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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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Daniel Radcliffe high-fives the entire Hudson Theatre, and that’s kind of the problem
Daniel Radcliffe is everything you want in "Every Brilliant Thing." The Hudson Theatre just isn't the venue for it.
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‘Antigone (This Play I Read in High School)’ swaps burial rites for reproductive rights
Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) explores reproductive rights through the lens of Greek tragedy. The cast mostly…
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Bob Mackie, Edith Head, and a bronze Michael Jackson walk into a gallery
Showstoppers at Helicline Fine Art brings stage and screen design into the gallery—Irene Sharaff, Jo Mielziner, and 43 other reasons…
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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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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ star Bosco goes full supervillain on 33-city tour
Bosco's solo tour "The Marvelous Miss Gender" hits 33 cities this summer—a full theatrical production blending camp, burlesque, and comic…
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Why ‘Matisse’s Jazz’ hits different in 2026
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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