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With “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” The Franchise Takes Its Biggest Swing Yet Tulsa

With “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” The Franchise Takes Its Biggest Swing Yet

The third iteration in the series is by turns tender, hilarious, and terrifying

  • Go to the profile of  Z.B. Reeves
Z.B. Reeves
19 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
“Hedda Gabler” Dances Herself Out New Haven

“Hedda Gabler” Dances Herself Out

In a revival at the Yale Repertory Theatre.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
18 Dec 2025 · 6 min read
Peabody Show Uncovers Roots Of The Taino New Haven

Peabody Show Uncovers Roots Of The Taino

With a hundred “a-ha!” moments.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
18 Dec 2025 · 6 min read
Santa Claustrophobia Hartford

Santa Claustrophobia

At Bushnell's annual chorale holiday show.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
18 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
Two Operas — One American Story Detroit

Two Operas — One American Story

“Highways and Valleys” blends blues, jazz, and classical traditions while also marking a hometown Detroit Opera House debut for baritone Lawrence Mitchell. Highways & Valleys Detroit Opera House Detroit, Mich.

  • Go to the profile of  Caria Taylor
Caria Taylor
18 Dec 2025 · 4 min read
The Miracle We Didn't Need Detroit

The Miracle We Didn't Need

"34th St." is reborn as a musical at the Fox.

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
17 Dec 2025 · 4 min read
She’s Hedda Subtle New Haven

She’s Hedda Subtle

How rising actress Marianna Gailus reads between Ibsen’s lines at the Yale Rep.

  • Go to the profile of  Paul Bass
Paul Bass
17 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
Books Go On Blind Dates New Haven

Books Go On Blind Dates

Thanks to two “bookish babes.”

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
17 Dec 2025 · 4 min read
Bitchin' Bajas Blast Into Space Philadelphia

Bitchin' Bajas Blast Into Space

Three bandmates got into mixolydian mode and electronic wind instruments during an experimental set at Solar Myth.

  • Go to the profile of  Tyler Maxwell
Tyler Maxwell
16 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
Starting Line Raises The Bar Philadelphia

Starting Line Raises The Bar

As the members of pop punk band The Starting Line have grown up and started families, their shows have only gotten more fun — and filled up on dad jokes.

  • Go to the profile of  Sabrina Iglesias
Sabrina Iglesias
16 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
High Flying Forms Oakland

High Flying Forms

A light approach to sculpture at Transmission Gallery.

  • Go to the profile of  Sarah Bass
Sarah Bass
16 Dec 2025 · 4 min read
How to Age Poetically in California Oakland

How to Age Poetically in California

What happens as women leave youth and middle age in California?

  • Go to the profile of  Vita Hewitt
Vita Hewitt
16 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
New Yorker, Playboy Cartoonist Pops Up At The Gym New Haven

New Yorker, Playboy Cartoonist Pops Up At The Gym

At 92, Sidney Harris has a retrospective.

  • Go to the profile of  Midbrow Editor
Midbrow Editor
16 Dec 2025 · 4 min read
One-Act Operas Keep It Moving Detroit

One-Act Operas Keep It Moving

At at Detroit Opera.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
16 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
From Palestine to Mexico Philadelphia

From Palestine to Mexico

Mariposas Galácticas combine kumbia, klezmer and punk into a singular, anti-fascist sound.

  • Go to the profile of  Sabrina Iglesias
Sabrina Iglesias
15 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
Art Can Pay Baton Rouge

Art Can Pay

Coca-Cola's sprawling annual LASM Christmas display shows the career possibilities in culture.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
15 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
Halloween Creeps Toward Xmas Detroit

Halloween Creeps Toward Xmas

Spooks, Santa and Sound abound at "Creepy Cheapy III"

  • Go to the profile of  Erica Hobbs
Erica Hobbs
15 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
Peace Found With Parkinson’s New Haven

Peace Found With Parkinson’s

Mother-daughter documentary “A Good Run” premieres in New Haven.

  • Go to the profile of  Jisu Sheen
Jisu Sheen
15 Dec 2025 · 5 min read
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