War is hell, they say. But the months leading up to war can also be a kind of hell, as demonstrated by the characters in From Here to Eternity, a […]

Impostor Theatre Co.’s newest production is a sight to make your skin crawl, but you won’t be able to look away from the spectacle. Beyond the Garden Gate (written by Mallory Swisher […]

The production is a visual spectacle. Ten actors in colorful, period costumes and stylized makeup perform on the tiny stage, which is tricked out with a more elaborate set design […]

“The world is full of pain as is. Instead, let’s talk about love!” PM Theater’s administrative producer Anna Bredikhina kicks off the top of the show with this sentiment. After […]

Lights go up on a red curtain, hanging ominously over the titular characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead as they enact the famous coin-flipping scene that begins the play’s exploration of […]

Open Space Arts is a collective that focuses on work that combats homophobia and antisemitism. The current production is Cock by British playwright Mike Bartlett. In 2009, the four-actor show debuted at […]

Dear Cinnamon is a new monthly column that believes that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To submit […]

I had to look twice when I read the description of Inanimate. A woman in a relationship with a Dairy Queen sign. I was thinking surreal, then disassociative personality, or […]

Purpose, a new play written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by legendary actor Phylicia Rashad, follows in the theatrical legacy of plays like August Wilson’s Fences and The Piano Lesson, dealing with the […]

Jersey Boys is the origin story and evolution of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, a musical group from the Garden State that have had an enduring impact on American culture […]

Romance is difficult enough in real life, but it’s damn-near impossible on the stage. Balancing the fictive chemicals of genuine-seeming attraction is a science to challenge our best artists. Success […]

New Orleans has a kind of disheveled luxury as it’s portrayed in Tennessee Williams’ 1947 play, A Streetcar Named Desire. In this production in Aurora, co-directors Jim Corti and Elizabeth Swanson […]