Detroit It's OK To Laugh Sometimes Even when serious matters of race and sex are explored in Dominique Morisseau's "Confederates." Erica Hobbs 9 Feb 2025 · 3 min read
Hartford Tiger Lily Steals The Show As "Peter Pan" makes me feel like a kids again. Jamil Ragland 6 Feb 2025 · 3 min read
New Haven Safety In Bubbles "Grandmother/Bathtub" makes a splash at Yale Cabaret. Adam Wassilchalk 2 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
Detroit The Human Behind The Helmet "Halftime with Don" confronts the audience with the price of our cultlike football obsession. Erica Hobbs 27 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
New Haven Love Is On The Brain In Yale Rep's revival of "Eden," about Black Families uprooted to build Lincoln Center. Adam Wassilchalk 24 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
Detroit "Bernhardt/Hamlet" Goes Meta A play about Sarah Bernhardt playing the Prince of Denmark onstage aims high, comes up short Erica Hobbs 22 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Philadelphia Downsizing "Miss Daisy" A slimmed-down restaging lands just as the world prepares to change again. Nora Grace-Flood 16 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Detroit Ma Rainey Isn’t The Only One Showing Her Black Bottom At The Detroit Rep Even the small roles in this production of ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ shine Randiah Camille Green 15 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Detroit MLK & Nixon: The Musical An ambitious attempt to understand historic figures at an American turning point gets distracted Erica Hobbs 13 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Philadelphia ABC, PYT ... WTF? Lynn Nottage's "MJ" — now on tour in Philly — is an over-the-top ode to a celebrity abuser. Nora Grace-Flood 10 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
Oakland Laughter Unscripted: Improv as Art Form Improv Curious? The All Out Comedy Theater delivered a night of laughter and hijinks, elevating the improv art form up out of the basement. Vita Hewitt 7 Jan 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Gardley’s Ships Launch at Small Oakland Theater From the Mother Continent to the promise of the West: Friends, family and community collide and divide in a very Oakland story, on stage at Oakland Theater Project. Fred Noland 2 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
Tulsa '24 In Tulsa The year in art, music, food, theatre and other excellent oddities. Alicia Chesser 30 Dec 2024 · 4 min read
Philadelphia A Bedford Falls Funeral A stripped-down radio version of the holiday classic adds depth to a study in character. Nora Grace-Flood 24 Dec 2024 · 6 min read
Philadelphia John Waters Survives Fame, Fortune His annual stand-up Xmas tour is no celebrity apologia. Nora Grace-Flood 18 Dec 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford The Gloved One Jamaal Fields-Green captures the King of Pop onstage in MJ. Jamil Ragland 12 Dec 2024 · 3 min read
Philadelphia A Hard Nutcracker Chris Davis challenges his 42-year-old dad quads to a comedic solo rendition of a holiday family favorite. Nora Grace-Flood 11 Dec 2024 · 4 min read