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Theater Review: ALANIS MORISSETTE’S JAGGED LITTLE PILL: THE MUSICAL (Chance Theater / Anaheim)
A PILL THAT’S HARD TO SWALLOW Chance Theater’s committed cast sells the songs in this jukebox musical, but can’t overcome a sprawling script When Alanis Morissette released Jagged Little Pill in 1995, it sold thirty-three million copies because it sounded like one woman refusing to behave. She crammed syllables into measures that couldn’t hold them,…
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HOW DRAMA, SUSPENSE, AND STORYTELLING SHAPE CASINO GAMES
Theatre and film have always known that the moment before a reveal matters more than the reveal itself. The held breath before a verdict, the slow pan toward a closed door, the pause before a character speaks the line that changes everything. It is a craft as old as the stage. What is less obvious…
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Theater Review: SCAPIN (North Coast Repertory Theatre / Solana Beach)
FARCE MAJEURE This inventive adaptation trades reverence for revelry, with hilarious results Not everything ages well: milk, dress codes, and comedies are among the many things that are often better when they first appear. Just this week, in fact, I watched a couple of episodes of The Jeffersons and cringed—not just at comments by the…
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Theater Review: BUYER AND CELLAR (Hub Theatre Company / Club Café / Boston)
SHOPPING FOR LAUGHS Jonathan Tolins’ delicious one-man comedy turns retail therapy into theatrical therapy A special kind of theatre magic occurs when a comedic play can live in the perfect liminal landscape between outrageousness and being deeply grounded in reality and humanity. Hub Theatre Company’s one-man show Buyer and Cellar creates and occupies this terrain…
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Theater Review: THAT MATH SHOW (The Science Theater Company / New York)
COUNT ME IN Dr. Arthur Benjamin turns mathematics into an engaging theatrical experience Who would have dreamed math could be fun? Certainly not students sweating over difficult equations, trying to figure out how to isolate the unknown. Enter Dr. Arthur Benjamin, professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College. Created and performed by Benjamin and directed…
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Music Review: BOB DYLAN AT WOLF TRAP (Wolf Trap / Vienna, VA)
THIS IS NO VICTORY LAP Bob Dylan continues to reinvent his music instead of reliving it There are artists who tour to recreate memories, and there are artists who perform because the songs are still evolving. At 85, Bob Dylan remains firmly in the latter category. His July 24 performance at Wolf Trap‘s Filene Center…
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Theater Review: GOOD PEOPLE (4 Chairs Theatre / Theater Wit / Chicago)
GOOD PEOPLE, GREAT SHOW David Lindsay-Abaire’s poignant drama delivers a powerful reminder that luck, circumstance, and class often shape lives as much as talent or determination In an alley behind a Dollar General store in South Boston, a middle-aged woman is embroiled in an argument with her manager. Margie has been late to work for…
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Theater Review: HAIR: THE AMERICAN TRIBAL LOVE-ROCK MUSICAL (Kokandy / Chicago)
YESTERDAY’S REBELS Time has softened the musical’s edges, but not its beating heart In 1968, a rock musical featuring a ragtag group of hippies took Broadway by storm. With book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, a score by Galt MacDermot, and featuring a large cast of mostly unknowns, minimal dialogue and no…
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Theater Review: ROMEO AND JULIET (Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum / Topanga)
A TIMELESS TRAGEDY TAKES ON A GILDED GLOW A beautifully conceived update proves Shakespeare’s young lovers lose none of their power in a new era There’s something magical about sitting in the woods at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum as the sun sets, when countless crickets and frogs add their songs to the sounds of nature…
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Theater Review: HAIRSPRAY (San Francisco Playhouse)
GOOD MORNING, SAN FRANCISCO The songs, the dancing, and the joy remain impossible to resist The summer’s most fun musical has arrived at the San Francisco Playhouse: Hairspray is here, and it has something for everyone. There’s singing, dancing, comedy, and drama, all performed by a talented cast. Hairspray was first introduced to audiences in…
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Opera Review: LA TRAGÉDIE DE CARMEN (Merola Opera Program / San Francisco)
