Posts in Theatre
Review: LILIES Is No Fresh Bouquet
Review: LILIES Is No Fresh Bouquet

You don’t walk into a play titled Lilies, or the Revival of a Romantic Drama expecting realism, and yet, in this staging, one longs for the flowery melodrama the name promises.

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Column: AND… SCENE! Who’s Gonna Rouge Their Knees in September?
Column: AND… SCENE! Who’s Gonna Rouge Their Knees in September?

With the rapid-fire announcement of (almost) every Broadway show’s return this week came the question: Who will actually be starring in these?

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Column: AND...SCENE! Anything Went
Column: AND...SCENE! Anything Went

Foster’s got the technique and charm, but her clean-cut style already points to this growing trend that makes me nervous for the state of musical comedy.

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Billy Magnussen Talks Stage, Screen, and Toxic Masculinity
Billy Magnussen Talks Stage, Screen, and Toxic Masculinity

A conversation with self-described “theatre YouTube nerd” Billy Magnussen about his stage roots and his new role on HBO Max’s Made for Love.

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Review: SHADOW/LAND a Stunning First Entry in Public’s ‘Katrina Cycle’
Review: SHADOW/LAND a Stunning First Entry in Public’s ‘Katrina Cycle’

Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s' first installment of an epic 10-play ‘Katrina cycle’ for the Public signals the beginning of what promises to be a staggering achievement in theatre which concerns itself with race, ecology, queer feminism, and human displacement.

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Review, TheatreJuan A. Ramireztheatrely, theatre, review, public theater, erika dickerson-despenza, shadow/land, shadowland, katrina cycle, michelle wilson, lizan mitchell, sunni patterson, candis c. jones, palmer hefferan, delfeayo marsalis, audio
Column: AND... SCENE! John Cullum and the Broadway Divo
Column: AND... SCENE! John Cullum and the Broadway Divo

While this column is usually a site of diva worship, “John Cullum: An Accidental Star” got me thinking about Broadway’s leading men and the curiously small place they occupy in our cultural awareness.

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Review: ROW floats along on Audible
Review: ROW floats along on Audible

And so, Williamstown Theatre Festival’s inaugural foray into the world of Audible theatre comes to a close. Row, a new musical based on Tori Murden McClure’s 1998 efforts to become the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic, is a fine ending to an excellent season.

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