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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

“Every Brilliant Thing”: The Radcliffe Return to Broadway by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies Reports: Daniel Radcliffe Returns in Every Brilliant Thing By Ross As a longtime excited watcher of plays that travel from London to New York, I’m always alert for the one…

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Monday, December 22, 2025

The Smell of Bread and the Cost of Desire: CSC’s “The Baker’s Wife” by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: The Baker’s Wife By Ross It all begins before the lights officially dim, with the theatre itself becoming a sun-drenched French serenade. The village plaza…

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Sunday, December 21, 2025

When the Past Outshines the Future: “This World of Tomorrow” at The Shed by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: This World of Tomorrow by Ross Quietly charming and deeply nostalgic, This World of Tomorrow, a new play written by and starring Tom Hanks alongside writer J…

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Saturday, December 20, 2025

Frontmezzjunkies Will Not Return to the Kennedy Center Until Its Name—and Its Mission—Are Restored by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: No Return Visits to the Kennedy Center for this Theatre Critic By Ross For years, I went to Washington not for politics, but for art (and friendship). The Kennedy C…

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Crowned and Caged: “Richard II” as Erotic Reckoning by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Richard II By Ross Quietly and ominously, the first thing we see in Richard II is the blurry figure of a half-naked man pacing back and forth inside a cube. …

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Friday, December 19, 2025

“Amadeus” Ignites California’s Pasadena Playhouse by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies Reports: Pasadena Playhouse’s Amadeus by Ross As someone who spends a good portion of each week wishing transatlantic teleportation were a standard perk of theatre journal…

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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Stories That Wouldn’t Leave Me: FrontMezzJunkies’ Top Theatrical Experiences of 2025 from NYC, Toronto, and Beyond by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports:  The Top 25+ Stage Shows of 2025 By Ross Every year, I find myself looking back across stages—big Broadway houses, adventurous Off-Broadway spaces, the bold new …

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Checkmate by Vocal Firepower: Broadway’s “Chess” Blows the Roof Off Broadway by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Chess By Ross It’s East meets West, back in the day when those words held different meanings than today, but the game is still being played loud and true in Br…

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

The Captivating “Little Bear Ridge Road” Will Close Early on Broadway — A Quiet Loss for the Season by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Little Bear Ridge Road Will Close Early on Broadway By Ross I wrote in my review of Little Bear Ridge Road that it was “a quietly brutal and deeply humane theatr…

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Monday, December 15, 2025

“Titanique” Is Officially Docking on Broadway — And I’m Thrilled, Nervous, and So Ready for It by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Titaníque on Broadway in 2026 If you’ve ever walked out of a show with your cheeks sore from laughing, feathers ruffled from absurdity, and a ridiculous, unshake…

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Marla Mindelle and Josh Sharp Channel Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett in “A Kidman Carol” – and Bah Humbug, I’m Gonna Miss It! by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Marla Mindelle and Josh Sharp Channel Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett in A Kidman Carol There are some Off-Broadway fever dreams you hear about and think, “There…

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Sunday, December 14, 2025

The Return and Reconstruction of “Marjorie Prime” by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime By Ross There is something quietly devastating about returning to Marjorie Prime in 2025. What once felt like speculative fict…

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Saturday, December 13, 2025

“Rogers v. Rogers” at Crow’s Theatre: A Corporate Tragedy Told with Wit, Bite, and an Uneasy Kind of Catharsis by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Crow’s Theatre’s Rogers v. Rogers By Ross Walking into Toronto’s Crow’s Theatre for Rogers v. Rogers, I was already annoyed, borderline hostile, if I’m …

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Friday, December 12, 2025

FX’s “A Christmas Carol”, The Past That Shapes Us, the Present That Breaks Us, the Future That Saves Us by Ross

The Television Series Review: FX’s A Christmas Carol By Ross FX’s A Christmas Carol, , the brooding and unsettling 2019 adaptation starring Guy Pearce, remains one of the most daring rei…

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Sherlock Returns to Westport: A Holiday Mystery Reopened by Ross

A Frontmezzjunkies Interview: James Taylor Odom Discusses A Sherlock Carol  at the Westport Country Playhouse There’s a particular kind of magic that happens in December: people who ordin…

