May 10, 2012

There’s more than a spoonful of sugar going down in ‘Mary Poppers.'

May 10, 2012

Director Douglas Carter Beane on choosing to bring a bad ’80s flick to the stage.

May 08, 2012

Topher Grace makes an impressive Off-Broadway debut.

May 03, 2012

Director Melia Bensussen’s impeccable attention to detail makes this production a delight to watch.

May 01, 2012

Who swept it up, and who was shamed? Plus: Find our picks for the 2012 Tony Awards.

April 29, 2012

Playwright Rick Elice tells us how "Peter and the Starcatcher" went from kid's bookshelves to Broadway.

April 28, 2012

"Leap of Faith" is the latest in the recent trend of religion-themed musicals on Broadway. Unfortunately, this show would rather play it safe than attempt to be saved.

April 27, 2012

Last night, “Leap of Faith” opened on Broadway. We grabbed coffee with leading man Raul Esparza while the musical was still in previews to talk about how it was coming along and what it...

April 26, 2012

Fela Kuti musical is every bit deserving of its exclamation point.

April 26, 2012

For Joseph Alsop, the pen is always mightier than the sword. MTC's latest looks at the life of the political journalist who faced down the country's most turbulent decade with nothing but a newspaper...

April 25, 2012

Kirven James Boyd started in Boston and now works with Alvin Ailey Dance American Theatre.

April 23, 2012

It's not every international music star whose life should be turned into a Broadway show.

April 21, 2012

It's always fun to revisit a show that we previously reviewed to see how it's progressed. Find out how "Blogologues" is doing at its new home in The Players Loft.

April 19, 2012

Zeitgeist turns ‘Tigers’ into what is possibly the funniest thing this reviewer has ever seen.

April 12, 2012

Quartet wants to dispel the rumor that folks with this condition have no sense of humor.

April 12, 2012

Ever wonder what navel-gazing interactive theater looks like? "Speakeasy Dollhouse" might work on a smaller scale, where audience members can engage with the actors more and don't have to do as much...

April 10, 2012

"Next to Normal" is anything but.

April 09, 2012

At the outset of his new book, "The Social Conquest of Earth," biologist E.O. Wilson takes an admiring look at Paul Gauguin's "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?"

April 05, 2012

Ellis finally gets some comeuppance; Karen and Ivy actually bond. And "Smash" teaches us all valuable lessons about stereotypes (chiefly, that they're all true). Metro's theater critic recaps!

March 27, 2012

It's been 25 years since "Les Miserables" first took the theater world by storm.

March 22, 2012

Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens on Broadway tonight. Instead of a classic gone contemporary, it feels like theatergoing via time machine. And don't worry – it's...

March 20, 2012

"Death of a Salesman" is arguably the hottest straight play onstage now. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Andrew Garfield, Linda Emond and John Glover.

March 15, 2012

Unfortunately the title of the Lyric's latest isn’t true, and the play closes after this weekend.

March 08, 2012

Boston Ballet takes a break from story ballets and hits the stage with contemporary techniques in “Play With Fire.”

March 08, 2012

 Over the next few months, all sorts of arts events will spring forth in the city. ‘Tigers,’ ‘Temperamentals’ and a ‘Miracle Worker’ are just a few of the...

March 07, 2012

“Wild Swans” is a visually stunning spectacle that gets more intriguing every time you revisit the experience.

March 01, 2012

Iceland is the closest European country to America, and it’s about to get even closer.

February 23, 2012

Zeitgeist Stage Company’s delightful production of “Time of My Life” is a nice reminder of how fun family dinners can be … when it’s not your family.

February 16, 2012

“Wild Swans,” about three generations of women living through China’s Cultural Revolution, is an important one to tell.