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'Fade Out–Fade In' Gets the Musicals Tonight! Concert Treatment

Musicals Tonight! gives the Betty Comden–Adolph Green–Jule Styne flop “Fade Out–Fade In” the old college try, but this creaky 1964 Carol Burnett vehicle is a tough nut to crack.

'House/Divided' Addresses America in the Great Recession

“House/Divided,” at BAM from the Builders Association, is a politically potent reflection of America’s identity crisis after the Great Recession that’s smart, alive, and haunting.

Jason Alexander’s Theatre Co. Hires Stephen Eich to Lead Comeback

Reprise Theatre Company announced it has hired veteran executive Stephen Eich as consulting producer to help it restart production in the New Year.

Broadway’s Loss Is Regional Theater’s Gain

Popular Off-Broadway musical "Yank!" will skip Broadway, but will receive a cast album.

In 'I'm Dop3!,' Afia Fields Celebrates Survival

Afia Fields’ one-woman show “I’m Dop3!,” at Elephant Studio Theatre, tells the powerful story of the challenges she has faced as the survivor of a deadly house fire.

Lope de Vega's 'Fuenteovejuna' Gets Reset in a Modern Office

Lope de Vega’s “Fuenteovejuna” has been considered a classic Spanish drama for nearly 400 years, but Repertorio Español’s wrong-headed, severely cut production doesn’t show us why.

Promising 'Sixty Miles to Silver Lake' Can't Quite Get There

Time twists, and the difficult relationship between an estranged father and son twists along with it in Dan LeFranc’s “Sixty Miles to Silver Lake,” from IAMA Theatre Company.

Prospect Theater Company's Offers Free Audition Class for Kids

The company will offer a free audition technique master class with Broadway actor Donna Lynne Champlin on Saturday, Feb. 23

Intelligent 'Therapy' Shrinks From Drama

Jeff Bernhardt’s “Therapy,” at the Secret Rose Theatre, is a well-performed, interesting visit with three therapists and a patient whose issues touch each of them, but it’s too safe.

'I, Malvolio' Mixes Cool Sophistication and Youthful Warmth

Tim Crouch’s “I, Malvolio,” a shrewdly clever portrait for young people of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” from a minor character’s point of view, has a split personality.