TRAGEDY, DISTILLED Peter Brook pares Bizet’s masterpiece to its emotional essence Since 1957, the San Francisco Merola Opera Program, in collaboration with the San Francisco Opera Center, has offered an extensive training program for talented opera singers, conductors, and directors. Every summer, it showcases its emerging artists in a series of public performances. This season…
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Cabaret Review: ETHAN MATHIAS: WAIT ‘TIL YOU SEE WHAT’S NEXT (The Green Room 42 / NYC)
WAIT ‘TIL YOU HEAR HIM A gifted young singer proves he’s more than a novelty act When singers do their shows in New York City’s cabaret rooms, their audiences often include plenty of fellow vocalists. Some are longtime friends; others haven’t yet met. They may have shared a bill at a benefit or group concert,…
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Theater Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (JK Entertainment / Chicago)
STILL ANGRY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS A daring revival proves the musical’s power endures, even when one major directorial gamble doesn’t When people think of musicals, the stereotype is a show with a large cast, lots of singing and dancing, an orchestra, and usually an elaborate set. And that’s not entirely untrue. But there is…
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Concert Review: YOSHIKI: CLASSICAL 2026 WORLD TOUR (“Violet Night” / Disney Hall / LA)
PURPLE REIGN An evening of symphonic rock, devoted fans, and restless creativity celebrated an artist still refusing to slow down Under doctor’s orders to leave the drums behind following his third cervical-spine surgery in 2024, Yoshiki did what one might expect from a musician whose career has been built on grandeur, defiance, and theatrical risk:…
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Off-Broadway Review: 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE (New World Stages)
SPELLBOUND This warm, witty revival reminds us that growing up is never easy—but it can be hilarious Bee-lieve the hype. The Off-Broadway revival of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, choreographed and directed by Danny Mefford, is pretty close to letter-perfect. The one-act musical comedy portrays the agonies of adolescence, along with a few…
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Theater Review: ABSOLUTE SCIENCE FICTION! (Word for Word / San Francisco)
PRESS BUTTON. REGRET LATER. Word for Word pairs two visions of the future with mixed results Z Space, known for developing original and experimental theater, is also home to Word for Word, a resident company that transforms works of fiction into stage productions by performing short stories exactly as written. This summer, they presented Absolute…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE PIANO AND ME: A NEW PLAY WITH MUSIC (59E59 Theaters)
A LIFE IN THE KEYS Hershey Felder’s deeply personal journey proves as compelling as the music that shaped it Hershey Felder steps onto a stage with a grand piano surrounded by piles of old suitcases (the kind without wheels). In other words, lots of baggage. On top of one stack of luggage sits an old…
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Theater Review: & JULIET (North American Tour / Chicago)
POP GOES THE BARD A jukebox musical that thrilled its fans while leaving this critic wishing the story mattered as much as the songs As I was settling into my seat at the gorgeous Auditorium Theatre, awaiting the start of the touring production of & Juliet, I noticed the person next to me watching a…
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Opera Review: FELLOW TRAVELERS (San Diego Opera / Balboa Theatre / San Diego)
SEXY, SINCERE… AND SLIGHT Outstanding chemistry can’t quite compensate for an opera that compresses too much Andy Acosta has sung Timothy Laughlin enough that the role has started to feel like autobiography. Miami-raised, Cuban American, and publicly out before he was out to his parents, Acosta sang as though it belonged to him. San Diego…
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Music Review: BSO: HAYDN, BEETHOVEN, AND SHOSTAKOVICH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 (Andris Nelsons, Daniil Trifonov / Tanglewood / Lenox, MA)
A DEEPER DIVE PAYS OFF A weekend of rehearsals, lectures, and a superb concert reveals the rewards of listening deeply The Sunday July 19 program for the afternoon concert at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home, Tanglewood, included works by Joseph Haydn (Symphony No. 22 in E-flat, The Philosopher), Dmitri Shostakovich (Piano Concerto No. 1),…
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