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Review: Black Button Eyes’ St. Nicholas Succeeds With Kevin Webb’s Portrayal of Theater Critic and Vampire Pimp

Black Button Eyes’ new solo show, St. Nicholas, gives us a look at the life of a jaded theater critic, who may also become a vampire. (I’m sure there are […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 7, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Theatre Evolve’s Native Gardens Explores a Backyard Dispute—It’s Funny, But Not That Funny

    Native Gardens is a play that tries to be relevant, to reflect the issues raised by age, privilege, race and ethnicity. And to some extent, it succeeds. The script by […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • June 28, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Theo’s Small‑Scale Damn Yankees Boasts a Big‑Hearted Spirit

    If you’re looking for a little baseball‑themed entertainment this summer, you could skip the Friendly Confines or Sox Park (currently its tenants are in FIRST PLACE in the AL Central?!) […]

  • Doug Mose
  • June 12, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Promethean Theatre’s Antigone Demonstrates Personal Morality Trampled by Authoritarian Rule

    The contemporary version of the play Antigone, written by Jean Anouilh almost 2400 years after Sophocles’ original, preserves the Greek play’s theme: the conflict between individual conscience and governmental edict. […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • June 5, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Ego Death Theatre Collective’s A Dog’s House Will Make You Cry

    Nothing floods the tear ducts like a good ol’ dead-dog story. In A Dog’s House, written by Micah Schraft, directed by Carol Kelleher, performed at the Greenhouse Theater Center, we […]

  • Adam Kaz
  • June 2, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: First Floor Theater’s Work Hard Have Fun Make History Gets Lost in Its Own Experimentalism

    Review written by Emily Werner. First Floor Theater’s new production of reid tang’s dark comedy Work Hard Have Fun Make History struggles to create a clear connection between the characters […]

  • Emily Werner
  • May 20, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Hell in a Handbag’s The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid Parodies a Scam From Rose’s Home Town of St. Olaf, Minnesota

    By now, the four women of The Golden Girls have become woven into the fabric of American culture. Dorothy (David Cerda), Blanche (Grant Drager), Sophia (Kelly Bolton), and Rose (Ed […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • May 19, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: In A Red Orchid’s The Targeted, People Believe Mind-Control Chips Are Implanted in Their Bodies

    The setting is a church summer camp, now the site of the First Annual Solidarity and Truth Conference. Before the play begins, voices and visual projections describe the lives of T.I.s […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 19, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Le Bal at Trap Door Theatre Portrays an American Century with Music, Dance and No Dialogue

    Not a word is spoken. The 90-minute performance by Trap Door Theatre is staged with music, recorded song and occasional dialog, but the seven actors say nothing. The production is […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 16, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Eclectic’s The Red Lion Finds Strength in Performance, Not Pace

    Patrick Marber’s The Red Lion is the closing performance of Eclectic Full Contact Theatre’s 14th season. Premiering at the National Theatre in London in June 2015, the play has been […]

  • Emily Werner
  • May 6, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Spectacle and Story Collide in Lifeline’s Ambitious Rock Musical Loki—The End of the World Tour

    Lifeline Theatre concludes its 43rd season with the world premiere of the rock musical Loki—The End of the World Tour. With Loki, director Heather Currie leans into the company’s mission […]

  • Emily Werner
  • May 4, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: See moonwatchers by Lazy Susan Theatre for Some Intergalactic Space Fun

    moonwatchers, now being staged by Lazy Susan Theatre, might be just what you need if you are feeling depressed and angry about the state of the nation and the world. […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 2, 2026
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