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• Theatre Review (LA): Four Clowns Romeo and Juliet at the LA Fringe Festival

  Four Clowns try their hand at Shakespeare with hilarious but mixed results.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jun 23, 2011

• Theater Review (NYC): The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith

  Miche brings the singer and her music to life through a committed performance resulting in a memorable theatrical experience almost guaranteed to lift the spirits.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 22, 2011

• Theatre Review (Brisbane): Faustus

  The Devil always has the nicest tunes.

  Review by Sarah Fallon — on Jun 21, 2011

• Theatre Review (LA): Moose On The Loose by Dina Morrone at Theatre West

  An Italian family in Northern Ontario are visited by a moose, who isn't the one one on the loose.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jun 21, 2011

• Theater Review (NYC): Jerusalem

  I pity the actors who take on this role after Mark Rylance. What huge shoes to fill!

  Review by skh_stellar_one — on Jun 20, 2011

• Theater Review (NYC): Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark

  The expensive musical lacks what made the best superhero comics great: that unique combination of mythic mystique and crackling emotional punch.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 19, 2011

• Theatre Review (LA): Year Zero by Michael Golamco at the Colony Theatre

  A compelling new play by Michael Golamco deals with the Camcodian-American experience of coming to terms with the legacy of the past.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jun 16, 2011

• To Read or Not to Read

  Is it ever a good idea to read a play you haven't seen yet?

  Opinion by Dr Matthew Ashton — on Jun 16, 2011

• 2011 Tony Awards Show: Hits and Misses

  It is important to entertain the audience, but it is equally important to celebrate the award winners.

  Opinion by Jack Goodstein — on Jun 13, 2011

• From the Green Room: Small Parts, Small Actors

  Not all small parts are equal.

  Opinion by Jack Goodstein — on Jun 12, 2011

• Theatre Broadcast Review: The Importance of Being Earnest in HD by Oscar Wilde

  A charming The Importance of Being Earnest is broadcast in HD from the American Airlines Theatre to movie theatres across America.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jun 12, 2011

• Theatre Review (LA): Extraordinary Chambers by David Weiner at the Geffen Playhouse. Audrey Skirball Theatre

  A powerful new play about Cambodia is getting its world premiere.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jun 09, 2011

• Cabaret Review (LA): Judy Mora, "LA's Next Great Stage Star" Winner

  Ravishingly beautiful and with a gorgeous voice to boot, Judy Mora has a bright future.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jun 09, 2011

• Theater Review (NYC): Ajax in Iraq

  Instead of dramatizing the compelling themes raised by the parallels between ancient and modern wars, this play lectures us about them.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 08, 2011

• Theater Review (NYC): Drawn and Quartered by Maggie Bofill at INTAR

  Under the inventive direction of Lou Moreno, the brave performances of Liza Fernandez and José Joaquin Perez shine in this powerful one-act.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 07, 2011

• Theatre Review (Stratford-on-Avon): Macbeth at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

  Not even the witches are what they seem in the RSC's latest production of the Scottish Play.

  Review by David Trennery — on Jun 06, 2011

• A True Artist Awakens Humanity in Us: An Interview With Clarice de Almeida e Silva

  She feels culture can be a lucrative business but few are there to really make art, to live art, or to keep it alive.

  Interview by jaideepkhanduja — on Jun 06, 2011

• Theater Review (NYC): The Short Fall by David Caudle

  Old-fashioned schemes and modern-day reality TV clash in a new comedy.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 05, 2011

• Theatre Review (LA): Between Us Chickens by Sofia Alvarez at Atwater Village Theatre

  Between Us Chickens lays an egg.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jun 05, 2011

• Theater Review (NYC): A Midsummer Night's Dream - A Fairy Queen From Queens in Manhattan

  How foolish are these mortals in Manhattan?

  Review by Kate Shea Kennon — on Jun 04, 2011