Theater

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

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