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

A House That Remembers: Three Ships Collective’s “A Christmas Carol” Returns to Campbell House Alive and Entrancing by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Three Ships Collective’s A Christmas Carol By Ross The house remembers us. Or at least, that is how it felt stepping again into the Campbell House Museum for th…

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Golden Globe Morning: Cinema, Stages, TIFF, and the Strange Joy of Awards Season by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: The Golden Globe Nominations Announced Maybe it’s because TIFF is still echoing in my head, but waking up to this morning’s Golden Globe nominations brought a s…

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Monday, December 8, 2025

Something Like a Dream: Bad Hats’ “Narnia” Shines Brighter than Bright at Soulpepper by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Bad Hats Theatre’s Narnia By Ross It all begins with music, glorious, generous music, bursting out into our laps on the Soulpepper stage. A joyful reprieve afte…

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Impossible Choices: The Brutal Beauty of MTC’s Queens by Ross

Cracking the world wide open, Martyna Majok’s Queens, the superb off-Broadway production from Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center, unfolds like a memory broken apart under press…

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Sunday, December 7, 2025

More Pies, Please: A Deliciously Dark “Sweeney Todd” by Horrorshow Productions Thrills at the Alumnae by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reviews: Horrorshow Productions’ Sweeney Todd By Ross “How it shines in the light,” one might sing out once Horrorshow Productions’ Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of…

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Saturday, December 6, 2025

A Quaint and Curious Night of Horror at Radiotheatre’s 15th Annual Edgar Allan Poe Festival by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: RadioTheatre’s Edgar Allan Poe Festival By Acton On a perfectly dark and dreary evening, we venture down a cramped stairway into the crypt-like basement Un…

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Friday, December 5, 2025

The Revival of Miller’s Death of a Salesman, and the Numerous Concerns Attached by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies Reports on The Revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman By Ross Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is heading back to Broadway next spring, and the announcement a…

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Cookie Contests, Small-Town Love, and Christmas Chaos at The Royal with “The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical!” by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical! By Ross With a sleighful of holiday cheer and a sardonic wink as wide as a big merger in the big city, The Unauthor…

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

Inside the Factory Theatre Machine: “Public Consumption” and the Unnerving Art of Moderating the Obscene by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Public Consumption at Factory Theatre By Ross A lone figure stands sealed inside a bright, sharp square of light, their rhythmic, sensual movements unfolding lik…

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

“Bijuriya” at Buddies: A Thrilling Mix of Drag, Culture, and Self-Talk ReInvention by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Bijuriya By Ross An elegant, statuesque figure stands before us, moving with the fluid precision of a poem in motion, shifting from the art of lip-syncing to some…

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A Season Worth Leaning In For: Here For Now Announces an Ambitious 2026 Lineup by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies Reports: Here For Now Announces Their 2026 Season I only started wandering into Here For Now’s productions this past summer in Stratford, but it took about ten minutes for…

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Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Impossible Choices: The Brutal Beauty of MTC’s “Queens” by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: MTC’s Queens By Ross Cracking the world wide open, Martyna Majok’s Queens, the superb off-Broadway production from Manhattan Theatre Club at New York Cit…

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Monday, December 1, 2025

“Robin Hood: A Very Merry Family Musical”: A Festive Night of Jokes and Jubilant Mischief at the Elgin Winter Garden by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Canadian Stage’s Robin Hood: A Very Merry Family Musical By Ross Inside the Elgin Winter Garden Theatre on a cold December eve, the air feels electric with misc…

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Sunday, November 30, 2025

“The History of Sound” Lives in the Echo and Vibrations That Remain by Ross

A Frontmezzjunkies Film Review: The History of Sound By Ross “My father said it was a gift from God. How I could see music. I thought everyone could see sound.” These are the first lines…

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Saturday, November 29, 2025

Adrift Between Storms: “Moonlight Schooner” Sails in Search of Deeper Waters by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Kanika Ambrose’s Moonlight Schooner By Ross A ship and its crew at sea trying to survive a storm is a powerfully terrifying and engaging beginning of almost any…

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Friday, November 28, 2025

A Tender, Bruising, yet Brilliant Ride Down “Little Bear Ridge Road” on Broadway by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Little Bear Ridge Road By Ross The shadow of an overhead fan engulfs the space with its stark rhythm and cold lines. It fits perfectly alongside a shiny plastic …

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