Review: The World Premiere of Tomson Highway's ROSE at the National Arts Centreby Courtney Castelino - Ottawa
(03/29/2026) - What did our critic think of ROSE at National Arts Centre?
Review: THE BODYGUARD at John W. Engeman Theaterby Sam Desmond - Long Island
(03/29/2026) - What did our critic think of THE BODYGUARD at John W. Engeman Theater?
Review: MAYERLING, Royal Ballet And Operaby Matthew Paluch - UK / West End
(03/31/2026) - Mayerling is an experience - let no one tell you otherwise. Kenneth MacMillan’s 1978 ballet delves into the true story of the 19th century Austro-Hungarian court, and specifically the experience of the heir apparent; Crown Prince Rudolf.
Review: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, Starring Lesley Manville & Aiden Turnerby Aliya Al-Hassan - UK / West End
(04/02/2026) - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s scandalous 1782 novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, has received several adaptations over the years. None more resonant than Christopher Hampton’s 1985 reinvention which is now revived and updated in a masterful manner by Marianne Elliot at the National Theatre.
Review: EDDIE IZZARD IN HAMLET at Shakespeare Theatre Companyby Itai Yasur - Washington, DC
(03/30/2026) - Eddie Izzard puts on a bravura performance as Hamlet, and every other character, in her one-person take on Shakespeare's greatest. See what our critic had to say.
Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Broadway Roseby Krista Garver - Oregon
(03/30/2026) - DEAR EVAN HANSEN, now running at Broadway Rose, is a multiple Tony Award-winning musical about an anxious, depressed, and profoundly lonely high schooler who gets swept into an extraordinary situation when a classmate named Connor Murphy dies by suicide.
Review: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - LAND OF HOPES AND DREAMS TOUR at Target Center Minneapolisby Jared Fessler - Minneapolis / St. Paul
(04/01/2026) - What did our critic think of BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - LAND OF HOPES AND DREAMS TOUR at Target Center Minneapolis? Bruce Springsteen didn’t just play a show at Target Center on March 31—he turned the whole night into something that felt bigger than a concert.
Review: CHICAGO at the Kennedy Centerby Mary Lincer - Washington, DC
(04/02/2026) - When the original production of Chicago opened on Broadway in 1975, its subtitle read “A Musical Vaudeville.” And as distinctively Bob Fosse-style as it was (and is in this excellent touring production of the 1996 revival), Chicago has always been a slight history of vaudeville.
Review: Theatre Raleigh's COME FROM AWAYby Jeffrey Kare - Raleigh
(04/02/2026) - Come From Away is based on a true story of when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland played host to the world. What started as an average day in a small Canadian town turned into an international sleep-over when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from across the globe, were diverted to Gander's air strip on September 11th, 2001.
Review: OKLAHOMA! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatreby Rich Mehrenberg - Central Pennsylvania
(03/29/2026) - What did our critic think of OKLAHOMA! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre?
Review: AN AMBITIOUS STAGING OF DREAMWORKS PRINCE OF EGYPT ARRIVES at St Petersburg City Theatreby Drew Eberhard - Tampa
(03/29/2026) - DreamWorks The Prince of Egypt is a stage musical with a book by Phillip LaZebnik and music/lyrics by the great Stephen Schwartz. A retelling of the Book of Exodus, based on the 1998 DreamWorks Animation film of the same name. The story follows Moses on his journey from being the Prince of Egypt, being cast out altogether, and then ultimately fulfilling his true destiny of leading the Children of Israel out of Egypt.
Review: Full House Enjoys AN EVENING WITH DIONNE WARWICK at Groton Hill Music Centerby R. Scott Reedy - Boston
(04/02/2026) - As Dionne Warwick took the stage at Groton Hill Music Center in Groton recently, before she had sung a single word, she was met by a rousing standing ovation. It was clear from the get-go that the capacity audience knew they were in the presence of a legend.
Review: Raleigh Little Theatre's 1776by Jeffrey Kare - Raleigh
(03/29/2026) - 1776 tells the true story of how the United States of America was born. We follow John Adams as he attempts to convince members of the Second Continental Congress to vote for American independence from the shackles of the British monarchy.
Review: LES MISÉRABLES at Keller Auditoriumby Krista Garver - Oregon
(04/01/2026) - Boublil and Schönberg's LES MISÉRABLES stormed back to the Keller Auditorium last night. I went in wondering how a show about a failed anti-monarchist uprising in 1832 might land differently now, on the heels of the third national 'No Kings' protest, than it did when it was last here in 2018.
Review: SPAMALOT at Hollywood Pantages Theatreby Amanda Callas - Los Angeles
(03/30/2026) - Outrageously silly and positively contagious in its deranged fun, Spamalot is quite possibly the best night out you will have all year.
Review: WAITRESS starring Carrie Hope Fletcher, New Wimbledon Theatre and on tourby Gary Naylor - UK / West End
(04/01/2026) - Good songs and good performances but a curiously mixed message from Sara Bareilles's smash hit show
Review: THEATER OF THE MIND Presented by Goodman Theatreby Rachel Weinberg - Chicago
(03/29/2026) - THEATER OF THE MIND is an engaging, interactive, and fun tour through the senses.
