Describing Round House Theatre’s production of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is somewhat difficult. I find myself overcome with adjectives like evocative, powerful,... Read more
There is a point fairly early in “Venus,” now playing at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, when you realize that whatever you thought this play was going to be, you were probably wrong. St... Read more
There are moments in Step Afrika!’s “The Fruits of Our Labor” when the human body seems capable of becoming almost anything. Feet pound the floor, hands strike against bodies, pe... Read more
Garbo, named after film star Greta Garbo, was a WWII double agent, helping the Allies while passionately working to undermine the fascist regime. GALA Hispanic Theatre’s world premiere produ... Read more
Keegan Theatre kicks off the 2026-2027 season in a bold way. While Rajiv Joseph’s “Gruesome Playground Injuries” may, at face value, seem a relatively simple piece about a childhood r... Read more
At its heart, Christina Pumariega’s “¡VOS!,” presented as part of the Contemporary American Theater Festival’s 2026 season, is a play about inheritance and not necessarily inheri... Read more
In comedy, timing determines whether the line lands, if an audience “gets it,” and whether an entire show flops or not. Beth Kander’s “Best Line Wins: A Play Inspired by the Improvised... Read more
What is the point? This seems to be the overriding question plaguing the residents of Jean-Paul Sartre’s play “No Exit.” Trapped for eternity in a hell of their own making—literally—three ch... Read more
Eugene Ionesco is often synonymous with absurdism, that category of theatre that sees life as inherently meaningless and yet begs audiences to embrace the chaos and the ridiculousness for al... Read more
Steph Del Rosso’s new play “Precarious,” presented by Mosaic Theater, offers several heavy messages. Timely and cutting, the play examines the psychological toll of living in a world impacte... Read more
