
POLITICS, IN FULL DRAG: A CAMPAIGN LIKE NO OTHER Wayne Brady leads a wild, urgent, and unexpectedly timely ride through queer history and unfinished business. There have been outsider candid…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:29PM[SHARE]ICE FISHING, MALE BONDING, AND ONE VERY TALKATIVE FISH An uproarious and unexpectedly poignant Midwest comedy that finds connection in the unlikeliest of places. “There are only two or thr…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:53PM[SHARE]HOLD YOUR HORSES A provocative subject that proves hard to recommend—and harder to ignore Olivia Dufault’s For Want of a Horse tackles a subject most plays wouldn’t dare touch—and to…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:53PM[SHARE]Ask anyone to talk about the greatest Oscars snubs in history, and you’ll likely get a long litany of grievances. There’s Alfred Hitchcock, five times nominated but never picking up a Be…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:00AM[SHARE]THIS SHOW BUGS ME A Southern Gothic that hints at something deeper but never quite gets there For all its promise, Cockroaches, the 2024 Del Shores Foundation Best Play winner by Emma Schill…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:00AM[SHARE]I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE A high-energy 80s mixtape that actually leaves you wanting more For The Record has built a reputation on remixing cinematic nostalgia into immersive, high-octane theatri…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:37PM[SHARE]THE COST OF LOOKING BACK With a soaring first act, I’m willing to pay the price for a second that can’t quite keep up Arthur Miller’s The Price has always been a talky, introspective p…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:43PM[SHARE]BROADWAY GOES POLITICAL A starry virtual event blends music, activism, and marquee names If you’re going to tune into a political fundraiser, it might as well come with a Broadway-caliber …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:54PM[SHARE]MASTER PRODUCTION During the last half-hour of the exquisitely produced “Master Harold”…and the boys, the Geffen Playhouse becomes theatre as a temple: a transcendental, spiritual, em…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:25AM[SHARE]SMALL MUSICAL, BIG HEART An intimate Irish story about courage, community, and the quiet power of living truthfully There’s a certain kind of musical that doesn’t announce itself with sp…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:30AM[SHARE]The Boston Theater Critics Association has announced nominations for the 43rd Annual Elliot Norton Awards, a wide-ranging snapshot of the current theater season in Greater Boston. The ceremo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AM[SHARE]HIGH VOLTAGE DANCE, NO SAFETY NET A company built on athleticism, musicality, and sheer momentum returns to BroadStage Few choreographers have maintained the kind of sustained, high-energy a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58AM[SHARE]DESIRE, DANGER, AND A SONG TO SURVIVE Palm Canyon Theatre dives into one of Kander and Ebb's most intoxicating musical Palm Canyon Theatre brings bold heat to the desert with Kiss of the Spi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:13AM[SHARE]A SMALL SHOP WITH A BIG HEART A delightful, tender surprise arrives at the Ahmanson"and quietly wins you over Sometimes the most unassuming shows sneak up and steal your heart. Kim's Conveni…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:25PM[SHARE]BIG CAST, BIG LAUGHS, BIG HEART AÂ joyful Morgan-Wixson production proves this classic still delivers the goods Community theatre rarely aims this big"or lands this charmingly. The Morgan…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:30AM[SHARE]HOME IS WHERE THE HORROR IS A boarding house of quiet menace and killer detail Writer/director Marja-Lewis Ryan is back, and her latest show arrives at The Electric Lodge in Venice with a ki…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:00PM[SHARE]A BEAUTIFUL DOLL CV Rep's production is one bet you can't lose It's amazing. Were this masterpiece from Broadway's golden age an actual guy or doll, he or she would be scoring Social Securit…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:00AM[SHARE]The wait is finally over for fans of the dark, fantastical comedy as "Death Becomes Her" on Broadway officially makes its immortal entrance. The musical adaptation of the 1992 cult classic, …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:00AM[SHARE]CIVILITY CRUMBLES, BUT THE COMEDY NEVER BUILDS South Coast Rep's revival exposes how thin satire needs sharper direction to truly sting Melinda Page Hamilton and Kim Martin-Cotten The first …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:56AM[SHARE]STILL HERE, STILL ESSENTIAL The tour of Bill T. Jones's landmark dance comes to Royce Hall with undiminished force The first time I saw Still/Here, it was at BAM. It was 1994, the year of St…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:59AM[SHARE]In an era when content moves fluidly across mediums, the relationship between stage, screen, and page has never been more dynamic. Theatre productions become films, films inspire novels, and…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:45AM[SHARE]THREE ERAS, ONE MISSED OPPORTUNITY Brownstone collapses under unfocused, baffling staging Catherine Butterfield's Brownstone (2008) is built around a solid, even enticing idea: we have three…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:57AM[SHARE]REAF'S IF THIS IS LOVE " A ONE-NIGHT CABARET VALENTINE Big voices, big heart, and Jason Brock right in his element Since 1995, REAF (Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation) has been bringing amazing…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]CHAMBER MUSIC IN AN IDEAL SETTING Glorious acoustics, a resonant space, and musicians who know how to listen to one another. There are few places in Los Angeles better suited to chamber musi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:00AM[SHARE]SIX QUEENS BEAT A FULL HOUSE A Clever, Electrifying Concert That Sometimes Overwhelms Its Own Story History serves us well in stories for musicals. From 1776 to Evita to Hamilton, all the pl…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:11PM[SHARE]WHEN CLOWNING, THERAPY, AND TRAUMA COLLIDE Rachel Troy's fierce, genre-breaking solo triumph is fully realized, ferociously smart, and genuinely exhilarating. I receive thousands of invitati…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:00AM[SHARE]REVENGE AS ENTERTAINMENT With Will Swenson and Lesli Margherita, La Mirada goes all in for this major revival Some shows you make time for. Others you plan around. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Ba…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:17PM[SHARE]A DELICIOUSLY VERY WRONG WAY TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS Santa's dead, the carols are cursed, and Zombie Joe wants your soul for Christmas If you survived Urban Death: Tour of Terror in Octobe…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:00AM[SHARE]HERBERT ROSS'S BOHÈME RETURNS Beauty polished, questions still lingering Puccini's tale may be endlessly familiar, yet the recent Los Angeles staging shows how even the most well-trodden …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:59AM[SHARE]A PRINCIPLED PRODUCTION Simon Stephens' deceptively simple romance finally reveals its cosmic heart in close quarters at Skylight Theatre Director Cameron Watson delivers a remarkably authen…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:56PM[SHARE]DON'T JEW HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO? {From the Archives " Back in 2010, when Facebook was still fun and Broadway still flirted with stereotypes like they were going out of style (which they…
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