59E59 Theaters Unveils Winter 2025 Season Productions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 12, 2024
Discover the upcoming productions for the Winter 2025 season at 59E59 Theaters, featuring a diverse lineup of plays and performances that promise to captivate audiences in New York City. Learn how to purchase tickets.
World Premiere Opera THE COOK-OFF Comes to Nashville Opera
by Stephi Wild - Oct 25, 2024
Nashville Opera will present the company’s ninth world premiere - THE COOK-OFF - in a double bill with Lee Hoiby and Mark Shulgasser’s Julia Child- opera, BON APPÉTIT!, on November 15, 16, and 17 at the Noah Liff Opera Center.
Review: THE HEART SELLERS at Capital Stage is a Poignant Look at Friendship and Courage
by Courtney Symes - Oct 23, 2024
Admittedly, I have a soft spot for stories about the Asian-American experience. Korea, in particular, has always fascinated me. When I was growing up, I heard my mother’s stories about her life in Korea and the challenges she encountered as an immigrant to the United States. My grandmother’s hardships were worse. Entering the United States as an adult was a culture shock. A new language, different customs, and a life that was completely unrecognizable from the one she had known for thirty years took a toll. I wish I had listened more and asked more questions. She was lonely and yearned for companionship with someone who understood her unique position, much like the two characters in Lloyd Suh’s poignant take on friendship, The Heart Sellers. Its Northern California premiere is happening now at Capital Stage, after which it will then go on to two other Bay Area theatres in a triple co-production.
Interview: Michael Walters Brings Brash, Funny Dame Edna to the Triad Theater
by Rebecca Kaplan - Aug 7, 2024
Cabaret singer Michael Walters, who has the distinction of being the longest-running Dame Edna tribute act in the world, is making his off-Broadway debut with the character on Saturday 9/7 at the Triad Theater. OVERDRESSED FOR THE APOCALYPSE features original songs and material, plus that special brand of Dame Edna humor.
Review: NUNSENSE A MUSICAL COMEDY at Porthouse/Kent State
by Roy Berko - Jul 8, 2024
Musicals are born from many sources including books, movies, plays and comic strips. None, however, has a more intriguing past than NUNSENSE, which is now on stage at Kent State’s Porthouse Theatre, on the grounds of the Blossom Center.
Review: MRS. DOUBTFIRE at Blumenthal Performing Arts
by Perry Tannenbaum - May 3, 2024
Pardon me a second, but I seem to be noticing stretch marks on my suspension of disbelief. Three nights before the curtain rose on the touring version of MRS. DOUBTFIRE that rolled into Belk Theater, I saw a rather fine production of Twelfth Night across town at Central Piedmont College. Since both of the brief runs include at least one matinee between now and Sunday, my experience of seeing two wives who fail to identify their true husbands can be intensified, compressed into the space eight hours, if you wish, after my relatively relaxed 75-hour exercise.
Previews: NUNSENSE! at Theatre 29
by Charlie Thomas - Apr 29, 2024
Earlier this season, Theatre 29 announced the desert debut of the Off-Broadway musical “Disenchanted” as part of their 2023-24 season. Due to unforeseen casting difficulties, they were not able to continue that project. Director Charles Harvey was able to field a quick replacement show for the same timeframe, the hugely popular ecumenical musical, “Nunsense”.