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Theater Interview: RICHARD CHANG (张德胜) (Playwright and Performer of “Ai Yah Goy Vey!”)
Playwright-Performer Richard Chang Turns Reductionism Into Multiculturalism Years ago, while riding the subway, playwright Richard Chang witnessed passengers snickering at a Chinese battery seller advertising his wares in a thick Cantonese accent. Raised in the melting pot of Malaysia, Chang considered how the American landscape reduced a marginalized stranger into a laughable spectacle. It was…
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New York Opera Review: AGRIPPINA (The Met)
GRIPPING AGRIPPINA For a political comedy littered with slapstick, it’s fittingly ironic that this newest Met Opera take on Agrippina opens and bookends with morbidity: All the main players are perched on tombs bearing their names. This adaptation of Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie’s production occurs during the tricentennial of George Frideric Handel’s music and…
Theater Review: MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (A Noise Within / Pasadena)
by Michael Landman-Karney | September 9, 2026
in Los Angeles, TheaterTheater Review: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (National Tour / San Diego)
by Milo Shapiro | September 7, 2026
in San Diego, Theater, ToursTheater Review: JOAN CRAWFORD GOES TO HELL (Hell in a Handbag / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | September 6, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterTheater Review: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (Kokandy / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | September 5, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterMusic Preview: AMERICAN SOUND TAKES FLIGHT (MUSE/IQUE / Beverly Hills & Pasadena)
by Gregory Bernard | September 5, 2026
in Los Angeles, MusicTheater Review: COME FROM AWAY (Marriott Theatre / Lincolnshire, IL)
by Emma S. Rund | September 4, 2026
in Chicago, Theater-ChicagoTheater Review: PERICLES (Boston Court Pasadena)
by Ernest Kearney | September 4, 2026
in Los Angeles, TheaterTheater Review: SHANE (City Lit Theater / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | September 4, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterTheater Preview: TAYLOR MAC AND MATT RAY: SONGS FROM BARK OF MILLIONS (ArtsEmerson / Boston)
by Gregory Bernard | September 4, 2026
in Boston, Theater

