Theater

Shakespeare In The Mental Institution

MATTHEW BOURNE’S ROMEO AND JULIET Ahmanson Theater Los Angeles Feb. 4, 2024 The Ahmanson Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, twinkling with warm light and towering like a 20th-century castle,

Crew Loads-in The House Before Bringing It Down

Arts Workers Are Artists Too Performance Space New York Feb. 8, 2024 Assemble the stage. Hang the soft goods. Focus the lights. Focus the projector. Coffee break. Usually, when I

A View, From The Harbor

Long Wharf Theatre’s current offering of A View from the Bridge takes audiences to the Canal Dock Boathouse on Long Wharf Drive, to let its sweeping view of the

Albany Civic Theater Counts The Minutes

The Minutes Albany Civic Theater Albany, N.Y. 2/15/24 While attending a production of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes in New York City, capital region theater director Brian Sheldon

High-Life Acts For The Low Lifes

Fuck Valentine’s Variety Show Ruckus Revival The Continental Club Oakland Feb. 8, 2024 The Ruckus Revival, now 25 years old, has had several names and many homes during its

Freaky Teenage Foibles Flaunted For Laughs

Mortified’s “Doomed Valentines” Show The New Parish Oakland Feb. 10, 2024 Ah, the foolishness of youth. Is the ability to laugh at your own adolescent follies evidence of your

Would You Believe … ?

The Connector MCC Theater 511 W. 52nd St. New York Runs through March 4 Just under halfway through The Connector, we see Ethan Dobson, a wunderkind magazine writer, on a

Garbologists Fails To Kill Its Darlings

The Garbologists TheaterWorks Hartford February 6th, 2024 WARNING: THIS REVIEW SPOILS THE BIG TWIST. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! The Garbologists is a two-person play that tells the story of Danny

When The Audience Comes Onstage

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS Near Los Globos Through April 14, 2024 I have asked immersive audiences many times what they felt just before an immersive experience begins. There are only

Kate Means It

KATE Pasadena Playhouse Pasadena, Cal. Through Feb. 11, 2024 Kate is for everyone. Comedian Kate Berlant’s one-woman show is a rousing send-up of contemporary theater that has united industry

Honey, Get Them Rewrite

Simona’s Search (world premiere) Hartford Stage Hartford Jan. 18, 2024 SImona’s Search, a new play by Martín Zimmerman, had a premise that instantly drew me in. Simona (played

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