Review: YOUNG JOHN LEWIS: PRODIGY OF PROTEST at Mosaic Theater Companyby Jake Bridges - Washington, DC
(03/30/2026) - What did our critic think of YOUNG JOHN LEWIS: PRODIGY OF PROTEST at Mosaic Theater Company?
Review: MOBY DICKby Alan Portner - Kansas City
(03/30/2026) - MTH’s World Premiere production of “Moby Dick a sea shanty” should not be missed. This “Moby Dick” is a remarkable, boiled-down, reinterpretation of Herman Melville’s massive dark 1851 tome. MTH manages to somehow transform this dark mid-nineteenth century novel into an engaging and engrossing musical entertainment.
Review: PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL is Toe-Tapping, Romcom Fun at The Artscapeby Faeron Wheeler - South Africa
(03/31/2026) - If you love a romcom, it doesn't get much better than PRETTY WOMAN. And if you love musicals and romcoms, it really doesn't get much better than PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL. It's toe-tapping fun and holds true to the joy of the movie.
Review: THE ALLY at Theater Witby Emily Werner - Chicago
(04/01/2026) - Theater Wit opens the Midwest premiere of The Ally on March 30, 2026. Originally premiering in February 2024 at New York City’s Public Theater, Itamar Moses’ play was a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Blending dark comedy with urgent social questions, The Ally challenges its audience to confront both current events and their own beliefs.
Review: HAMLET at Guild Hall Players At St James Episcopal Churchby Paula Makar - Wichita
(03/29/2026) - Hamlet, William Shakespeare’s longest play, and considered the most powerful and influential tragedy in the English language, was performed by the Guild Hall Players last weekend at Saint James Episcopal Church.
Review: LEOPOLDSTADT at Main Street Theaterby Brett Cullum - Houston
(04/01/2026) - Sir Tom Stoppard’s last play, LEOPOLDSTADT, is his most personal. He wrote a narrative loosely based on his own family, changed the location to Austria, and finally wrote a Jewish script. The show debuted in London in 2020 and ran on Broadway from 2022 to 2023. It garnered the Tony for best play that year, and this Main Street Theater production represents its Regional debut.
Review: THE MONSTERS at Berkeley Repby Steve Murray - San Francisco / Bay Area
(04/03/2026) - Berkely Rep’s co-production with La Jolla Playhouse of Ngozi Anywanu’s The Monsters is a joyous, heartwarming story of the bond between sister and brother that will want to make you hug your sibling. Both emotionally devastating and rewarding, The Monsters is brilliantly written, superbly acted by Anyanwu and Bay Area–born actor Sullivan Jones (HBO’s The Gilded Age, Slave Play on Broadway), and beautifully staged by Director Tamilla Woodard and her technical crew.
Review: SWEAT at ICT Repby John Dalton-White - Wichita
(03/29/2026) - What did our critic think of SWEAT at ICT Rep?
Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Cygnet Theatreby ErinMarie Reiter - San Diego
(03/30/2026) - “The Lehman Trilogy, now playing at Cygnet Theatre through April 26, is an epic in every sense: sweeping, ambitious, unexpectedly funny, and, even at a three-hour runtime, utterly engrossing.
Review: THE CRUCIBLE at Sarasota Playersby Jacob Ruscoe - Sarasota
(03/30/2026) - Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is already one of the most emotionally charged dramas in the American theatre canon, but the current production at The Sarasota Players elevates the experience into something deeply immersive, intimate, and unforgettable.
Review Roundup: KINKY BOOTS Struts Back Into The West Endby Aliya Al-Hassan - UK / West End
(04/01/2026) - Inspired by a true story and based on the Miramax motion picture written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, Kinky Boots features a warm and witty book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and a richly diverse musical score from Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper, in her stunning theatrical debut. The production is directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell , with music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Stephen Oremus. Starring Strictly Come Dancing's Johannes Radebe as Lola and X-Factor star Matt Cardle as Charlie, this revival is directed by Leicester Curve's artistic director Nicolai Foster, What did the critics think?
Review: FLEX at SF Playhouseby Steve Murray - San Francisco / Bay Area
(04/02/2026) - For Starra Jones, a baller from rural Plainnole, Arkansas, fulfilling her mother’s dream of basketball glory is her prime motivation. Playing a style of ‘dirty’ ball, her braggadocio will lead her to a foul play in Candrice Jones’ Flex, making its West Coast premiere at SF Playhouse.
Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL: THE MUSICAL at Smithtown Performing Arts Centerby Sam Desmond - Long Island
(04/01/2026) - The sweeping music and frenetic choreography of a musical and the arrow-piercing drama of a straight play are rarely found together in the same production, but “Jagged Little Pill: the Musical” currently playing at the Smithtown Performing Arts Center through April 19, is a rare melding of those two, and even rare amongst unicorns of theater that can run the gamut of human emotion.
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