Critics' Choice: Gary Naylor's Best Theatre of 2025
by Gary Naylor - Dec 24, 2025
Theatre is, of course, a window on another world, often glitzier and brighter than our own, sometimes a reflection that can comfort or discomfit us and sometimes a portal into what it is to be human at all. It is an escape - and who can deny that we need such refuges more than ever - but it can be so much more than mere escapism. The best theatre of 2025 made those lofty promises - and kept them.
Festival Napa Valley Unveils 20th Anniversary Season
by Stephi Wild - Dec 18, 2025
Festival Napa Valley will celebrate its 20th anniversary July 4–19, 2026, with a lineup featuring international stars and emerging talent. Learn more about the upcoming event here!
Review: DEAD MAN WALKING, London Coliseum
by Gary Naylor - Nov 6, 2025
A confession. It’s a guilty pleasure of mine to read the death notices on Wikipedia - I am my mother’s son after all and, without the columns of classifieds in the Liverpool Echo, where else is there to look?
Preview: KAVALIER & CLAY Brings Three Sound Worlds to Met Season-Opener
by Richard Sasanow - Sep 13, 2025
The forces behind the Met’s latest try at bringing a different (sic: younger) audience to the house, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY, joined forces at the Guggenheim’s Works & Process series last week to introduce the new work to a receptive crowd. It’s the story of two Jewish cousins who team up in Brooklyn to create a comic book superhero, called the Escapist, to fight Hitler and the forces of fascism, “a story that unfortunately has extra resonance right now,” according to Met General Manager Peter Gelb. It brings three sound worlds--traditional, swing and electronica--to the Met’s season-opener.