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Theater Review: GUYS AND DOLLS (CV Rep)
A BEAUTIFUL DOLL CV Rep’s production is one bet you can’t lose It’s amazing. Were this masterpiece from Broadway’s golden age an actual guy or doll, he or she would be scoring Social Security. But make no mistake, this 1950 hoofer is no worse for the wear, thanks to Frank Loesser’s timeless score and Jo…
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Off-Broadway Review: ANTIGONE (THIS PLAY I READ IN HIGH SCHOOL) (The Public Theater)
ANCIENT MYTH, MODERN BODY POLITIC A classical tragedy is boldly reframed through a contemporary moral crisis, giving Antigone’s defiance startling new urgency Celia Keenan-Bolger, Haley Wong, and Susannah Perkins Within The Public Theater, opening the newly renamed Barbaralee Theater (formerly the Anspacher), is Anna Ziegler’s powerful new play Antigone (This Play I Read in High…
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Theater Review: THE EYES & THE IMPOSSIBLE (Z Space and Word for Word)
A PARK FULL OF VOICES AND VALUES Dave Eggers’ children’s tale comes to life with charm and clarity Nic Moore Bay Area author Dave Eggers is known for adult novels that blend social commentary, satire, and memoir, including A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000). He often uses storytelling as a tool for empathy. The…
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Deep Dive into “Death Becomes Her” on Broadway: Review, Tickets, and Everything You Need to Know
The wait is finally over for fans of the dark, fantastical comedy as “Death Becomes Her” on Broadway officially makes its immortal entrance. The musical adaptation of the 1992 cult classic, which famously starred Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn, brings all its signature campiness, vicious wit, and eye-popping visual effects to the live stage. For…
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Theater Review: METEOR SHOWER (Desert Ensemble Theatre at Camelot Theaters)
A Celestial Collision of Wit and Chaos in Meteor Shower Steve Martin’s absurdist comedy Meteor Shower crashes onto the stage at Desert Ensemble Theatre like a cosmic cocktail party gone wonderfully wrong. The company’s current production of the play by Steve Martin—running through this Sunday—is a wild, starlit trip into the absurd, leaning unapologetically into…
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Cabaret & Theater Review: GREY ARIAS (The Flea)
OPERA, DRAG, AND THE POLITICS IN BETWEEN Adrienne Truscott and Le Gateau Chocolat gleefully explore identity, allyship, and the “grey areas” where ideology and performance collide Grey Arias burst onto the The Flea Theater stage like a theatrical meteor from another planet, leaving jaws dropping and eyebrows arching even among those already braced for the…
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Off-Broadway Review: MARCEL ON THE TRAIN (Classic Stage Company)
SILENT RESISTANCE A wartime journey inspired by Marcel Marceau’s resistance work becomes an overlong and uneven theatrical ride Marcel Marceau was not only a mime; he was one of the most famous French performers of his time. But he was born Marcel Mangel, to a Jewish family in Strasbourg. His father was a kosher butcher…
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Theater Review: WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (South Coast Rep)
A CLASSIC THAT STILL CUTS DEEP A perfect cast brings Albee’s brutal masterpiece roaring to life—if with slightly less bite than usual There’s a reason Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? refuses to age: it’s one of the greatest plays ever written, a savage autopsy of marriage, illusion, and the lies we need to survive. South…
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Theater Review: TWO SISTERS AND A PIANO (Writers Theatre in Glencoe)
ART, DESIRE, AND SURVEILLANCE IN CASTRO’S CUBA Scheherazade spins a tale of longing in this richly acted production In the middle of the night, two sisters are violently yanked from their beds by armed militia. Pulled into their living room, their assailants scream at them, demanding the location of banned print materials. When their search…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE RESERVOIR (Atlantic Theater Company)
A RESERVOIR OF JOKES— AND NOT MUCH DEPTH An intriguing premise about addiction and fading memory gets diluted by a steady stream of punchlines If you’ve ever put a puzzle together or tried to fix a broken piece of pottery, you’re well prepared for The Reservoir, the new play by Jake Brasch making its Off-Broadway…
