Mid Life Crisis

IHC Theatre Festival Comes to India This Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 12, 2024

The eagerly awaited annual India Habitat Centre Theatre Festival is back with amazing productions from across the country. Set to enthral theatre lovers once again with a curated selection of excellent plays.

Lea Thompson, Kevin Pollak, Leanne Melissa Bishop, and Aaron Ashmore to Lead Cast of WHAT IF
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 8, 2024

Lea Thompson, Kevin Pollak, Leanne Melissa Bishop, and Aaron Ashmore will the lead cast of the upcoming film WHAT IF.

Charles Busch, Joanna Gleason, Richard Kind, And More Will Lead THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE
by Stephi Wild - Sep 5, 2024

The Sharon Playhouse has announced a special event staged reading of The Tale of the Allergist's Wife to benefit the Playhouse.

Charles Busch, Joanna Gleason, Richard Kind and More To Star In THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE Staged Reading At Sharon Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 3, 2024

The Sharon Playhouse announced a special benefit staged reading of the Broadway comedy THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE. This star-studded event promises an engaging theatrical experience for attendees.

Review: LOST SOUL 2, Liverpool's Royal Court
by Sarah OHara - Aug 23, 2024

Brick Up the Mersey Tunnels and Council Depot Blues writer Dave Kirby is back at Liverpool’s Royal Court with Lost Soul 2.

PENIS ENVY Makes Debut At Capital Fringe 2024 Next Month
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 18, 2024

Monologist, mother, English professor, and writer Becky Bondurant threads her personal coming-of-middle-age narrative through a Freudian needle, weaving from eating disorders and female orgasms to circumcision and breastfeeding against the backdrop of a political crisis. Like a filthy and frank remix of What the Constitution Means to Me, this monologue is an absurd tale of parenting in the post-truth era.

Edu Díaz's A DRAG IS BORN to be Presented as Part Of The 2024 Queerly Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2024

Edu Díaz's acclaimed nonverbal show A DRAG IS BORN blends clown and drag, celebrating diversity. Part of the 2024 Queerly Festival at Under St. Marks, the show runs on select dates in June and July. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Edu Díaz to Bring A DRAG IS BORN To The Orlando Fringe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2024

Experience the award-winning nonverbal show A DRAG IS BORN by Edu Díaz at the Orlando Fringe Festival from May 21. Learn how to purchase tickets.

VIDEO: First Look at Reimagined NINE at Manhattan School of Music
by Joshua Wright - Mar 22, 2024

Get a behind the scenes look at the reimagined production of Nine which runs this weekend at the Manhattan School of Music. The production features direction by Eugenio Contenti, music direction by David Loud, and choreography by Lorna Ventura.

VANYA, SONIA, MASHA, AND SPIKE Comes to Placer Community Theater
by Stephi Wild - Mar 5, 2024

 Opening its 2024 Season, Placer Community Theater will present this Friday, March 8, and for 3 consecutive weekends, ending on March 23, the Tony Award-winning play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a comedy written by Christopher Durang.

Queer Canarian Artist Edu Díaz Will Premiere New Solo Show A DRAG IS BORN in NYC
by Stephi Wild - Feb 26, 2024

A Drag is Born will premiere as part of the 2024 New York City Fringe Festival with FRIGID New York at the 14Y Theater.

PRESENT LAUGHTER Will Be Performed by Beverly Theatre Guild
by Stephi Wild - Feb 5, 2024

The Beverly Theatre Guild has announced its upcoming play Present Laughter, a comedy by famed English playwright Noël Coward.

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Comes to Placer Community Theater in March
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2024

Placer Community Theater will bring to stage the Tony Award winning play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a comedy written by Christopher Durang, for three consecutive weekends, March 8-23, at the General Gomez Arts center in Auburn.

House Parties Release New Single 'Mid-Life Crisis'
by Michael Major - Nov 9, 2023

After announcing their official signing with Equal Vision Records last month, House Parties will be releasing their brand-new EP Side Effects on January 19, 2024. The EP will feature previous single “Braindead,” a fiery energetic anthem about “knowing when someone is dumb,” along with newly released single “Mid-Life Crisis.” 

Bridget Christie Brings WHO AM I? to Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre This Month
by Stephi Wild - Nov 6, 2023

Comedian and Radio 4 regular Bridget Christie brings her latest stand-up show, Who Am I?, to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre this month.

Review: KING LEAR, Wyndham's Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - Nov 1, 2023

Alarm bells ring when a director stars in the play they are also directing. Even if that director is Sir Kenneth Branagh. Nine times out of ten the production falls flat and the audience are left wondering if ego is to blame. Branagh’s hotly anticipated stab at King Lear is, sadly, no exception.

THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE Comes to the Skokie Theatre This Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 10, 2023

MadKap Productions will present THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S WIFE for 13 live performances at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 Lincoln Ave in Downtown Skokie. Learn more about the production here!

Placer Rep Artistic Director Steps into Voynitskaya Role for UNCLE VANYA
by Stephi Wild - Sep 1, 2023

Due to a sudden cast-member schedule conflict, Placer Repertory Theater Producing Artistic Director, Teresa Stirling Forsyth, steps into the role of MME Voynitskaya, mother of the title character in Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya: Scenes from a Country Life, presented publicly September 8 and 9 as the Placer Rep 2023-2024 season opener, which includes love triangles, dysfunctional family strife, a mid-life crisis and too much vodka, to mix the perfect tragicomic cocktail. 

UNCLE VANYA Opens Placer Rep's 2023-24 Season
by Stephi Wild - Aug 23, 2023

Comedic love triangles, a mid-life crisis and dysfunctional family strife are key ingredients that serve up Placer Repertory Theater’s performance of Anton Chekhov’s tragicomedy, Uncle Vanya: Scenes from a Country Life, presented publicly September 8 and 9 as the Placer Rep 2023-2024 season opener.

EDINBURGH 2023: SQUARE PEG Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jul 18, 2023

BWW caught up with Simeon Morris to chat about bringing Square Peg to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.