This Is Not Your Mother’s Pirates
When Gilbert and Sullivan first put pen to paper on Pirates of Penzance over 100 years ago, they probably were not picturing a troupe of actors in Hawaiian shirts and colorful […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Beauty and the Beast Showcases Stadium’s Incredible Work
In the wake of the last year’s live action remake of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the stage version, unsurprisingly, has become a popular choice for schools and community theater […]
Native Gardens Broaches Tough Subjects with Levity
As the saying goes, “good fences make good neighbors.” But when it comes down to deciding the placement of said fence, with someone’s prized garden at stake, good neighbors are […]
Barker’s 12 Angry Jurors Remains Relevant
In the 1950s, the death penalty was still widely legal across the country — though falling out of fashion — and only men served on juries in many states. This […]
MMT Celebrates Black History Month with Fate Comes Knocking
If history books are anything to go by, movements are defined by the people who lead them. But no movement could move anywhere without its foot soldiers, who fuel the […]
“Brilliant” Fun Home Comes to PPAC
We think of Broadway as being a pretty gay place, but most musicals, even today, follow a rather heterosexual formula, with a straight couple at the center of the action […]
Stadium’s Hunchback Leaves Audiences Begging for More
I’ve seen a handful of productions at the Stadium Theatre, and I’m consistently blown away by their talent and their production value. It’s not even a matter of being good […]
PC’s Spelling Bee Speaks to Awkward Adolescents Everywhere
Most musicals cover lofty themes central to the human experience – the likes of revolution, forbidden love, revenge, defying societal expectations and fantasy worlds. Then there are shows like The […]
RISE’s Sweeney Todd Appeals to the Darkness Within
Society has long been fascinated by serial killers. Macabre though it may be, we are drawn to these stories of people who represent the extremes of derangement and the gory […]
Strong Performances Shine in Dreamlandia
Some shows are meant for audiences to sit back and enjoy. The story is packaged neatly and delivered to the listener without making them do much work. This is not […]