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Girls Being Bad: “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” By Alexis Scheer

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 8th Aug 2018 | Boston, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

“On Wednesdays, we wear pink,” affirms Regina George in the 2004 cult classic comedy Mean Girls....

“Skintight” Takes Beauty to Task

Posted by Michael Appler | 5th Aug 2018 | New York, Review, United States of America

Skintight hinges on the human eye’s instinct for voyeurism, on our inevitable desire to take a peek, to stare at something we know we shouldn’t.

Ivo van Hove’s “The Damned” at Park Avenue Armory

Posted by Jack Wernick | 28th Jul 2018 | Belgium, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Visionary director Ivo van Hove has descended on the evocatively retro Park Avenue Armory with the...

“Linger” Brings Dark Subject Matter Into The Light

Posted by Madison Parrotta | 27th Jul 2018 | New York, Review, United States of America

Linger is a fitting title for a play that navigates the lasting implications of wrong choices on...

Jen Silverman’s “The Roommate” Updates The Narrative For Middle-Aged Women

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 20th Jul 2018 | Chicago, Review, United States of America

Everyone has a bad roommate story. Whether it was your college roommate or your little sister...

Bernstein In Flight And T.S. Eliot In Motion At Bard Summerscape 2018: An Interview With Gideon Lester

Posted by Yan Chen | 19th Jul 2018 | Dramaturgy, Festivals, Interview, Musical Theatre, New York, Theatre and Dance, United States of America

Gideon Lester is Artistic Director for Theater and Dance at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the...

“One Small Step” At Ice Factory Festival

Posted by Jack Wernick | 13th Jul 2018 | Festivals, New York, Review, United States of America

Downtown theater pioneer the New Ohio Theatre has emerged with its annual summer festival called...

Brecht Comes Home To Santa Monica With City Garage’s “Arturo Ui”

Posted by Christine Deitner | 12th Jul 2018 | Los Angeles, Review, Translation, United States of America

There are plays that feel timeless because they strike familiar chords and speak to something at...

“Carmen Jones”: A Classic Reborn

Posted by The Theatre Times | 6th Jul 2018 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

It is then, a refreshing surprise – as New York theatre recovers from the inundation of Broadway super-musicals that were too big to succeed – that Carmen Jones has returned in a razor-sharp 95-minute John Doyle production at the Classic Stage Company.

World Premiere: “Lonesome Blues”

Posted by The Theatre Times | 1st Jul 2018 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

If you travel along the New York City underworld of trains and platforms, you’re likely to see a...

“Teenage Dick”: A Study Of The Stereotypical Villain

Posted by Madison Parrotta | 30th Jun 2018 | New York, Review, Theatre and Disability, United States of America

Produced in conjunction with Ma-Yi Theater Company, the world premiere of Teenage Dick at The...

“Sea Of Common Catastrophe” At Irondale Center

Posted by Jack Wernick | 29th Jun 2018 | Devised Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Irondale Ensemble Project, a self-defined “think tank” in Brooklyn’s bustling Fort Greene nabe is...

“Log Cabin,” and the Wilderness of LGBTQ Equality

Posted by Michael Appler | 29th Jun 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

After a month of Pride, Log Cabin is a cautionary tale about the price of privilege, of survival after assimilation, of what we leave behind after fleeing the fringe.