Keen Company's production of the 'Rent' auteur's rarely-performed early musical is just plain great. An all-around skillful team does right by the show's simple, focussed story, letting its sincerity and real-life evocativeness shine.
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Theater Review (LA): ‘Evil Dead The Musical’ Sings Like a Chainsaw
The 1980s are cool again, as evidenced by the popularity of 'Stranger Things.' Something from the 1980s even stranger than 'Stranger Things' was the 'Evil Dead' trilogy. The films starring Bruce Campbell as Ash set the bar for campy horror. Can something be stranger yet? Yes: 'Evil Dead The Musical.'
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Crashlight’ – A New Musical by Celeste Makoff
Despite its flaws, this dystopian fairy tale has the imaginative power to draw us into its world, then send us out with songs in our hearts.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s ‘Evita’ at the Woodlawn Theatre
The winner of multiple Tony Awards, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1976 musical arrives at San Antonio's Woodlawn Theatre in a note-perfect production.
Read More »Theater Review (DC): Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ at the Kennedy Center
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, now on a North American tour, is a slightly confused production that 'Phantom' fans will still find satisfying.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Pillars of New York,’ a New Musical About 9-11 by Michael Antin
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.
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): ‘Les Misérables’
'Les Miz' proves a timeless musical, still with remarkable visual and aural splendor more than 30 years on.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ at the Woodlawn Theatre
Though hamstrung by too many songs and some cartoonish performances, the Disney musical benefits from a gorgeous-looking production at the Woodlawn Theatre.
Read More »Hollywood Fringe Reviews: ‘Nilbog: the Unauthorized Musical Parody of Troll II’ and ‘The Wheel of Invention’
Two amusing comedies — one based on a terrible movie, the other set in a strange, retro amusement park — make solid debuts at this year's Fringe
Read More »Language Matters in Life – and on Broadway: ‘Hamilton’ and the Triumph of the Tongue
The astounding part of the 'Hamilton' phenomenon has been the tremendous popular success of such a language-heavy show. In a cultural and political environment of violence and hollering, it's easy to forget that poetry and rhetoric – words – still matter. A lot.
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