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. Frederick 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
Philadelphia Kiss Me Kate Plays It Straight A show within a show shows the permanent resonance of theater by inviting the audience behind the scenes. Leo David 9 Dec 2024 · 4 min read
Philadelphia Recipe For A Pressure Cooker The Comeuppance, a play about high school reunions, offers home-for-the-holidays survival strategy. Leo David 27 Nov 2024 · 2 min read
Philadelphia Trump II Unmasks "Hamilton" A revival of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical, staged in the wake of the presidential election, reveals underlying liberal delusions. Nora Grace-Flood 21 Nov 2024 · 4 min read
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