Beth Kander is a USA Today best-selling novelist and longtime dramatist. Described as a “genre-defying author and playwright” (Oxford American), her writing style blends warmth, wit, and solid punches to the gut. Her work often explores identity, transitional moments in life or society, and how worlds old and new connect—or collide. CATF: How were...
NEWS & REVIEWS: Purlie Victorious Directed by Psalmayene 24
Tickets available through the Studio Theatre here. Review by Peter Rosenstein for The Georgetown Dish May 11 Purlie Victorious premiered in1961, and wove together the aspirations of Purlie, an African American preacher, within the deeply entrenched racism of 1950s southern Georgia. It was written by the multitalented Ossie Davis, who first starred in it as...
NEWS & REVIEWS: GENE & GILDA at Detroit’s Tipping Point Theatre
GENE & GILDABy Cary GitterRuns through May 3Tipping Point Theatre, 361 E. Cady St., NorthvilleTickets are $25 – $47.www.tippingpointtheatre.com Review by Erica Hobbs for Detroit News Married couple Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner were two iconic comedic actors, but who were the people behind the laughs? Northville’s Tipping Point Theatre is exploring the relationship...
NEWS & REVIEWS: The Happiest Man on Earth by Mark St. Germain at the Sydney Opera House
The Happiest Man on Earth at the Sydney Opera Houseby Mark St. Germain80 minutesMay 12-17Tickets available here Article by Mark Morellini for City Hub After highly acclaimed seasons in North America and the UK, The Happiest Man On Earth has its Australian premiere at the iconic Opera House in Sydney. This is a new...
NEWS & REVIEWS: Jelly’s Last Jam Directed by Tyrone L. Robinson
Jelly’s Last JamBook by George C. Wolfe, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, music by Jelly Roll Morton and Luther HendersonDirected by Tyrone RobinsonThrough April 26, 2026, at Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol(215) 785-0100 or brtstage.org Review by An Nichols for the Broad Street Review 4/7 …The production elements succeed: Dr. Yatande Whitney Hunter...