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Review:  In Hedda Gabler, Remy Bumppo Theatre Portrays Hedda as a Fascinating, Immoral Woman Desperate for Freedom

Hedda and Nora. A 19th century Norwegian playwright created two female protagonists that resonate with us strongly today. Nora, in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (1879) reminds us of the […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 11, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Redtwist Theatre’s Confederates Navigates Nuanced Conversations in Two Eras

    Makari Robinson-McNeese as “Abner” and Shenise Brown as “Sara” in CONFEDERATES from Redtwist Theatre, now playing through March 8.

    It’s evening, and Sandra (Monique Marshaun) is alone in her office. She pulls out a bottle of wine and is set to unwind until co-worker and assistant professor Jade (Toccara […]

  • Lauren Katz
  • February 4, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Theatre L’Acadie’s Rising Water Is a Slow Stream

    Rising Water is one of a trilogy of plays by John Biguenet about Hurricane Katrina; the other two plays are Shotgun and Mold. It has been 20 years since America […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • February 1, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Otherworld Theatre’s Prospera: A Sci-Fi Retelling Imagines a New World But Gets Too Complicated

    Prospera: A Sci-Fi Retelling is a fanciful but complicated story in its new production by Otherworld Theatre. The play is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s late play, The Tempest, but you […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • January 20, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Green Corridors at Trap Door Theatre Tells a Ukrainian Playwright’s  Story of War and Displacement

    Green Corridors focuses on the stories of four Ukrainian women and other citizens trying to escape the brutality of Russian attacks on Ukraine in the war that Russia started in […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • January 17, 2026
    • Children's theater , Review , Stages , Storefront

    Review: A Year With Frog and Toad Delights Kids and Parents at Young People’s Theatre  

    A Year With Frog and Toad may not be a holiday play but it is a celebration of friendship throughout the seasons, from the moment the two friends wake from […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 8, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: At Trap Door Theatre, A Devil Comes to Town Celebrates Writers  and Their Passion to Be Published

    It’s a Swiss town full of writers, where everyone is obsessed with getting published and winning a new literary prize. A Publisher arrives, eager to find new works to be […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • November 22, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Tin Drum Theatre’s The Unseen Dazzles and Disturbs

    It seems there’s a goldrush for plays people sense might be prescient or “timely.” Which in 2025 means shows that predict devastation and authoritarian nightmares. Tin Drum Theatre Company’s The […]

  • Adam Kaz
  • November 12, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Ego Death Theatre’s Days of Rage Is Ferocious, Funny, and Heart-Wrenchingly Human

    Ego Death Theatre Collective successfully hits the mark with Days of Rage by Steven Levenson. A compelling script, following a group of young radicals who are willing to do anything […]

  • Erin Ryan
  • November 9, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Friends with Guns by A Short Leap Theatre Finds Sparks in a Tricky Conversation

    Friends with Guns, written by Stephanie Allison Walker and directed by Nathan Dale Short, is a provocative play that explores both sides of one of the most controversial debates happening […]

  • Erin Ryan
  • November 9, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Superior Donuts by Artistic Home Is Warm-Hearted and Entertaining But Needs an Update

    Tracy Letts’ 2008 play Superior Donuts is a story about friendship between two unlikely souls—with a good dose of violence added. The story is set in an Uptown donut shop […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • November 8, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Family Secrets and Lies Are the Raw Material for Four Places by 4 Chairs Theatre

    Four Places is a tense family drama, played out over a lunch conversation between two adult children with their mother. The play by Joel Drake Johnson is now being staged […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • October 28, 2025
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