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Theater Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (National Tour at Hollywood Pantages Theatre)
WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARDS (AGAIN) The line between fan fiction and canon can be a blurry one. In a world where Twilight fan fiction inspired the best-selling book of the last decade and a Wizard of Oz flip became one of last year’s most prolific movies, it’s clear that capitalizing on existing IP…
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Film Review: YOUNG HEARTS (written and directed by Anthony Schatterman)
At this point, the success of a gay coming-of-age story can be measured most acutely by its tendency to fall into tropes, or its ability to transcend them. In the canon of gay films, the coming out tale has been told ad nauseam. Some of the most trite, straight-palatable representation has come in this form,…
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Film Review: ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE (directed by Molly Bernstein and Philip Dolin)
OF MICE AND PENS It’s in the name: comics are supposed to be comical. The funny pages are a place for lasagna-craving kitties, pet pilots and friendly tigers — certainly not the stage on which to unpack heavy emotions or examine brutal histories. Right? Well, Art Spiegelman would beg to differ. And while the name…
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Theater Review: THE WOLVES (Morgan-Wixson Theatre)
JOIN THE PACK In one of The Wolves’ final moments, one character’s mom explains that she has a swear jar at home that her daughter must put a quarter in every time she says “like.” If that jar was onstage for the duration of the play, with its characters bound to the same contract of…
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Theater Review: SLEEPING GIANT (Road Theatre Company)
SLEEPING GIANT THINKS TOO BIG FOR ITS BRITCHES To live is to be in a constant state of suspension. One must cling to whatever helps establish a sense of permanence. A lover that won’t leave. A favorite keepsake. A belief system that promises purpose. When fear floods our homes through TV news (or its 21st-century-sibling,…
Theater Review: I AM THE WIND (Theatre Y)
by Croydon Fernandes | October 6, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterTheater Review: ALL MY SONS (Lyric Stage, Boston)
by Carmen Barsomian-Dietrich | October 5, 2026
in Boston, TheaterTheater Review: PETER PAN GOES WRONG (San Francisco Playhouse)
by Chuck Louden | October 5, 2026
in San Francisco
(Bay Area), TheaterTheater Review: THIS IS GOVERNMENT (Moxie Theatre / San Diego)
by Milo Shapiro | October 5, 2026
in San Diego, TheaterTheater Review: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG (The Old Globe / San Diego)
by Jason Mannino | October 5, 2026
in San Diego, TheaterOff-Broadway Review: SLAM FRANK (Orpheum)
by Gregory Fletcher | October 4, 2026
in New York, TheaterTheater Review: OPERATION MINCEMEAT (National Tour / CIBC Theatre / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | October 4, 2026
in Chicago, Theater, ToursTheater Review: A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (La Jolla Playhouse / San Diego)
by Jason Mannino | October 4, 2026
in San Diego, TheaterTheater Review: COVENANT (SpeakEasy Stage Company / Boston)
by Lynne Weiss | October 4, 2026
in Boston, TheaterTheater Review: KAIJU (The Road & BroadStage / North Hollywood)
by Nick McCall | October 3, 2026
in Los Angeles, Theater
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