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Theater Review: FREMONT AVE. (South Coast Repertory / Costa Mesa)
THE HOUSE THAT BUILT YOU A sweeping, structurally ambitious play that grips in the moment even as it searches for its final form There is a moment near the end of the first act of Fremont Ave. when George Plique, a music therapist who cannot stop composing, sits alone at a piano in a room…
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Theater Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! (Lyric Stage Company of Boston)
HERE’S SOMETHING DECIDEDLY NOT ROTTEN A lively, joy-filled production wins over even the most reluctant musicalgoer I was not looking forward to Something Rotten. I’m not big into Shakespeare (gasp, sorry), and my taste in musicals is more Sondheim than shtick. A cousin who is half my age and au courant with new musicals (this…
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Theater Review: MJ THE MUSICAL (National Tour / San Diego)
MAN IN THE MIRROR, SHOW ON FIRE A dazzling tour delivers the spectacle and the moves, even if the storytelling stays surface-level The national touring production of MJ the Musical is completing its short run at the Civic Theatre through May 10. The show portrays episodes from the life and career of Michael Jackson and…
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Theater Review: FAULT (Chicago Shakespeare)
FAULT LINES A glossy production sinks under the weight of a script that mistakes talk for wit Unpleasant, unfunny, misogynistic, and worst of all, boring. Let’s play a drinking game: every time you hear the words “banter,” “witty,” or “verbal” in Scooter Pietsch’s Fault, now on stage at Chicago Shakespeare, take a shot. If they…
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Theater Review: I HATE HAMLET (Saint Sebastian Players / Chicago)
TO BE OR NOT TO BE… IN SHOWBIZ A lively revival finds humor and heart in the actor’s eternal struggle Anyone who pursues the arts as a career or avocation knows they’re not well understood by the greater population. The satisfaction derived from being a creative and the commitment required to excel in a specific…
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Broadway Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Roundabout Theatre Company / Studio 54)
LET’S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN AND AGAIN A high-energy revival proves this cult classic still knows how to party Unless you grew up in a monastery, had a severely conservative upbringing, or are just too young, you’ve probably seen or at least heard of the drag-tastic cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Maybe…
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Theater Review: CARNIVAL! (J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company / AMT Theater, NYC)
UNDER THE BIG TOP, A SMALL GEM ENDURES A tender revival of a vintage musical finds its strength in sincerity, not spectacle Poignancy, Pep, Pizzazz, and Puppets. If the age of 65 equals becoming a senior citizen, then the musical Carnival!—which opened on Broadway in April of 1961—is certainly eligible. But the current revival, now…
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Theater Review: MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL (Ray of Light Theatre / San Francisco)
SO FETCH… AND SURPRISINGLY SHARP Ray of Light launches its new stage with a high-energy crowd-pleaser that actually lands It’s an ambitious way to christen a new home: take on a title everyone thinks they already know and try to make it feel fresh again. With Mean Girls the Musical, Ray of Light Theatre does…
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Theater Review: WINDFALL (Steppenwolf Theatre Company / World Premiere / Chicago)
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 play by Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight). Performed in the Ensemble Theatre, Andrew Boyce’s scenic design eschews a traditional set almost entirely. The performance space is a…
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Theater Review: BETTER LATE (rePLAY Series at Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs)
WHEN LEGENDS READ, YOU LISTEN A star-studded staged reading proves craft, not spectacle, is the real event Some nights in the theater feel important before they even begin. rePLAY’s closing-night presentation of Better Late at the Plaza Theatre this past Saturday was one of them—not just because of Larry Gelbart’s sharply observed script, but because…
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Theater Review: HAMLET (National Theatre Company at BAM in Brooklyn)
THE DANISH PRINCE, DECODED Focused staging and strong performances bring Hamlet’s inner life into view at BAM. The National Theater’s Hamlet at BAM follows in the tradition of other fine productions of the play at the esteemed Brooklyn institution going back as far as 1961, returning to the Harvey stage over a dozen times. With…
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Theater Review: MORRIS MICKLEWHITE AND THE TANGERINE DRESS (Mosaic Theatricals at Patio Playhouse in Escondido)
A DRESS FOR SUCCESS A polished TYA production that treats identity and imagination with care. Mosaic Theatricals’ production of Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress at Patio Playhouse does not just aim to charm young audiences—it makes its point clearly. This is a heartfelt lesson for children of all ages about belonging, delivered with a…
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Theater Preview: MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT (Vineyard Theatre, NYC)
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 candidates before, but none quite like Joan Jett Blakk—the self-declared Black drag queen who ran for President of the United States in the early 1990s, armed…
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Theater Review: MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS (World Premiere at The Colony Theatre)
DON’T BLAME MILLENNIALS: MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS IS KILLING MUSICALS (OR, WHEN SATIRE EATS ITSELF) An exhausting, vulgar, and unfocused musical that mistakes noise for insight and collapses into the very thing it claims to critique. There is a song in Millennials Are Killing Musicals, the new tuner currently suffocating at the Colony Theatre in…
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Theatre Review: HYMN (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble)
A HYMN WITHOUT THE HALLELUJAH A polished, well-acted drama that never quite ignites Hymn by playwright Lolita Chakrabarti is a well-crafted piece, with detailed characters and dialogue that is enunciated with sincerity. Drina Durazo of Lower Depth Theatre, in collaboration with The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s Sally Essex-Lopresti, has mounted a slick two-man drama, which director…
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Dance Review: GISELLE (Los Angeles Ballet)
LOVE, BETRAYAL, AND GHOSTS IN A LUSH GISELLE Los Angeles Ballet delivers a visually rich and emotionally satisfying take on the Romantic classic. Los Angeles Ballet (LAB) closes its 20th Anniversary Season with a milestone: its first appearance at the Ahmanson Theatre, presenting the ghostly Romantic classic Giselle. Founded in 2006 with the goal of…
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Theater Review: OUT HERE (Court Theatre)
OUT OF THE CLOSET, INTO THE FIRE A messy, ambitious new musical about divorce lands more as play than score— but still entertains Court Theatre closes out its 2025/2026 season with Out Here, a new musical with a book by Leslie Buxbaum, music by Erin McKeown, lyrics by Buxbaum and McKeown, and it’s all based…
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Theater Review: FOR WANT OF A HORSE (Echo Theater Company, Atwater Village Theatre)
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 its credit, it does so without melodrama. But what might have been a deeply human exploration of how such a taboo shapes lives instead plays…
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Theater Review: EELPOUT! (Shattered Globe at Theater Wit)
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 three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before”. That line from O Pioneers! by the great…
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Off-Broadway Review: KENREX (Lucille Lortel)
A COMMUNITY PUSHED PAST THE LAW An electrifying solo tour de force that turns a town’s nightmare into gripping theater. The largest Off-Broadway cast this season—over a dozen roles—may well be at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Remarkably, they’re played by one actor. That’s only one reason you should see the amazing Jack Holden in KENREX, the…
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