on stage.…
With a powerhouse cast and a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about how mental illness shapes a family, Hudson Backstage's production of NEXT TO NORMAL was every bit as moving as its source material.…
Political and politically motivated, this quintet of characters offers a blistering two-hour presentation on how extremist religious views can warp minds, even that of intellectuals. It’s a smart, timely, and timeless script that is both illuminating and alarming.…
The world of Barry Edelstein’s high octane spin on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Old Globe Theater is much of a much, containing much of just about everything...Of Shakespeare’s comedies, Edelstein’s cast, crew and musicians have worked awfully hard to make this merry.…
Based on characters in Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula: The Musical, with a score by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics/book by Christopher Hampton and Don Black, will no doubt attract fans of the genre and its well-known characters to see Justin Meyers bring his terrifyingly horrific yet totally mesmerizing im…
Like the playwright, several of these company members are themselves proud Topangans. Performing as they are in the center of town, in quite literally the House that Geer Built, you’ve got to figure that they have a nightly audience who will get all the hippy in-jokes.…
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A champagne-soaked comedy of nerves, Fallen Angels follows best friends Julia and Jane as they brace for the arrival of a former lover they once shared. What begins as nervous anticipation quickly spirals into a hilarious unraveling of propriety, fueled by cocktails...

In this sharp and timely satire, a Republican Senator’s chief of staff, a liberal influencer, and a Southern beauty queen find themselves unexpectedly locked in a hotel room. What begins as a partisan standoff quickly escalates into a high-stakes negotiation filled with...

Mila, an African-American researcher at a civil rights museum, spends her days collecting oral histories from the descendants of those who saved Jews—and those who were saved—during the Holocaust. But when she discovers conflicting accounts of one celebrated family’s heroic...

In this inventive and emotionally resonant twist on A Christmas Carol, Jacob Marley -Scrooge’s long-suffering and equally miserly business partner- finds himself condemned to wander the afterlife, shackled by the chains forged through a lifetime of greed. But on the night before...

When Jessie, a new mother adjusting to life at home with her infant, strikes up a friendship with her neighbor Lina, the two quickly find solace in their shared exhaustion and confusion. But their fragile connection is tested when a third mom — from a very different world —...

This funny and tender two-hander introduces us to former college sweethearts unexpectedly reunited during a snowstorm at a middle-of-nowhere airport. Over the course of one long night, the pair rediscover old flames, revisit youthful dreams, and wrestle with the “what ifs” that...

At once hilarious and deeply heartfelt, King James explores the complex bond between two friends brought together, and sometimes pulled apart, by their shared love of basketball legend LeBron James. Set against the backdrop of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ championship rise and fall...
Little Fish Theatre reopens in a new temporary venue with the 23rd annual Pick of the Vine, a festival celebrating short plays that explores the theme of "Finding Your Way Home." The festival features a diverse collection of nine short plays by both established and emerging...

A character-driven solo show set on a stoop in Philadelphia, where humor is a defense mechanism and self-care is a punchline. Kathleen Burke's not mad that her Fishtown neighborhood has gentrified around her, but when she gets the surprise of her life at her 40th birthday party...

A one woman, coming-of-age, powerhouse, new fairytale musical. Searingly innovative and comedic, DI LADY DI eschews the fairytale glamor of the people’s princess to illuminate her struggles in a paternalistic society and dysfunctional family. Under pressure to sacrifice self and...
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