Theatre

“What are we doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer. Yes, in the immense confusion one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for Godot to come … ”
― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

Review: River & Rail’s ‘It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play’ – Fabulous Holiday Theatre

For its December offering, River and Rail Theatre Company has chosen a work that is a delightful and entertaining contradiction in such a theatrical discussion—It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.

Review: Traditions Get Even Better with CBT’s ‘A Christmas Carol’

CBT has been offering up various theatrical productions based on the Charles Dickens classic novella for decades, with many regular theatre-goers—and many occasional ones—making attendance a part of their own Holiday tradition.

Review: CBT’s ‘The Moors’ — Deliciously Dark and Atmospheric

BY ALAN SHERROD   A strange, old Victorian house on the edge of the bleak,…

Review: River & Rail’s Thought-Provoking ‘A Case for the Existence of God’

BY ALAN SHERROD   The last ten years, or so, have been big ones for…

Review: CBT’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Enjoys a Sensational Second Trip

BY ALAN SHERROD   The show must go on, even when Covid deals out nasty…

Preview: CBT’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Builds Up Steam This Week

Murder on the Orient Express Based on the Agatha Christie novel—Adapted for the stage by…

River & Rail Theatre Co. Announces Its 2023-24 Season of Plays

River & Rail Theatre Co.— operating in the Old City Performing Arts Center, 111 State…

Review: River & Rail Theatre Co. Explores Secrets and Truths in ‘Fun Home’

BY ALAN SHERROD   Successful works of theatre have a way of holding up a…

Preview: The Musical ‘Fun Home’ Opens at River and Rail Theatre Co.

BY AMANDA BROOKS   “What would happen if we spoke the truth?” ― Alison Bechdel…

Review: Clarence Brown Theatre’s ‘Hair’

BY ALAN SHERROD   Hair, the rock musical that opened off-Broadway in 1967 and had…

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