David Lee Huynh, Melissa Maxwell, Sean Runnett, Douglas Rees, David T Patterson (Photo: Todd Cerveris) Zack By Marc Miller on March 9, 2026 An unambitious, ordinary, middle-class young man has been hassled by those around him into considering himself a nonentity. Along comes a spirited, forward-thinking young woman who sees qualities in him that others…
Emma Ramos, McKinley Belcher III, Sarin Monae West (Photo: Hollis King) The Tragedy of Coriolanus By Carol Rocamora on March 2, 2026 The scene is Rome; the time is the fourth century BC. But its themes of war, power, and leadership resonate painfully and urgently today. Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1605), in a compelling…
Grey Henson (Photo: Marc J Franklin) BIGFOOT! A New Musical By Matthew Rolandon March 2, 2026 Nestled between a chemical dump site and a looming nuclear power plant sits the small town of Muddirt, an offbeat enclave populated by a zany cast of misfits and one larger-than-life mythical creature. Bigfoot! A New Musical is now…
Tedra Millan, Max Gordon Moore, Maddie Corman, Ethan Slater (Photo: Emilio Madrid) Marcel on the Train By Marc Miller on February 27, 2026 From the looks of it, much of the audience at Classic Stage Company probably remembers Marcel Marceau. He was a mime, widely considered the greatest in the world, and widely derided by…
Sean Hayes (Photo: Emilio Madrid) The Unknown By Lydia Sue Keidel on February 27, 2026 The Unknown, now in performances at Studio Seaview, is an 80-minute monologue, a one-act psychological thriller written with Sean Hayes in mind. The plot is loosely based on an experience of playwright David Cale thirty years ago. It follows Elliot,…
April Matthis, Mallory Portnoy, Maria Elena Ramirez, Elizabeth Marvel (Photo: Julieta Cervantes) The Dinosaurs By Carol Rocamora on February 17, 2026 The scene is an empty, nondescript room, with fluorescent lighting and a pile of random items (painting, furniture). It could be anywhere (someone’s basement, a room in an office building, a school?). One by…
Michael Hunsaker, Tori Jade Lopez, Lauren Nicole Sherwood, Klea Blackhurst, JP Sarro, Gina Lamparella (Photo: Donald Kennedy) Just Desserts: A Musical Bake-Off By Fern Siegel on February 15, 2026 The premise of the off-Broadway musical Just Desserts: A Musical Bake-Off is simple: somewhere in the Midwest, there is a bake-off at the Jefferson County fair….
The Ensemble (Photo: Joan Marcus) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee By Matthew Roland on February 13, 2026 Remember back in school when you were told to stand up in front of your peers and read from a textbook? Now imagine raising the stakes: not simply reading what’s in front of you, but spelling…
Richard Chang (Photo: Jeremy Varner) Ai Yah Goy Vey! By Julia Polinsky on February 9, 2026 Richard Chang’s Ai Yah Goy Vey!, now at A.R.T./New York Theatres, is this winter’s offering from the Pan Asian Repertory. Subtitled “Adventures of a Dim Sun in Search of His Wanton Father,” the play’s junior-high level of punning humor…
Daniel Yaiullo (center), Zack Calhoon (right) (Photo: Ben Hider) Hans Litten: The Jew Who Cross-Examined Hitler By Fern Siegel on February 8, 2026 There is a price to pay when you speak truth to power. And none more horrible than the fate of Hans Litten, a lawyer who called Adolf Hitler to the witness stand…