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Theater Review: A DOUBLEWIDE, TEXAS CHRISTMAS ⭐️ (Desert TheatreWorks in Indio)
A TEXAS-SIZED CHRISTMAS MELTDOWN This is pure, sugar-spun, deep-fried, glitter-smothered Texas Trashmas — and honey, sometimes that’s exactly what the doctor ordered. If your idea of Christmas cheer involves snowflakes, Victorian carolers, or anything resembling culture, turn back now, sugar. Desert TheatreWorks has hauled a flaming holiday fruitcake onto the stage, delivering a holiday spectacle…
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Off Broadway Review: MACBETH by William Shakespeare (Theatre for a New Audience)
A MACBETH WITH VERY MUCH TO RECOMMEND The interesting thing about seeing multiple productions by the same theater company and the same director is that a pattern begins to emerge. Theatre for a New Audience’s production of Macbeth, starring John Douglas Thompson, contains the same strengths and weaknesses as director Arin Arbus’s previous work with…
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Off-Broadway Theater Review: THE LITTLE FOXES (New York Theatre Workshop)
HOW TO SEE A CLASSIC PLAY WITH FRESH EYES When I first heard that avant-garde director Ivo van Hove would be staging a production of The Little Foxes at New York Theatre Workshop, the pairing confused me. As a rather conservative person when it comes to theatrical likes and dislikes, I had a notion of…
Dance Review: ESCAPE (DIAVOLO / Los Angeles)
by Shari Barrett | June 11, 2026
in Dance, Los Angeles, TheaterTheater Review: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
by Croydon Fernandes | June 9, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterDance Review: EUGENE ONEGIN (Joffrey Ballet)
by Emma S. Rund | June 9, 2026
in Chicago, Dance


