Theater

Blonde Ambition

Blonde Ambition

An interview with actor Barry Anderson, one of the men in pink.

Dick Van Patten, star of TV, stage and 10 Chimneys

Dick Van Patten, star of TV, stage and 10 Chimneys

Decades ago, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne took young Dick Van Patten to Wisconsin to prepare him for his first Broadway role. He's back.

Behind the scenes: Fine-tuning a Tenor
Behind the scenes

Fine-tuning a Tenor

The Broadway revival of "Lend Me a Tenor" debuted last weekend, but you don’t have to travel to see this classic farce.It premieres this weekend on the Bay Players Stage.

Review: Next Act’s The Value of Names
Review

Next Act’s The Value of Names

Jeffrey Sweet's play peels away the layers of meaning and worth bound up in names.

Review: The Boulevard’s It’s Your Mother
Review

The Boulevard’s It’s Your Mother

Durante and Tuxill's string of vignettes about mothers and daughters skates on the surface of the relationships.

Review: Hanreddy’s “Seven Keys” to hilarity
Review

Hanreddy’s “Seven Keys” to hilarity

Joe Hanreddy bows out with Seven Keys to Slaughter Peak as The Rep's AD. It's a funny love letter to theater and the joys of making stuff up.

8-bit Warrior at the Alchemist Theatre

8-bit Warrior at the Alchemist Theatre

Vince Figueroa's original play takes us back to a simpler time, when Donkey Kong ruled the world.

Review: A Wiz made for kids glitters at First Stage
Review

A Wiz made for kids glitters at First Stage

First Stage has adapted the 1975 Broadway version of The Wizard of Oz.

Review: The Florentine’s Elmer Gantry
Review

The Florentine’s Elmer Gantry

A flawed masterpiece brings a great American novel to the opera stage.

You’re all sinners!

You’re all sinners!

As the Florentine mounts the Midwest premiere of Elmer Gantry (the opera), we look at the Sinclair Lewis novel and the 1960 film version.

The Florentine stages Elmer Gantry, an All-American opera

The Florentine stages Elmer Gantry, an All-American opera

Composer Robert Aldridge and librettist Herschel Garfein worked 18 years to make their dream of an opera a reality.

Review: Skylight’s Day in Hollywood/Night in the Ukraine
Review

Skylight’s Day in Hollywood/Night in the Ukraine

A little strain Hollywood, a whole lot of Marx Brothers fun in the Ukraine.