Review: “Oh, QUEENEY!” It’s Bottoms Up for Heartbeat Opera’s Drag Extravaganza
by Richard Sasanow - Oct 25, 2026
When Stephen Sondheim was asked whether SWEENEY TODD was a musical or an opera, he answered that it depended where it was being done—a theatre or an opera house. Well, what does that make Heartbeat Opera’s QUEENEY TODD—THE DEMON BOTTOM OF FLEET STREET? Heartbeat Opera calls it, “A genre-bending drag opera revenge fantasy.” I call it a boisterous evening of great drag/opera/dance/parody hilarity.
Review: WISH YOU WERE HERE at Studio Theatre
by Doug Poms - Sep 29, 2026
This funny and moving play by Sanaz Toossi about the friendship of five young women in Iran during the late twentieth century revolution, plays through November 1 at Studio Theatre and is a poignant reminder of our universal humanity.
Photos: QUEENEY TODD to Make Heartbeat Opera Debut This Halloween
by Rachel Stone - Sep 23, 2026
Heartbeat Opera presents its 11th annual Drag Opera Extravaganza with QUEENEY TODD: The Demon Bottom of Fleet Street, a genre-bending revenge fantasy directed by ballroom legend Kemar Jewel at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village.
DIRTY BLONDE Comes to the Weathervane Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 4, 2025
New Hampshire's award-winning Weathervane Theatre will present Claudia Shear's Dirty Blonde. This witty and unconventional love story plays in alternating repertory.
Two Actors to Play Over 20 Characters in POPCORN FALLS at Walnut Street Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 18, 2020
The Walnut Street Theatre continues its 2019-20 Independence Studio on 3 season with the Philadelphia premiere of the quirky comedy, POPCORN FALLS. Written by James Hindman, directed by Ellie Mooney, and starring Luke Bradt and Dan Olmstead, the production begins previews on February 25, opens March 5, and continues through March 29.