Grief, joy, houseplants, and a voice that yodels and keens: The Bengsons' 'My Joy Is Heavy' turns loss into something…
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Artist Henry Darger built a universe. ‘Bughouse’ merely knocks at the door
Gorgeous production design can't rescue this visually rich but dramatically thin portrait of outsider artist Henry Darger.
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‘Cold War Choir Practice’ has a plan for the end of the world. You just won’t see it coming
Ro Reddick's 'Cold War Choir Practice' detonates: magical realism, a fractured family, and America's gift for global anxiety.
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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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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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In ‘Bigfoot!’ everyone’s a little othered. Until one very hairy hero takes a giant leap for all of them
'Bigfoot!' is a furry, funky love letter to misfits, packed with kooky characters, 80s synth-pop charm, and a heart bigger…
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‘Chinese Republicans’ bickers brilliantly. Until it doesn’t.
Alex Lin's Off-Broadway workplace dramady "Chinese Republicans" crackles with sharp dialogue but stumbles when it reaches for slapstick.
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