(Dane Castle and Chris Richards) Clearly, we are deep in the era of meta-musicals, those shows that wallow in self-referential, inside-the-b...

(The Crayola-garbed Mamma Mia! cast in mid-frolic) There are some shows that defy critical comment, because the sheer energy of the producti...

(Emily Pucell as Marie and Sebastian Hawkes Orr as Woyzeck) The alienation and ultimate destruction of a man who wants to be rational and mo...

(Kristi Little as Alma and Kyle Primous as Eugene) As a white rookie teacher in an all-black school in Cleveland, way back in 1968, I was wa...

(Scott Jaeck as Drummond interrogates Ed Dixon as Brady) It is literally impossible to imagine the star power that was on hand when Clarence...

(Shuler Hensley as the Monster and Roger Bart as Frankenstein) In stage musicals, there’s a fine line between a send-up and a pop-up. When y...

(David Anthony Smith as Malvolio, in the midst of a punking by Sir Toby Belch and his cohorts.) If you enjoy a play with a substantial numbe...