Theater

Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, now on a North American tour, is a slightly confused production that 'Phantom' fans will still find satisfying.

The Department of Fools aims to relate the history of the world from the point of view of the servants in this stab at updated commedia dell'arte.

Vau de Vire Society and Tourettes Without Regrets are among the confirmed performance artists at this year's Symbiosis Gathering at Woodward Reservoir Regional Park near Oakdale.

The text of this well-staged new adaptation strikes a smile-inducing, attention-grabbing, and surprisingly believable balance between literary authenticity – this is indeed Euripides' play in all its essentials – and contemporary informality and even snark.

Where do you stand: with the oligarchy or with the common man? This well-acted, cleverly executed production is a mind-bending tour de force of ideas, with darkly twisting humor and swaths of realism thrown in to perplex.

The first three weeks of Acting 101 class were fun, educational, and a little exhausting. I decided to bring cookies this week. Then things got dramatic. Our instructor was missing!

Too soon for a 9-11 musical? It might feel that way to those of us who lived through the horror of 9-11, which can still seem like yesterday. But 'Pillars of New York' makes it clear the real answer is no.

Gratitude journals and Donald Trump may be easy prey for someone with Finley's arts and smarts, but the legendary performance artist continues to find new, sometimes startling angles of analysis and attack.

At what price do families help loved ones recover from addictions they themselves might have?

In the touring production from Shakespeare's Globe, Jonathan Pryce stands out as a thought-provoking and humanized Shylock.