Friday, July 31, 2026
CRAM SESSION, CRASH COURSE Natalie Margolin’s sharply observed comedy captures the fleeting intensity of college friendships Natalie Margolin’s All Nighter, which opened Off-Broadway in …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:01AM[SHARE]ALL ABOARD THE S.S. SEX FARCE These gender-liberated pirates need to boink more and bicker less On the deck of the pirate ship Revenge, a buxom young lass leads a blindfolded young man to a …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:05AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 26, 2026
GOOD PEOPLE, GREAT SHOW David Lindsay-Abaire’s poignant drama delivers a powerful reminder that luck, circumstance, and class often shape lives as much as talent or determination In an all…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:01AM[SHARE]YESTERDAY’S REBELS Time has softened the musical’s edges, but not its beating heart In 1968, a rock musical featuring a ragtag group of hippies took Broadway by storm. With book and lyri…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 25, 2026
STILL ANGRY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS A daring revival proves the musical’s power endures, even when one major directorial gamble doesn’t When people think of musicals, the stereotype is a s…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 23, 2026
POP GOES THE BARD A jukebox musical that thrilled its fans while leaving this critic wishing the story mattered as much as the songs As I was settling into my seat at the gorgeous Auditorium…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:01AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 5, 2026
THE HAIRY APE COMETH This gleefully unhinged musical comedy is a strong play’s journey into wisecracks The Goodman closes out its centennial season in spectacular fashion with a big, brash…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:02PM[SHARE]Friday, July 3, 2026
CRITIC’S BITE A gripping solo performance anchors this haunting tale I had not encountered arithmomania in any form of entertainment media in well over two decades. Now it’s popped up tw…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:17PM[SHARE]BAD FENCES MAKE GOOD COMEDY Big laughs bloom from a tiny patch of disputed ground. In a tony suburb of Washington, D.C., a young upwardly mobile Hispanic couple move into their first house, …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 1, 2026
THE WEIGHT OF HERITAGE A thoughtful work that doesn’t always come together An unusual and ambitious production, L.M. Feldman’s A People is a sort of theatrical mosaic. Mounted by Arts Ju…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:48PM[SHARE]Monday, June 29, 2026
OUT OF TUNE WITH CHEKHOV Chekhov’s quiet desperation is drowned out by one very loud performance What would a season of theater be without a Chekhov play? Or five? Following Red Theater’…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:45AM[SHARE]Monday, June 22, 2026
SUCKING FACE Chemistry, comedy, and a little bloodlust make for an irresistible evening. Is there a quality more indefinable and unpredictable than the chemistry between two people, whether …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:01AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 20, 2026
GETTING CAUGHT UP WHEN THERE’S A CATCH A baffling experiment eventually reveals a powerful emotional core Why? That one-word refrain was what repeatedly popped up in my head through most o…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 16, 2026
[Editor’s Note (June 2026): Raven Theatre’s astounding production of Octet, originally reviewed by Stage and Cinema in May, transfers intact to the Goodman Theatre for a limited engageme…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:00AM[SHARE]THE GHOSTS IN THE FAMILY TREE Tom Stoppard’s final play is as intellectually dazzling as it is emotionally devastating “Barbarism will not be eradicated by culture.” That line, spoken …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:43AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 9, 2026
LOVE ON THE RANGE, PAIN ON THE HORIZON A beautiful musical framework strengthens a stage adaptation that never quite resolves its competing impulses In 1997, a short story from Pulitzer winn…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:30AM[SHARE]THE TRAGEDY’S THE THING A few baffling choices can’t derail the explosive clash at the heart of Anouilh’s classic There are a number of missteps in this production of Anouilh’s Antig…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58AM[SHARE]Monday, June 8, 2026
FIFTEEN MINUTES FOREVER Terry Guest turns pop-art icons into a meditation on immortality I may have passed on the foil-lined photo booth—too Bug for me—on my way into Jackalope Theatre…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:17PM[SHARE]Friday, June 5, 2026
WITH ITS BASES LOADED, THEO UBIQUE HITS ANOTHER GRAND SLAM A clever, heartfelt revival proves this Golden Age favorite still knows how to play ball There’s a bit of a curveball early in Th…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 2, 2026
WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW A charming revue reminds us why Burt Bacharach’s songs remain timeless An overture! An honest-to-goodness overture! All right, so maybe I’m overreacting a bit, b…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 28, 2026
TRUTH, CONSEQUENCES, AND CONTAMINATED WATER A superb production of Ibsen’s classic finds unsettling echoes in the present day There are plays that endure because their themes and character…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 26, 2026
DANCING THROUGH THE DECADES A mesmerizing theatrical collage that rewards surrender over analysis One never quite knows what to expect from the good folks at Trap Door Theatre, and I’m sur…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:45PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 23, 2026
THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA York Walker’s Southern Gothic keeps its secrets close and its audience on edge “Everybody got a secret” That is the line that opens Covenant, the grippin…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:44PM[SHARE]SIGNALS IN THE STATIC A Red Orchid’s compelling world premiere favors empathy over satire, sometimes at the expense of deeper exploration Thus far, 2026 has been an uncommonly good year in…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:51AM[SHARE]Friday, May 22, 2026
HOOP DREAMS IN HARLEM Young People’s Theatre closes its season with a charming, energetic celebration of childhood, friendship, and community In The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen, the stakes are ve…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:44PM[SHARE]EN GARDE, YOU FOOLS A spirited cast and plenty of swashbuckling fun can’t quite compensate for a forgettable score “He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:44PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 16, 2026
GUILT TRIP TUTA Theatre turns Dostoevsky’s sprawling masterpiece into a feverish psychological horror story of conscience, damnation, and salvation Fyodor Dostoevsky’s masterpiece Crime …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:54AM[SHARE]Friday, May 15, 2026
LOG OFF AND SING Dave Malloy’s brilliant chamber musical turns doomscrolling, loneliness, and internet addiction into something unexpectedly humane I don’t know what I was expecting when…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 12, 2026
IT’S TIME TO RAGNARÖK ‘N’ ROLL An exuberant Norse rock opera with enough swagger to survive the apocalypse A corner of a decrepit night club greets you as you walk into Lifeline The…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:17PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 9, 2026
MOTHER KNOWS BEST— UNTIL SHE DOESN’T A devastating, clear-eyed revival that refuses comfort and lingers long after the lights go down I first watched ‘night, Mother, the Pulitzer-prize…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:22PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 7, 2026
CASH, GRIEF, AND THE COST OF RESISTANCE A gripping, immersive premiere dissolves the line between audience and action Steppenwolf’s excellent 50th season continues with Windfall, the new p…
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