Review: Joinification Ceremony for the Church of FemAnimism
In these socially-distant times, can we find ways to enjoy live performance together? Sibyl Kempson and her company, 7 Daughters of Eve, have invented an online form that shows we ...
Stage Managing One Zoom At A Time
In early March, things were normal. Clarissa Ligon was production stage manager on Vineyard Theatre’s Dana H., which had four weeks remaining in its acclaimed, twice-extended run. Hannah Woodward was two days ...
Theater 2020: The Season That Wasn't
It seems unlikely that live performance will happen again in 2020. We usually do a wrap-up at the end of the year of our most memorable theater experiences. With only a ...
Review: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom on Netflix
An electric Viola Davis glows with sweat, rouge, and power in this successfully filmed version of August Wilson’s play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. If she is the immovable object in this ...
Review: Animals at Williamstown Theatre Festival/Audible
Wine flows freely in Animals, a crackling new play by Stacy Osei-Kuffour. So do insults, recriminations, and long-simmering resentments. This dinner party from Hell, co-produced by Williamstown Theatre Festival and ...
Reviews
Review: Jennifer Simard: Can I Get Your Number? at 54 Below
54 Below
A lauded Broadway comedian shows more range in an exciting solo cabaret debut. Lane Williamson reviews.
24 January
Features
Going to the Theater is Weird These Days
Playwright and performer Kev Berry offers a personal essay in which he grapples with returning to theatre after the shutdown and his own journey to sobriety.
9 November
Reviews
Review: Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner at Under the Radar
Public Theater
How do you act out a Tweetstorm? Jasmine Lee-Jones's Under the Radar show wants to show you. Loren Noveck reviews.
14 January
Reviews
Review: Are we not drawn onward to new erA at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher
Ontroerend Goed's piece in Under the Radar plays a beautiful trick. Loren Noveck reviews.
6 January
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Review: Ain’t No Mo’ at the Belasco Theatre
Belasco Theatre
An electric new play about Blackness in America comes to Broadway. Nicole Serratore reviews.
21 December
Reviews
Review: Ye Bear & Ye Cubb at 59E59
59E59 Theaters
A comical imagining of an early American play fails to get the audience on board for its idea of fun. Nicole Serratore reviews
19 December
Features
Hansol Oh
When the Theaters Reopened: Observations from South Korea
Thermal cameras, hand sanitizer, and masks are the new normal for theaters in Korea. Hansol Oh saw 10 shows there and reports on her summer of theatergoing.
Nicole Serratore
Theater of Your Mind: Closet Dramas and More
Various theater-adjacent projects offer alternatives for reading and interpreting theater at home. Nicole Serratore explores closet dramas and their ilk.
Exeunt Staff
Theater 2020: The Season That Wasn’t
With a shortened 2020 theater season, we focus on the exciting artists we came across in 2020 and who we want to see more from in a post-pandemic theater world order.
Joey Sims
How The Doors Were Opened, and What Comes Next
The George Floyd protests opened up theater lobbies and has prompted a new dialogue about theater and race. Joey Sims investigates.
Reviews
Review: Des Moines at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Denis Johnson's play gives us an evening in limbo with an exceptional cast. Loren Noveck reviews.
17 December
Reviews
Review: Ohio State Murders at the James Earl Jones Theatre
James Earl Jones Theatre
Audra McDonald's searing performance anchors Adrienne Kennedy's belated Broadway debut. Loren Noveck reviews.
16 December
Reviews
Review: Some Like It Hot at the Shubert Theatre
Shubert Theatre
A new musical adaptation of the classic film doesn't create much heat. Lane Williamson reviews.
11 December
Reviews
Review: Becky Nurse of Salem at Lincoln Center Theater
If you too have wondered since high school how John Proctor got to be the protagonist of a play about the Salem witch trials, then Sarah Ruhl's new play is for you. Loren Noveck reviews.
4 December
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24 June
Joey Sims
Stage Managing One Zoom At A Time
Stage managers pivot to Zoom. Joey Sims reports on how this job has shifted in pandemic times.
10 May
Exeunt Staff
Online Theater: The Familiar vs. The New
Our critics gather to talk about what theater they are watching online and why.
5 May
Loren Noveck
Viral Content for Our Viral Moment?
Loren Noveck muses on capturing a little bit of live theater's spark in Instagram monologues.
17 April
Joey Sims
Finding Connection With Theater Online
While the impact of online theater varies, Joey Sims finds there is still connection to be made and even something new to discover.