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Theater Review: WAR HORSE (National Tour)
AN IMPRESSIVE PUPPET, A SOMEWHAT FOGGY STORY War Horse is all about Joey, a 120 lb. puppet made of bent and stained cane and animated by three puppeteers. Their movements become the breathing of the horse; their voices become his neighs, whether they are pleasure or pain. Towering at 8 feet tall and just under…
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Chicago Theater Review: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE! LIVE AT THE BIOGRAPH! (American Blues Theatre)
IT’S A WONDERFUL SHOW After a long and trying day, I entered Victory Gardens a bit of Scrooge on Saturday night. So when Christmas-y sweater-wearing performers, their smiles stretching from rosy cheek to rosy cheek, began a holiday sing-along preshow’”a few rounds of “Jingle Bells” and “The 12 Days of Christmas”’”I was dismayed at the…
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Chicago Theatre Review: SUPERIOR DONUTS (Royal George Theatre)
THERE’S A HOLE IN DONUTS’ PROMISING STORY Arthur Przybyszewski, the gray bearded and ponytailed proprietor of a donut shop in Chicago, enters his store one morning to find it vandalized. Two policemen and the whistleblowing next-door neighbor are already there, witnesses to the trash, tossed chairs, and graffiti. Arthur enters without a word, examines the…
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Theater Review: 44 PLAYS FOR 44 PRESIDENTS (The Neo-Futurarium in Chicago)
PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIR OR LAME DUCK? Every four years, the American people come together to debate important issues, engage in democratic dialogue, and realize they agree on absolutely nothing. All they can agree on is the importance of who will be the next President. The Chief Executives, powerful and sometimes power-hungry men, are the subject of…
Theater Review: HANGMEN (Long Beach Playhouse)
by Michael Landman-Karney | September 19, 2026
in Los Angeles, TheaterTheater Review: THE HUMANITIES (Victory Gardens Theater / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | September 19, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterTheater Review: BEGIN AGAIN (World Premiere Musical / The Old Globe / San Diego)
by Milo Shapiro | September 19, 2026
in San Diego, TheaterTheater Review: JEKYLL & HYDE (Kokandy Productions / Broadway Playhouse / Chicago)
by Emma S. Rund | September 19, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterTheater Review: MARISOL (Open Fist Theatre Company / Los Angeles)
by Lawrence Lucero | September 18, 2026
in Los Angeles, TheaterTheater Review: THE VISIT (Pasadena Playhouse)
by Michael Landman-Karney | September 17, 2026
in Los Angeles, TheaterTheater Review: THE BIRTH OF THE PILL (TimeLine Theatre / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | September 17, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterCabaret Review: JEFF HARNAR – THE 1959 BROADWAY SONGBOOK (Birdland / New York)
by Rob Lester | September 17, 2026
in Cabaret, New YorkTheater Review: A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (Rogue Machine / Los Angeles)
by Michael Landman-Karney | September 17, 2026
in Los Angeles, TheaterTheater Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN (Cygnet / San Diego)
by Milo Shapiro | September 17, 2026
in San Diego, Theater



