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Review: ‘Don Giovanni’ at Lyric Opera delivers a blast of Robert Falls’ operatic past
Director Robert Falls' signature maximalism is still with us, I am happy to report, even...
Review: Never flashy, ‘4000 Miles’ by A Short Leap Theatre lets the humanity come through
In Amy Herzog’s 2011 play, a troubled 21-year-old man shows up at his grandmother’s Manhattan...
Review: ‘Boop! The Musical’ opens on Broadway as a retro song-and-dance celebration
Director Jerry Mitchell’s sing-and-smile-along musical opens in New York, vastly improved from its Chicago tryout...
Review: In ‘The Book of Grace’ at Steppenwolf, a Texas family hurtles toward a reckoning
Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks has forged a play about the toll that doing a job like...
Column: Next weekend, a confluence of dance events you definitely should see
Along with rare visits by Parsons Dance and Twyla Tharp's dance company, there's this year's...
Review: ‘The Last Five Years’ on Broadway stumbles with its casting
Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren both may be talented, but they never connect as the...
Review: In ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ on Broadway, here’s George Clooney with an urgent bulletin
To his credit, he disappears into the role of CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow, on...
Review: ‘Titanique’ at Broadway Playhouse avoids the icebergs and showcases a rising star
This parody musical has found all the right ways to be funny as it sends...
Review: In ‘No Such Thing’ by Rivendell, an older screenwriter adds some drama to her life
In this world premiere at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, a woman in her 60s embarks on...
As ‘Titanique’ opens in Chicago, talking to the actress who plays Céline Dion
This show is a musical spoof of both the 1997 movie "Titanic" and the Canadian...
Review: ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ on Broadway has a terrific cast, though some as the wrong salesmen
Bill Burr is perfect as Moss in this revival of Mamet's riveting play about desperate...
Review: ‘The Listeners’ at Lyric Opera loses its story as it follows the Hum
"The Listeners," the wild new opera with music by Missy Mazzoli and a libretto by...