Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler perform in The Last Five Years at the Hollywood Bowl The first time I encountered The Last Five Years, I remember...
Rain lashes the stage as John Millington Synge’s masterpiece comedy The Playboy of the Western World arrives at the National Theatre, with bodies moving through the...
Suitcases, Tylenol, and pancakes in a corner booth of a diner outside of Cleveland — that’s how MCC’s Caroline begins. New clothes and a new name...
“Can’t you remember?” he asks his wife, who is reclined with ease and tension on the angular couch, referring to the female guest who is arriving...
Healthy legs are the mission of the innovative Metro Vein Centers. If you suffer from a variety of issues when it comes to your body, there...
I am not “wedded to calamity,” nor am I a purist by any means, especially when it comes to Shakespeare and the classics. Not to get...
On a quiet night in Toronto, this theatre junkie decided to take in a film before a week of theatre during the famed Stratford Festival‘s opening...
Against the rotating cackling and chattering of New Orleans, this riveting, electric, and thoughtfully pounding A Streetcar Named Desire squares itself off, finding its way up...
The Mint Theater, well-regarded for its dedication to rediscovering lost theatrical works, brings Harold Brighouse’s Garside’s Career to Theatre Row in a polished revival. First staged...
“Feed me, Seymour!” is basically what I was screaming with delight as the camp classic Little Shop of Horrors revs up its motorcycle engines at the Westside Theatre/Upstairs....
With the glorious five-minute overture leading us into the surprisingly traditional production of the 1959 musical, Gypsy, I couldn’t help but gaze admiringly at the beautiful...
Standing and singing a song of sorrow and freedom in a fevered red dress is the woman of the moment; The Duchess [of Malfi], played with...
It’s been a few days since we celebrated Christmas in my hometown of London, Ontario, and sadly, I must report that I wasn’t able to get...
With an unexpected Irish flair, in both music and storytelling, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – The Musical comes to vivid life on a foggy...
One of the loveliest holiday shows in recent memory was clearly We Love the Winter Weather at Birdland. Cabaret stalwarts Jeff Harnar, Todd Murray, and sisters...
It was the first time I’d ever been to Menier Chocolate Factory theatre in London, England, if you can believe it, and it was also the...
It begins with a radio broadcast straight out of every World War II movie in existence, with England standing firm against the onslaught of German forces...
“Gape it til you make it,” we are told, in a complete social media framing as one tries to sell thrift shop fashion as high-end. It’s...
The draw wasn’t immediate. I’m not exactly sure why. But I needed a little convincing to take on this adaptation of Oedipus, now playing at the...
The audience is revved up and ready for the Horrorshow Productions‘ Cabaret, and no wonder. We’re drawn intoxicatingly and immediately into the pre-show space by some...
There is a fair bit of truth to the underlying framing delivered here, that Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend, truly loves Romeo just a little more than...
Back in 2003, long before this blog was even a sparkle in this mama’s eyes, I convinced my crew of theatre-goers that we just had to...
The heat inside the circle picks up, and the actors, milling about and horsing around with shopping carts and teddy bears, come alive with the beat....
“If only we could control life.” This is one of the first simple yearnings presented by our lead character in Delia Ephron’s autobiographical play, Left on...
The vibrating excitement emulating from the crowd at the St. James Theatre on Broadway is infectious. It thunders loudly in the dark and smoky space, waiting...
