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• Theater Review (Buffalo, NY): Macbeth at the New Phoenix Theatre on the Park

  A cozy and violent tragedy and a fine dose of Shakespeare.

  Review by Guy De Federicis — on Mar 31, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): The Psychic by Sam Bobrick at the Falcon Theatre

  The veteran comedy writer's new trifle, starring a charming Adam Webster, opens at Garry Marshall's theatre.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Mar 31, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): Don Juan Dispenso by Tony Tanner at The Missing Piece Theatre

  A version of Don Juan, with some twists.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Mar 29, 2010

• Theater Review (NYC): A Voluminous Evening of Brevity at The Red Room Theatre

  What a voice you have! How it echoes!

  Review by Kate Shea Kennon — on Mar 28, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): Haram Iran by Paul Deratany at the Celebration Theatre

  Harem Iran is a harrowing play about two teens hanged in Iran in 2005 because they were suspected of being gay.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Mar 28, 2010

• Theatre Review (London): 4.48 Psychosis at the Barbican

  This profoundly disturbing piece, in a Polish language version by TR Warszawa, is Sarah Kane's final play.

  Review by David Trennery — on Mar 25, 2010

• Cabaret Review (LA): A Lesbian Cabaret by Beth Malone at Sterling's Upstairs at Vitellos.

  Beth Malone displays her new cabaret called a Lesbian Cabaret in Los Angeles.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Mar 24, 2010

• Theater Review (Waterbury, CT): Beauty and the Beast

  The magic is missing in this road company production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast

  Review by CindyC — on Mar 22, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Freud Theatre

  Sondheim's musical comedy gets a rousing, hilarious revival thanks to the direction of David Lee and the musical stagings of Peggy Hickey.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Mar 21, 2010

• Theater Review (NYC): Alice in Slasherland

  This flashy, good-natured send-up of everything geeky and gory and youthful and fun is a knockout.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Mar 20, 2010

• Theater Review (Boston): Adding Machine: A Musical at Speakeasy Stage

  Schmidt and Loewith have crafted the words of Elmer Rice's 1923 play into melodies and meters that pulse and rise and fall with the rhythm of thought.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Mar 19, 2010

• Opera Review (Chicago): Lyric Opera's New Production of Berlioz's Damnation of Faust

  This extremely ambitious, boldly modern new staging is mostly amazing, always fascinating.

  Review by Marissa Flaxbart — on Mar 19, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): In a Garden by Howard Korder at South Coast Repertory

  This new and resonant Middle Eastern fable is a hit, starring Matt Letscher and Mark Harelik in bravura performances.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Mar 19, 2010

• Opera Review (NYC): Attila - Metropolitan Opera, March 12, 2010

  Disaster relief didn't come soon enough.

  Review by Dan Boone — on Mar 17, 2010

• Theater Review (NYC): The Cherry Orchard at The T. Schreiber Studio

  "Why go to the theatre to see a play! Better to see yourselves more often."

  Review by Kate Shea Kennon — on Mar 16, 2010

• Theater Review (NYC): Happy in the Poorhouse

  The Amoralists shift the action from the Lower East Side to Coney Island, with mixed results.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Mar 13, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): Oedipus El Rey by Luis Alfaro at the Boston Court

  A wonderful adaptation of the Oedipal legend, set in the Pico Union area of Los Angeles, scores a hit.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Mar 12, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): Salam Shalom by Saleem at the Greenway Court Theatre

  A rewritten play about tolerance between Jews and Arabs told in a gay context comes back to L.A. with mixed results.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Mar 12, 2010

• Theater Review (Waterbury, CT): A Chorus Line

  A Chorus Line rekindles a reviewer's love for Musical Theater.

  Review by CindyC — on Mar 10, 2010

• Theater Review (NYC): Glee Club by Matthew Freeman

  At least there's a good song.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Mar 07, 2010