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Sunday, April 13, 2025

Acton Says: Bubbly Boop! Could Use More Cartoon Magic by Ross

By Acton The bits and bobs of Boop! that work are all straight out of the cartoon Betty Boopiverse. Unfortunately, she leaves it all behind for the (yawn) real world about ten minutes into B…

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Saturday, April 12, 2025

Two.2.Mango Clowns Teach Colonialism in "Colonial Circus" on Tour by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Two.2.Mango presents Colonial Circus in St John's, Montreal, Edmonton, and Toronto "A unique and entertaining spin on an important issue" " Broadway World Sachin Sh…

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Friday, April 11, 2025

Acton Says: Bubbly "Boop!" Could Use More Cartoon Magic by Ross

An Acton NY Theater Review: Broadway's Boop! The Musical By Acton The bits and bobs of Boop! that work are all straight out of the cartoon Betty Boopiverse. Unfortunately, she leaves it a…

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

"Good Night, and Good Luck" & "Glengarry Glen Ross" Broadway Finely Smokes Solid Scenarios with Stars by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Good Night, and Good Luck & Glengarry Glen Ross By Ross Smoke from so many cigarettes hangs in the air inside two large Broadway houses. Each drawing us into…

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Canadian Stage's Exciting Electrifying Upcoming 2025/26 Season by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Canadian Stage announces an electrifying 25.26 season The new season is marked by hotly anticipated Canadian Premieres alongside World Premieres of new Canadian pla…

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Broadway's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Velvet Rages Magnificently in Projected Self-Determination by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Sydney Theatre Company's The Picture of Dorian Gray on Broadway By Ross "How sad it is!" murmured Dorian Gray with his eyes still fixed upon his own portrait. "H…

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Monday, April 7, 2025

Winners of the Olivier Awards 2025: full list by Ross

Olivier Awards 2025: full list of winners The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Giant, Oedipus, and Fiddler on the Roof were among the big winners at the Royal Albert Hall ceremony Best new m…

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Luminato Festival 2025 Lights Up Toronto by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Luminato Festival 2025 TORONTO " (APRIL, 2025) " Luminato Festival returns June 4-22 to ignite Toronto with bold, playful, and of-the-moment art experiences that tr…

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Riot King Paints a Red That Resonates in the Dark by Ross

Beautiful classical music floats in, transporting us to New York City in 1958, where a cigarette is lit in the dark, illuminating and drawing our gaze into the world of painter Mark Rothko, …

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Studio 180 Delivers A Public Display of Affection that Lovingly Engages with the Queer Village of Toronto by Ross

Feeling both flattered and insulted at the same time, Jonathan Wilson (My Own Private Oshawa), writer and performer of Studio 180 Theatre's A Public Display of Affection, makes his way to ce…

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Sunday, April 6, 2025

All Hail the Nominations for the 40th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: 40th Annual Lucille Lortel Award Nominations Announced Nominations for the 40th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards " the only New York theatre award to exclusively honor …

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Steppenwolf Dynamically Gives "Purpose" to Broadway by Ross

There is a slow buzz swarming around the Helen Hayes Theater, and the feeling of tension and a certain kind of stinging danger fills the air. There's a warning given by our guide, the 'weird…

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Saturday, April 5, 2025

Historic Returns, New Partnerships, and New Stories to be discovered in TARRAGON THEATRE's 2025/26 SEASON by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies Reports: Tarragon Theatre's 2025/26 Season April 3, 2025, TORONTO " Artistic Director Mike Payette and Executive Director Lisa Li are proud to announce Tarragon …

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Friday, April 4, 2025

An intense and inventive "Frankenstein" at JACK theater in Brooklyn by Ross

An Acton NY Theater Review: The Firebird Project's Frankenstein; Or A Modern Prometheus By Acton A compact theater space becomes an icy sea in an instant, as director Zoe Senese-Grossberg's …

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Thursday, April 3, 2025

Riot King Paints a "Red" That Resonates in the Dark by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Riot King's Red By Ross Beautiful classical music floats in, transporting us to New York City in 1958, where a cigarette is lit in the dark, illuminating and draw…