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Off-Broadway Review: SPARE PARTS (Theater Row)
SPARE PARTS, FULLY LOADED QUESTIONS Glass’s brainy biotech thriller delivers ideas, surprises, and genuine theatrical punch Jonny-James Kajoba, Rob McClure, Matt Walker and Michael Genet I suppose lots of VPs of Research at biotech companies dream of writing plays that get first-class productions in New York. The same could be said for Senior Lecturers at…
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Theater Review: THE MALTESE FALCON (World Premiere at North Coast Rep)
THREE FELLAS, TWO DAMES, ONE BIRD, AND A LOT OF DOUBLE-CROSSING North Coast Rep’s five-actor adaptation of The Maltese Falcon mixes mystery with nimble theatrical trickery The North Coast Repertory Theatre is presenting the world premiere stage adaptation of the classic detective story The Maltese Falcon. Rather than turning the material into a patronizing spoof,…
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Theater Review: THE SHARK IS BROKEN (Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach)
THREE MEN IN A BOAT, WAITING FOR A FISH At Laguna Playhouse, the making of a blockbuster becomes a chamber piece about ego, craft, and survival Gildart Jackson, Will Block, and Adam Poole The mechanical shark that tormented Steven Spielberg during the filming of Jaws in the summer of 1974 was nicknamed Bruce, after the…
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Theater Review: THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO (Goodman Theatre)
NOT QUITE WONDROUS A Pulitzer winner takes a bumpy trip to the Goodman stage Fans of Junot Díaz’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao are in for a bit of a shock with the world premiere of the English-language stage adaptation by Marco Antonio Rodríguez, now being performed at the Goodman. Examining…
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HOW “VIEW FROM SEAT” CAN HELP BOOK THE BEST BROADWAY THEATRE SEATS AT THE BEST PRICES
There are 41 theatres in Broadway with a seating capacity of between 500 and over 1900. Gershwin Theatre (originally called The Uris Theatre) on the second floor of the Paramount Plaza office building has 1933 seats, making it the largest theatre in Broadway. Picking the right seat from the hundreds on offer can highly impact…
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Theater Review: INHERIT THE WIND (Arena Stage, Washington, DC)
WHEN THE LAW PUTS IDEAS ON TRIAL A clear-eyed revival that finds urgency in an old argument about truth and belief The recent production of Inherit the Wind at Arena Stage offers a compelling and timely revival of one of America’s most enduring courtroom dramas. Directed by Ryan Guzzo Purcell, the production highlights the play’s…
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Off-Broadway Review: OUR HOUSE (TOSOS at A.R.T./New York Theatres)
ACTIVISM, FAMILY, AND A BACKYARD BATTLE The new play at TOSOS revisits the legacy of ACT UP and the uneasy quiet that followed CJ DiOrio & Nancy Slusser TOSOS, New York City’s oldest producing queer theater company—debuting in 1974—presents the world premiere of Our House by Barry Boehm. Set in Iowa in 2014, the year…
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Off-Broadway Review: BURNOUT PARADISE (Astor Place Theatre)
FULL SPEED AHEAD Pony Cam turns burnout, chaos, and cardio into delirious theater Dominic Weintraub, Claire Bird, Hugo Williams, William Strom Are you, perhaps, missing the wild energy of Blue Man Group at the Astor Place Theatre? Good news: it has been replaced with something just as unconventional. Welcome Burnout Paradise, the theatrical event that…
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Theater Review: ALL MY SONS (Berkeley Rep)
A POSTWAR MORAL RECKONING INSIDE A FAMILY HOME Arthur Miller’s classic still asks uncomfortable questions about responsibility and denial Jimmy Smits Berkeley Repertory Theatre is reviving Arthur Miller’s 1947 postwar classic All My Sons, a heavy family drama whose themes of duty, guilt, and moral responsibility still resonate today. We meet the Keller family: Joe, the…
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Theater Review: ALL MY SONS (Antaeus Theatre)
THE POSTWAR AMERICAN NIGHTMARE STILL RESONATES A gripping Antaeus revival reminds us how easily communities excuse the unforgivable A successful small-town businessman, a distraught wife, a lovelorn idealistic son, and the ghost of a missing pilot haunt the yard. The themes that moved audiences in the 1940s still touch us today in Antaeus Theatre Company‘s…
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