DURAN DURANTONY & CLEOPATRA
Saturday, June 8th, 2024
William Shakespeare meets The Troubies meet one of the 1980s’ most iconic rock bands in Duran DurAntony & Cleopatra, the latest musical-spoofy treat from Troubadour Theater Company “in cahoots with” the Colony Theatre.
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DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Saturday, May 11th, 2024
The Nocturne Theatre makes it four hits in a row with a terrifically crowd-pleasing, family-friendly in-the-round staging of Disney’s Beauty And The Beast.
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NORA
Saturday, April 27th, 2024
Housewives don’t get any more desperate than Nora, the up-against-the-wall protagonist of Antaeus Theatre Company’s enthralling, entertaining latest, Ingmar Bergman’s smartly streamlined take on Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.
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JEKYLL & HYDE THE MUSICAL
Friday, April 19th, 2024
Justin Meyer’s spectacularly sung and acted Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde, Cassandra Caruso and Rachel Franke’s breakout star turns as the women in their lives, and a look inspired by such Hollywood monster movie classics as Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Wolf Man make The Nocturne Theatre’s in-the-round staging of Jekyll & Hyde The Musical a song-and-thrill-packed treat.
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FAITHLESS
Saturday, March 16th, 2024
A pair of 30something siblings summoned to their widowed stepfather’s home confront a family crisis involving their adopted teenaged sister in Jon Klein’s absorbing family dramedy Faithless, a laughter-and-discussion-provoking Victory Theatre Center World Premiere.
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INTO THE WOODS
Friday, March 15th, 2024The Nocturne Theatre opens its Spring 2024 season with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into The Woods, and though not everything works in the oft-produced musical’s latest revival, its striking high fantasy look, a number of inspired directorial choices, and more than a few sensational performances earn cheers.
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THE WINTER’S TALE
Saturday, March 2nd, 2024
Director Elizabeth Swain ups the Act One drama, then enhances the Act Two froth in Antaeus Theatre Company’s splendidly performed 21st-century staging of William Shakespeare’s still-fresh-at-401 The Winter’s Tale.
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