Reviews: Film/Theater - NYC, LA, SF, Chicago – Stage and Cinema

A THEATRICAL LOOP-DE-LOOP Playwright Michael R. Jackson’s acclaimed A Strange Loop (winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2022 Tony Award for Best Musical) is a shocking work of genius, beautif...

https://stageandcinema.com/2024/04/29/review-a-strange-loop-speakeasy/

JUST A SENSE The North Coast Repertory Theatre is currently presenting the world premiere of Sense of Decency, a psychological drama adapted from a 2013 book by American author Jake El-Hai titled...

https://stageandcinema.com/2024/04/29/sense-of-decency-north-coast-repertory/

A SWEET OFF-THE-GRID MUSICAL With the unexpectedly huge American response to Netflix’s Virgin River, there seems to be a great longing to see what life might be like in a tiny, forested communi...

https://stageandcinema.com/2024/04/29/spitfire-grill-lamplighters/

HOW GOOD YOU GOT IT There’s an old saying that goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But is “fixing” always a bad thing? What if that fix is not about correcting what’s wrong b...

https://stageandcinema.com/2024/04/28/bway-review-the-wiz-marquis/

A PLAY FOR THE PEOPLE Written by Ibsen in 1882, An Enemy of the People is a powerful drama that reminds us, as a discouraging premonition, how people would go against truth and honesty in order...

https://stageandcinema.com/2024/04/28/enemy-of-the-people-circle-in-the-square/

MEAN GIRLS MEETS THE THIRD REICH Three teenage girls sit at a table in a bunker of some kind bored out of their minds tasting food three times a day before it is sent off to Hitler. They have cle...

https://stageandcinema.com/2024/04/28/hitlers-tasters-rogue-machine/

THE HOUR HAS COME Playwright David Valdes offers a touching insight into the complexities of family life for a transitioning teen in Mermaid Hour. The New England premiere of this 2016 Finalist i...

https://stageandcinema.com/2024/04/27/mermaid-hour-moonbox/

KINK SHAME: AN ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE MASSES In North Hollywood, the audience’s senses were assaulted, mainly by each other, in the reception room before we even got into the theater for the ret...

https://stageandcinema.com/2024/04/27/urban-death-zombie-joes/

MY OPERA EXPERIENCE WAS DARKEST BEFORE THIS DON Don Giovanni seduced me — in a manner of speaking — when I attended last night’s opening of Mozart’s Don Giovanni by Boston Baroque. I’ve...

https://stageandcinema.com/2024/04/26/opera-review-don-giovanni-boston-baroque/

From Grindhouse to Greatness: Quentin Tarantino’s Ode to 70s Cinema Quentin Tarantino‘s latest foray into the book publishing realm, Cinema Speculation, is an electrifying odyssey that mirror...

https://stageandcinema.com/2024/04/26/cinema-speculation-quentin-tarantino-book-review/