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New York Theater: HOUSEWIVES OF SECAUCUS: WHAT A DRAG! (Actors Temple Theatre)
An open-ended run of The Housewives of Secaucus: What a Drag! is beginning LIVE performances on Saturday, May 1 at 8pm ET. This new interactive musical comedy at Actors Temple, (339 West 47th Street) will be the first show to perform at the theatre since March 13, 2020 – when Black Angels Over Tuskegee was forced…
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Regional Opera Review: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Virginia Opera)
NEW ORLEANS IN VIRGINIA Like many operas in the last 100 years, Andre Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire – recently produced by Virginia Opera – is through-composed with very little straight dialogue, declamatory vocals, and text set to music so that the words and sense are both clear (this is also known as Literaturoper). Before Debussy’s Pellas et Melisande…
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San Francisco Opera Review: GREEN SNEAKERS (composed by Ricky Ian Gordon)
GRIEF TURNS TO POETRY AND MUSIC Composer and poet Ricky Ian Gordon’s partner, Jeffrey Michael Grossi, died of AIDS in 1996, at the age of 32. In response, Gordon created, among his many other works, Dream True (1998 – book and lyrics Tina Landau) and the song cycle Orpheus and Euridice (2005), which Long Beach…
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Los Angeles/Regional Theater Review: ALADDIN’S LUCK (Lewis Family Playhouse)
ALL YOUR WISHES ARE GRANTED The production values of MainStreet Theatre Company’s 70-minute performance of Aladdin’s Luck at the Lewis Family Playhouse in Rancho Cucamonga were among the best I’ve seen in mid-size regional theaters in both Europe and America. The very reasonably priced tickets ($16 full-prized adult, with various opportunities for discounts) couldn’t have…
Theater Review: I DO! I DO! (Palm Canyon Theatre)
by Stan Jenson | January 18, 2026
in Palm Springs
(Coachella Valley), TheaterTheater Review: EUREKA DAY (Dezart Performs)
by Jason Mannino | January 16, 2026
in Palm Springs
(Coachella Valley), TheaterOff-Broadway Review: THE DISAPPEAR (Minetta Lane Theatre)
by Rob Lester | January 15, 2026
in New York, TheaterTheater Review: YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL 2026 (Pegasus Theatre Chicago)
by Mitchell Oldham | January 14, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterTheater Review: LIBRARY LION (Adam Theater)
by Lynne Weiss | January 13, 2026
in Boston, TheaterTHE ROLE OF FAITH-INSPIRED LITERATURE IN CHILDREN’S STORYTELLING
by Susan Hall | January 13, 2026
in Books, ExtrasBroadway Review: BUG (Manhattan Theatre Club)
by Carol Rocamora | January 12, 2026
in New York, TheaterAudition Announcement: BEACHES, A NEW MUSICAL (Are You a Little Cee-Cee?)
by Connor McCormick | January 12, 2026
in New York, Theater
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