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Finding beauty in arid circumstances: Salonga and Takei.

'Allegiance' on Broadway

History with modern resonance

Allegiance recalls the time when fear of terrorism led the American government to put everyone of Japanese ancestry into detention camps. Its relevance to the present is obvious.

Steve Cohen

Dec 28, 2015 Articles 4 minute read

Friends as family: the cast of “Steve.” (Photo by Monique Carboni)

Gerrard's 'Steve' and Parnell's 'Dada Woof Papa Hot'

Two plays, four dads

Two heartfelt new plays explore the challenges of parenthood, fidelity, and aging in two-dad households.

Carol Rocamora

Dec 22, 2015 Articles 4 minute read

The popcorn box is front and center in the musical. (Photo by Joe del Tufo, Mobius New Media)

'Diner: The Musical' by Levinson and Crow

'Diner,' a cupcake, and the male gaze

Who insisted the voices of six white, male baby boomers needed to be heard among Broadway’s groundbreaking new musical arrivals, all groundbreaking because they stepped away from Diner’s regressive model?

Wendy Rosenfield

Dec 21, 2015 Articles 5 minute read

Ana Villafane and the cast of “On Your Feet!” (All photos by Matthew Murphy via broadway.com)

'On Your Feet,' 'The Color Purple,' 'School of Rock'

Deck the halls with Broadway musicals

Three irresistible new musicals are attracting new audiences to Broadway this holiday season.

Carol Rocamora

Dec 19, 2015 Articles 4 minute read

Keeping the melodrama from getting melodramatic: Laurel Tree Theatre’s “Hedda Gabler” cast. (Photo by Kyle Cassidy)

Laurel Tree's 'Hedda Gabler' at the Physick House

Hedda Gabler rules the Physick House

A new theater company tackles Ibsen’s dark drama, making an old play in an historic home feel new and exciting.

Mark Cofta

Dec 15, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

"Ambassadors of good feeling and good old-fashioned elbow grease." (Photo by Lindsay Browning Photography)

Pig Iron's 'Gentlemen Volunteers'

A World War I story for today

Pig Iron Theatre Company re-mounts Gentlemen Volunteers, a cleverly staged war romance.

Mark Cofta

Dec 15, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

If there’s no word for it . . . : Kidwell and Szapiro (Photo by Plate 3 Photography)

Orbiter 3's 'A Knee That Can Bend'

An issue play with heart

Orbiter 3’s second production, Emma Goidel’s A Knee That Can Bend, explores differences between Senegalese and American lesbians through a compelling relationship.

Mark Cofta

Dec 12, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

The finished drawing for 1812 Production's "This Is the Week That Is." (Illustration for BSR by Mike Jackson of alrightmike.com)

A sketchbook of 1812 Productions’ ‘This Is the Week That Is'

Drawing inspiration from a satirical revue

Illustrator Mike Jackson gives a look at his artistic process by sharing the sketches he made during a performance of 1812 Productions' This Is the Week That Is.