Why does a 1947 art book feel urgent in 2026? "Matisse's Jazz: Rhythms in Color" at the Art Institute of…
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‘About Time’ embraces aging wisely and warmly, then overstays its welcome
"About Time" musical review: Maltby and Shire at their best is very good, but the duo doesn't always know when…
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Is Barry Boehm’s ‘Our House’ ready for the conversation it starts?
Barry Boehm's "Our House" tackles race and gay marriage in 2014 America, but stumbles under the weight of its own…
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‘Burnout Paradise’ stacks the odds against itself and wins anyway
Four treadmills, a grant application, and an Italian dinner: Pony Cam's "Burnout Paradise" is participatory theater with a mission.
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Goodman’s ‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’ has a gifted cast and one glaring problem
Goodman's The Brief Life of Oscar Wao wants to celebrate Dominican lives. It just keeps stepping on the women to…
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What three productions are saying about Asian visibility right now
From disco Marcos to corporate climbers, three regional theater productions are asking who gets to rise and what the climb…
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‘Blood/Love’: The vampire pop opera thirsty for your attention
"Blood/Love" is a goth-glam fever dream with genuine theatrical ambition: messy in the best possible way, and impossible to look…
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Lost in the algorithm: ‘Morning, Noon, and Night’ can’t find its human heart
Shattered Globe Theatre's “Morning, Noon, and Night” has big ideas but thin characters. Too bad the humans got lost in…
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Liza Minnelli finally tells her own story and 4 more March must-reads
Five essential books for March 2026 — from Liza Minnelli's memoir to Fab 5 Freddy's hip-hop origin story.
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5 regional productions worth the trip this March
From a page-to-stage adaptation to a contemporary take on Chekhov, March offers regional productions worth writing home about.
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