In an isolated study room, set off in a forgotten wing of a cavernous comprehensive school tucked away in a working-class district of Britain, Tony Award-winning playwright and former teacher Simon Stephens deals out a tidy collection of “at-risk youths.”
The Latino Theater Company offers up a first-class troupe for the world premiere of Jonathan Ceniceroz’s “The Cruise.”
Playwright Michael Leoni’s characters connected with the audience to an intense degree, and yet
Deaf West Theatre has produced some of the best theatre to come out of Los Angeles.
The Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble never fails to deliver. "Ajax in Iraq," "The SuperHero and his Charming Wife," and their other stagings have displayed a wonderful theatricality and have provoked thought and discussion in their audiences.
Jack Lukeman has a voice that feels like a friend’s hand on a troubled shoulder. From his 1995 debut album — Wax, performing as Jack L with the band The Black Romantics — his opulent voice has enticed admirers like a porch light attracts Southern
Forever Flamenco, have I said it once? Have I said it twice? I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve said it: “The Best Ticket in Town.” One Sunday a month, the stage at the Fountain Theatre is scorched by world class artists, dancers and
Matt Chait’s Disinherit the Wind opens quite nicely, with a depiction of Bertram Cates (Chait), a neurobiologist giving a lecture on DNA before his college class. Those few enjoyable minutes, unfortunately, roll into three hours of intellectually flawed arguments, eschewed logic, cardboard characters, woeful misinterpretations
Whether you view the later works of Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett as avant-grade, Theatre of the Absurd, tragicomic minimalism or a dramatic con job, they do provide an intriguing Rorschach experience for any audience. The Odyssey Theatre’s Koan Unit created an evening aptly enough
Please believe me when I tell you that Julia Migenes is an amazingly talented performer. She originated the role of Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof playing opposite the legendary Zero Mostel. She sang in La Bohème. Mahagonny and other classics at the Metropolitan Opera, and
