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Before ‘Purple Rain’ hits Broadway, meet the photographer who knew Prince best
Broadway is getting ready to resurrect another pop icon when Purple Rain opens at the Majestic Theatre next March. Based…
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Cat Cohen turns a near-death experience into Off-Broadway’s funniest solo show
Cat Cohen turns a stroke and a hole in her heart into a sharp, funny Off-Broadway solo show at the…
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Ciara Renée turns the basement lounge at ‘Masquerade’ into a Parisian cabaret
Ever wonder what happened after Christine and Raoul dash off from the Palais Garnier opera house and the Phantom descends…
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These 10 LA live music venues prove the show starts before anyone takes the stage
The essential guide to the best live music venues in Los Angeles, from the Hollywood Bowl to the Masonic Lodge.
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What is art? What is crime? Colson Whitehead’s ‘Cool Machine’ lets its characters argue it out
Ray Carney returns for one last job in 'Cool Machine,' Colson Whitehead's gritty, funny finale to the Harlem Trilogy.
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In Ann Patchett’s ‘Whistler,’ a chance reunion never finds its footing
Ann Patchett's 'Whistler' promises a complex reunion and settles for a horse that means everything and two people who mean…
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‘Hair’ can still spark a revolution, and this Chicago revival proves it
'Hair' hasn't lost its bite. Discover why Kokandy Productions' Chicago revival earns a full five stars.
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In ‘Are You Mad At Me??,’ Bryan Safi wants you to like him. Mission accomplished
Bryan Safi's anxious, audience-baiting solo show 'Are You Mad At Me??' turns people-pleasing into big laughs at HERE Arts Center.
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15 years in, Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway’s ‘Boom!’ hasn’t lost a beat
'Boom!' plays 54 Below for its 15th anniversary, with Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway proving sibling harmony still sells out…
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Jennifer Nettles can write a hit. ‘Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo’ needs more
Grammy winner Jennifer Nettles takes on a 17th-century poisoner's legend in 'Giulia,' now playing at PAC NYC.
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‘The Potluck’ conjures ghosts of the Greensboro Massacre that fade too soon
On November 3, 1979, members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party murdered five demonstrators in a…
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‘The Whoopi Monologues’ is a triumph, even divided five ways
Over 40 years after her Broadway debut, Whoopi Goldberg's characters get five new voices.
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