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Studio 180 Delivers "A Public Display of Affection" that Lovingly Engages with the Queer Village of Toronto by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Studio 180 Theatre's A Public Display of Affection By Ross Feeling both flattered and insulted at the same time, Jonathan Wilson (My Own Private Oshawa), writer a…

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Steppenwolf Dynamically Gives "Purpose" to Broadway by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Purpose By Ross There is a slow buzz swarming around the Helen Hayes Theater, and the feeling of tension and a certain kind of stin…

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Buena Vista Social Club Ignites the Cuban Fire Live on the Broadway Stage by Ross

The stage fills up quickly, with musicians and characters feeling the music and the beat of the Buena Vista Social Club. The bodies flow like waves coming in from the Gulf of Mexico (and no …

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Monday, March 31, 2025

"Buena Vista Social Club" Ignites the Cuban Fire Live on the Broadway Stage by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Broadway's Buena Vista Social Club By Ross The stage fills up quickly, with musicians and characters feeling the music and the beat of the Buena Vista Social Clu…

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Sunday, March 30, 2025

Almeida's A Streetcar Named Desire Pours Down the Pain and Anger Magnificently at BAM by Ross

Against the rotating cackling and chattering of New Orleans, this riveting, electric, and thoughtfully pounding A Streetcar Named Desire squares itself off, finding its way up into that pseu…

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Saturday, March 29, 2025

The Jonathan Larson Project Sings B-Sides Lovingly Downtown by Ross

Those first "525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes " how do you measure..." measure the beautiful feeling that overwhelms the soul when we first hear that melody fill the…

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The Public Theater's Slow-Burning Sumo Misdirects Focus and Care by Ross

Drums, manned from above the ring, summon those willing to step forward into the circle with pride and purpose. This is the sacred world of the Sumo and, deep inside this play, the complex i…

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Thursday, March 27, 2025

The Public Theater's Slow-Burning "Sumo" Misdirects Focus and Care by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: The Public Theater's Sumo By Ross Drums, manned from above the ring, summon those willing to step forward into the circle with pride and purpose. This is the…

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A Supremely Well-Cooked Operation Mincemeat Lands on Broadway by Ross

It begins with a radio broadcast straight out of every World War II movie in existence, with England standing firm against the onslaught of German forces taking over Europe. These pinstriped…

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Nothing to Get Mad About Here in Off-Broadway's Conversations with Mother by Ross

"I hate camp." A plea made in the first few moments of the sentimental charmer written lovingly by playwright(er) Matthew Lombardo (Looped; High). It's a clarifying statement almost every ga…

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Almeida's "A Streetcar Named Desire" Pours Down the Pain and Anger Magnificently at BAM by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: A Streetcar Named Desire at BAM By Ross Against the rotating cackling and chattering of New Orleans, this riveting, electric, and thoughtfully pounding A Str…

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Andrew Scott's One Man VaNYa Mezmerizes Downtown NYC Completely by Ross

A quiet flies fast over the excited crowds that have gathered in downtown NYC at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, as Andrew Scott (Veracity Digital's Sea Wall the Film) saunters out, flicki…

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

"The Jonathan Larson Project" Sings B-Sides Lovingly Downtown by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: The Jonathan Larson Project By Ross Those first "525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes " how do you measure..." measure the beautiful fee…

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Monday, March 24, 2025

A Supremely Well-Cooked "Operation Mincemeat" Lands on Broadway by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Operation Mincemeat By Ross It begins with a radio broadcast straight out of every World War II movie in existence, with England standing firm against the ons…

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He Says: Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts at LCTheater Delivers its Lightened Weight Thanks to its Seasoned Stars by Ross

The third time's a charm, I guess, as this condensed new adaptation by Mark O'Rowe ("Normal People") attempts to get underway on the Mitzi E. Newhouse stage at Lincoln Center Theater. The ca…

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Sunday, March 23, 2025

Nothing to Get Mad About Here in Off-Broadway's "Conversations with Mother" by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Conversations with Mother By Ross "I hate camp." A plea made in the first few moments of the sentimental charmer written lovingly by playwright(er) Matthew L…

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All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off