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Broadway Review: “Little Bear Ridge Road” at the Booth Theatre (Through Sunday, February 15, 2026)

In Samuel D. Hunter’s “Little Bear Ridge Road,” currently playing at the Booth Theatre, James, an astrophysics graduate student, explains to his boyfriend Ethan that the three stars forming Orion’s Belt look aligned from Earth but are actually separated by eight hundred light years. It’s a casually delivered bit of astronomy that becomes the play’s quiet revelation: perspective changes everything,…

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Off-Broadway: “Kyoto” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi Newhouse Theater (Closed Sunday, November 30, 2025)

November 3, 2025 | Broadway, LGBTQ+, Queer > | "Kyoto", Aideen Malone (lighting design), Akhila Krishnan (video design), Amelia McClain, Christopher Reid (sound design), Clark Carmichael, CSA (casting), CSA and Alexandre Bleau, Daniel Jenkins, Dariush Kashani, David Roberts, Diana DiVita (stage manager), Ed Burnside (associate director), Emilio Madrid, Erin Darke, Ferdy Roberts, Gemma Stockwood (Dramaturg), Imani Jade Powers, Jim Carnahan, Joe Murphy, Joe Robertson, Jorge Bosch, Julia Horan (original UK casting director), Justin Martin, Kate Burton, LGBTQ, Lianah Sta. Ana, Lincoln Center Theater, Luis Carlos de La Lombana, Miriam Buether (set design), Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Natalie Gold, Natalie Pryce (costume design), New York Theatre Reviews, Odera Adimorah, Paul Englishby (original music), Paul Juhn, Peter Bradbury, Rob Narita, Roslyn Ruff, Stephen Daldry, Stephen Kunken, Taiana Tully, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

After garnering mostly rave reviews in London’s West End and Stratford-upon-Avon, “Kyoto” by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson is currently running Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi Newhouse Theater. The play spans 1989-1997 and is narrated from the point of view of Don Pearlman (Stephen Kunken), an American oil lobbyist who works to sabotage UN climate negotiations. It’s framed as…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Other” at Greenwich House Theatre (Closed Saturday, December 6, 2025)

October 21, 2025 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, Queer > | "Other", Allison Madrazo, Ari’el Stachel, Greenwich House Theatre, Joseph Verlezza, LaChanze Productions, LGBTQ, New York Theatre Reviews, scenic design by Afsoon Pajoufar; lighting & projections design by Alexander V. Nichols, ShowTown Theatricals, sound design by Madeleine Oldham, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tony Taccone

A new solo show has opened at the Greenwich House Theater, written and performed by Ari’el Stachel, who won the Tony award for best supporting actor in the musical, “The Band’s Visit.” It is not a “coming out” story, but it is about his personal struggle with anxiety and his journey to “figure out” his identity. It started when he…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Saturday Church” at New York Theatre Workshop (Closed Friday, October 24, 2025)

September 24, 2025 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, Queer > | "Saturday Church", Anania, B Noel Thomas, Bryson Battle, Caleb Quezon, Chris Penny, Costume Design by Qween Jean, Damani Van Rensalier, Damon Cardasis, Dava Huesca, Dave Anzuelo/Unkle Dave's Fighthouse, Deah Love Harriott, Erica Hart, features scenic design by David Zinn, Fernell Hogan, hair & wig design by Darius Thomas, J. Harrison Ghee, J'Quay Gibbs, Jackson Kanawha Perry, James iJames, Jhanaë K-C Bonnick, Joaquina Kalukango, Joseph Verlezza, Kareem Marsh, Kelsey Rainwater, Kristolyn Lloyd, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ Youth, lighting design by Adam Honoré, Marc J. Franklin, Michael Samarie George, New York Theatre Reviews, New York Theatre Workshop, Nicholas Petrovich, NYTW, Oyoyo Joi, Primo Thee Ballerino, sound design by Gareth Owen, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Veyonce Deleon, Wade Watson, Whitney White

The new musical “Saturday Church” which is now playing at NYTW, is based on the 2017 film written and directed by Damon Cardasis, who also co-wrote the book for this production alongside James Ijames. This quasi-jukebox musical attempts to weave the music of Sia into the storyline, but it is also only quasi-successful in this endeavor. Too often the music…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Brothers Size” at The Shed (Closed Sunday, September 28, 2025)

They are just three men in modern-day Louisiana – Ogun Size (André Holland), a mechanic; his ex-con brother Oshoosi Size (Alani iLongwe); and a charismatic drifter, Elegba (Malcolm Mays). But in playwright Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s hands, they are also gods wrestling with eternal questions about duty versus freedom, protection versus possession, and the price of keeping those we love safely…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Angry Alan” at Sound Seaview (Closed Sunday, August 3, 2025)

The inaugural production of Seaview Studio, the newly renovated Off-Broadway theater (formerly known as the Tony Kiser), is titled “Angry Alan,” penned by playwright Penelope Skinner and starring John Krasinski. Mr. Krasinski is not Alan, he is Roger, an insecure, confused, gullible “everyman” who quickly falls down a rabbit hole on the internet, where he learns how to place blame…

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Cabaret Preview: “The Ballad of JonBenet Ramsey” at Joe’s Pub (Opens Friday, September 12, 2025)

July 22, 2025 | Cabaret, LGBTQ+, Queer > | "The Ballad if JonBenet Ramsey", Brandon James Gwinn, Cabaret, Isaac Davidson, Jay Turton, Joe's Pub, LGBTQ, Ryan Rafferty, The Public Theater

This fall, “the Shakespeare of pop culture satire” (NYT), playwright and performer Ryan Raftery (Mother of the Year: The Kris Jenner Musical, The Trial of Andy Warhol, The Rise and Fall and Rise of Martha Stewart) returns to Joe’s Pub with his latest creation, The Ballad of JonBenét Ramsey, a satire about our society’s insatiable obsession with true crime. Opening September…

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A Post-Run Look and Interview Questions: “Giovanni’s Room” at Quintessence Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Closed Sunday, July 6, 2025)

After a successful run, including two extensions, “Geovanni’s Room” at Quintessence Theatre, the show closed on Sunday, July 6, 2026. Although the adaptation could have had a third extension, contractual considerations made that impossible. On May 28, Quintessence Theatre Group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania brought a literary classic to life in the world premiere of James Baldwin’s “Giovanni’s Room,” adapted by…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Beau the Musical” at 154 Christopher Street (Through Sunday, July 27, 2025.

Flowing in the same vein as the triumphant off-Broadway show “Dead Outlaw,” which made a move to Broadway last season, is the wonderful “Beau the Musical,” now playing at Theatre 154. Produced by Out of the Box Theatrics, the musical follows somewhat the same structure where an onstage band provides the musical force but also serve double duty by taking…

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Festival Review: “Julius Caesar” at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Examines Power, Betrayal, and Gender Embodiment (Through October 26, 2025)

The first preview of the norm-disrupting production of “Julius Caesar” kicked off a promising start to this year’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival, now in its 90th season. During the preshow announcement, local playgoers and seasonal staff conveyed their pride for Ashland’s yearly homage to William Shakespeare’s masterworks with a level of cheering and applause one would expect to hear at a…

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