Review by Dan Rubins for Theatre Mania Oct 20, 2025 Director Keaton Wooden’s adaptation of Ranjit Bolt’s 2003 translation has literally been retitled André De Shields Is Tartuffe. When Tartuffe enters, first singing “Feelin’ Good” and then a facetiously pious “Ave Maria,” De Shields is accompanied by a prompter dressed in clergyman’s attire and...
NEWS & REVIEWS: FDR’S VERY HAPPY HOUR by Regan Linton and M. Graham Smith
News by A. A. Cristi from Broadway World 10/16/2025 HIGH HARD HEAT has announced a national tour of FDR’s Very Happy Hour. The immersive new play is conceived by Regan Linton and M. Graham Smith, written and performed by Linton, and directed by Smith. The tour will follow its world premiere at Actors Theatre of...
NEWS & REVIEWS: MEXODUS at Minetta Lane Theatre Choreographed by Tony Thomas
Choreographed by Tony Thomas.Playing in New York through Nov. 1. Ticketing information available at mexodusmusical.com Review by Brittany Samuel for The New York Times 9/22/2025 I’m willing to bet this slice of history was left out of your textbooks: The Underground Railroad didn’t only run north. It also ran south across the aqueous border...
NEWS & REVIEWS: THE HELLO GIRLS at Syracuse Stage
Article by Craig Thornton For WWNY September 16, 2025 Okay, let’s just get this out-it’s spectacular! In the interest of time and impact, I simply want to say, go see it. Now! You will thank me for it later! Mic Drop! Many stories have been told about American women serving our country in wartime,...
NEWS & REVIEWS: ALABASTER Written by Audrey Cefaly at the Town Hall Theatre, San Francisco
Article by Lily Janiak for the San Francisco Chronicle 8/23/2025 “Alabaster” isn’t stereotypical community theater fare, starting with the fact that it’s written by a living female playwright, Audrey Cefaly, who isn’t a household name. In “Alabaster,” a connection doesn’t have to be happily ever after to be life-giving, and we don’t have to...