Theater

Living Room Drama Goes Literal in The Whole of Time

The Whole of Time Torn Page 435 W 22nd St. New York City Through Jan. 27, 2024 There’s something about a living room play. You know the kind: An

Action? In Chekhov?

Christmas On the Rocks Goes Down Smooth

Christmas on the Rocks ‘23 Theaterworks Hartford Through Dec. 23, 2023 Sitting in the big Santa chair that welcomed visitors into TheaterWorks made me feel like a kid again, excited

Woman Plays The Straight Man In Search For Self

A Good Day To Me Not To You The Connelly Theater 220 E 4th St. New York City Runs through 12/16 By the time Lameece arrives at St. Agnes

First Youth Shakespeare Fest Marks Dramatic Success

Cast members of Elm Shakespeare Teen Troupe’s production of Henry V burst onto the stage in a rush of sound and energy. “O, for a muse of fire that

Sister Act Brings Fire & Sass

Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy ActUp Theater Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Hartford Through Sunday, Dec. 10 I’m gonna cut to the chase: Go see ActUp Theater’

When ​“Awful” Rhymes With ​“Felafel”

The Band’s Visit The Huntington Theatre 264 Huntington Ave. Boston, Mass. Through Dec. 17, 2023 “Once, not long ago, a group of musicians came to Israel from Egypt. You

T Retch

T: An MBTA Musical The Rockwell 255 Elm St. Somerville, Mass. Dec. 1, 2023 Loving to hate the absurd incompetence of the T is a time-honored Boston tradition as old

Pin-Up Girls Salutes The Troops

The Pin-Up Girls: A Musical Love Letter The Playhouse on Park West Hartford Through Dec. 23, 2023 There’s nothing like community theater. I’ve had fun at the big,

‘Til Death We Do Past

‘Til Death Abingdon Theatre Company Written by Elizabeth Coplan Directed by Chad Austin Theatre Five at Theatre Row 410 West 42nd St., NYC Through Dec. 23, 2023 Parenthesizing every moment

Seeds of a Magic Memoir

The Gardens of Anuncia Mitzi Newhouse Theater Lincoln Center 150 W 65th St. New York City Runs through 12/31 Strange things can happen in Anuncia’s garden. The plants

“The Salvagers” Finds Hope In The Cold

When we first meet Boseman Salvage Junior (Taylor A. Blackman), he’s shoveling snow, and turns it into a dance. The labor he’s doing can’t take away from

Music Smothers A Musical

Moulin Rouge: The Musical Bushnell Center for Performing Arts Hartford Nov. 25, 2023 Beautiful people parading around half-dressed. A score of certified hits. Eye-popping sets and world class performers. What

In Off-Broadway Arcadia, Heart And Mind Are At Odds

Arcadia Bedlam at The West End Theatre 263 West 86th St. New York City Through Dec. 10 The West End Theatre is on the second floor of a church. To

Devil Is In The Details In New Roundabout Play

Covenant Roundabout Theatre Company 111 W. 46th St New York City Through Dec. 17 Halloween might be over, but squeals of terror and delight still fill the air of New

Choose Your Own Hamletmachine

SIX SCENES FOR SCENE SIX OF HEINER MÜLLER’S HAMLETMACHINE The Elysian Los Angeles Nov. 11, 2023 As a non-theater-theater-person (terrified of the inherent self-perpetuated humiliation associated with freeform improv

Boo, Hiss, Splat, Singalong: 70 Years of Old-Timey Antics at the Spotlight

“The Drunkard and the Olio“ 70th Anniversary Show Nov. 11, 2023 Spotlight Theater Tulsa What’s that odd white building along the Cry Baby Hill route, with the geometric fountain,

A Podcast Far Gone: Why Are We Pretending This Is Good?

HOW LONG GONE El Rey Theater Los Angeles Nov. 11, 2023. Occasionally, there are men who are so untalented, so uninteresting, and so entitled that they insist on starting a