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Photos: CABARET at 5-Star Theatricals
by Emmy Rice - Mar 16, 2025

Production photos for 5-Star Theatricals' first production of its 2025 season, Cabaret, have been released. Check here for the photos and more details.

5-Star Theatricals to Present LIFE IS A CABARET Fundraiser to Honor Harry Selvin
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 10, 2025

5-STAR THEATRICALS will present a special 30thAnniversary Gala Celebration, LIFE IS A CABARET, honoring the life of philanthropist Harry Selvin. Learn more and see how to attend.

CABARET to be Presented at 5-Star Theatricals in March
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 18, 2025

5-STAR THEATRICALS will present the first production of its 2025 season, CABARET, book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Review: BACON at Rogue Machine
by Amanda Callas - Feb 16, 2025

Bacon is the West Coast premiere of a simmering new drama at Rogue Machine on Melrose running through March 30th.  Brawny, raw, savagely intimate, Bacon is a spare two-person play by Sophie Swithinbank that grabs us hard and never lets us go, even for a second.

Review: BLUE, Seven Dials Playhouse
by Cindy Marcolina - Mar 9, 2024

It’s easy to understand why Blue garnered excellent reviews and a Fringe First Award for their run in Edinburgh last year. It’s an intense, alarming, carefully eloquent, and raw achievement. It’s a reactive and reactionary piece of theatre, real and terrible, relevant and urgent. If all that doesn’t entice you to book for this exquisite sociopolitical debate, it’s only 60 minutes long and the perfect prologue to an evening of discussion at a bar.

BLUE Will Hold Two Black Out Nights at Seven Dials Playhouse This Month
by Stephi Wild - Mar 8, 2024

BLUE, the play which has just opened at Seven Dials Playhouse will be holding two Black Out nights on 18th  and 27th  of March.

BLUE Will Transfer to Seven Dials Playhouse Following Edinburgh Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 6, 2024

Following rave Edinburgh reviews and a Fringe First Award, tension-filled two-hander BLUE, will transfer to Seven Dials Playhouse from 5th   - 30th  March. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here!

Fringe Favourites Come To Seven Dials Playhouse In February
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 25, 2024

Seven Dials Playhouse has unveiled a slate of five shows for spring 2024. With a focus on presenting  stories from often marginalised communities, highlights include critically acclaimed transfers from  international festivals and the arrival of the world's longest-running live comedy show, NewsRevue. 

Interview: Ruskin Group Theatre's Michael Myers' AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN Putting On More Than ONLY A SHOW!
by Gil Kaan - Jan 13, 2024

Next up for the Ruskin Group Theatre, two shows in tandem – John Colella’s An Extraordinary Ordinary Man and Paul Linke’s It’s Only a Show!, both opening January 13, 2024. Got the chance to ask Ruskin’s producing artistic director Michael Myers a few questions on Ruskin’s current shows and early beginnings.

AMC Licenses NAUTILUS Live-Action Series From Disney Entertainment
by Michael Major - Oct 30, 2023

AMC Networks has licensed the U.S. and Canadian linear and streaming rights to Nautilus, a 10-episode live-action series inspired by Jules Verne’s beloved Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, from Disney Entertainment. Nautilus tells the origin story of the iconic Captain Nemo: an Indian Prince robbed of his birthright and family.

Lesli Margherita, Justin Huertas And More To Lead LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS In Concert at Flint  Repertory Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 20, 2023

Flint Repertory Theatre presents LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS IN CONCERT at The FIM Capitol Theatre in downtown Flint  November 17th & 18th.

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BLUE, Assembly George Square
by Mary Baillie - Aug 8, 2023

A minimalist set and tiny venue require extraordinary actors, and Michael Matthews’ Blue absolutely delivers.

The Vagrancy to Present BLOSSOMING: A NEW PLAY READING SERIES This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 19, 2023

The Vagrancy will present BLOSSOMING: a new play reading series. The Vagrancy annually selects four playwrights with diverse perspectives to join their playwrights' group.

The Vagrancy Announces BLOSSOMING: A NEW PLAY READING SERIES
by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2023

The Vagrancy announces BLOSSOMING: a new play reading series. The Vagrancy annually selects four playwrights with diverse perspectives to join their playwrights' group.

Review: BLUE at Rogue Machine At The Matrix Theatre
by Evan Henerson - Apr 23, 2023

Carryl’s play is as tight as it is immediate, an inspired-by-the-headlines jolt of storytelling that cuts across racial unrest, the psyches of our men in blue and even the January 6 insurrection.