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Thursday, October 30, 2025

“Let’s Love!” at ATC: A Clever Concept That Never Finds Its Purposeful Heart by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Atlantic Theater Company’s Let’s Love By Ross A bar with two seats and a piano sit on a bare stage, promising intimacy but lacking the warmth that one mi…

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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

“Not Ready for Prime Time” Misses Its Own Cue by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Grove House Productions‘ Not Ready for Prime Time By Ross At the Newman Mills Theater, a comedy legend is retold with little comic spark, and for a play ab…

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

“Liberation” Finds Expanded Power and Light on Broadway by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Liberation on Broadway By Ross When I first experienced the glory of Bess Wohl’s extraordinary Liberation at Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre earlier this yea…

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Monday, October 27, 2025

Dreams, Desperation, and the Price of Peace: Two Canadian Visions of Modern Salvation at TIFF 50 with “Lovely Day” & “The Cost of Heaven” by Ross

The TIFF Film Review: Philippe Falardeau’s “Lovely Day” and Mathieu Denis’s “The Cost of Heaven” By Ross There’s a particular kind of Canadian film that sneaks up on you; brigh…

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Sunday, October 26, 2025

Unwrapping the Interview Joy: George Reinblatt and Suzy Wilde on Turning Holiday Clichés into a Golden and “Predictable Holiday Rom-Com” Musical by Ross

The Frontmezzjunkies Interview with George Reinblatt & Suzy Wilde, the creatives behind Predictable Holiday Rom-Com: The Musical By Ross Just in time for twinkling lights and peppermint …

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Saturday, October 25, 2025

Inside the Devil’s Masquerade: White Hill’s Tales of the Damned at Campbell House by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: “Tales of the Damned” at the Campbell House By Ross It’s that time of year again, when the ghosts and ghouls come out and play, and following tradition, Whi…

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Friday, October 24, 2025

The Weight of Secrets: “Adulthood” & “Little Lorraine” at TIFF50 by Ross

The TIFF Film Review: Alex Winter’s “Adulthood” & Andy Hines‘s “Little Lorraine“ By Ross Two solid commercial films were presented at the Toronto International Film Festival;…

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Thursday, October 23, 2025

TIFF50: The Quiet Radicalism of “Between Dreams and Hope” / “Miane Roya Va Omid” by Ross

The Tiff Film Review: Farnoosh Samadi’s “Between Dreams and Hope” / “Miane Roya Va Omid“ By Ross Some films move us by their beauty, and others by their bravery. “Between Dreams …

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Dublin Theatre Festival’s “The Boy” at the Abbey Theatre: Myth, Madness, and the Weight of the Divine by Ross

The Dublin Theatre Festival Review: The Boy at Abbey Theatre By Ross There’s something ever so Greek and tragic in the air lately, as I wrote just yesterday, and I’m not (this time) talk…

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Spontaneous Theatre’s “Goblin:Oedipus” at the Stratford Festival: Tricksters, Truths, and the Theatre of Chaos by Ross

The Stratford Theatre Review: Spontaneous Theatre’s Goblin:Oedipus By Ross It was exactly as expected, the night I arrived at Stratford Festival’s Studio Theatre for the opening night of…

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Monday, October 20, 2025

The Grand Theatre’s “The Play That Goes Wrong”: Still Hilariously Right by Ross

The Ontario Theatre Review: Grand Theatre London’s The Play That Goes Wrong By Ross It’s a rare and joyful kind of déjà vu to see a show you’ve followed from its raucous big pratfall…

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Sunday, October 19, 2025

“Bremen Town” at Tarragon Theatre: Fragments of Faith and Fury on a Fragile Fairy Tale Journey Home by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Gregory Prest’s Bremen Town By Ross There’s a quiet magic that shimmers through the fascinating Bremen Town at Tarragon Theatre, brought forth into the light …

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Saturday, October 18, 2025

The Gate’s “Poor”: Cycles of Pain, Acts of Seeing, and the Grace of Survival at the Dublin Theatre Festival by Ross

The Dublin Theatre Festival Review: Poor By Ross It’s hard to describe the special kind of energy that surges through my body as I make my way to my first show at the Dublin Theatre Festiv…

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Friday, October 17, 2025

Beautiful & Frustrating Monsters: “Hedda” and “Two Pianos” at TIFF50 by Ross

The TIFF Film Review: Nia DaCosta’s “Hedda” & Arnaud Desplechin’s “Two Pianos“ By Ross At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, I found myself watching two films…

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Thursday, October 16, 2025

Acton Says: Batter up – “The Pitch” at Actors Temple Theatre by Ross

The Acton Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Tom Alper’s The Pitch By Acton “What are we selling again?” asks Tom (Tom Alper) after a dizzying, disorienting orientation in the new workplace …

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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

TIFF50: “Peak Everything”: A Guide on How to Fall in Love While the World Ends by Ross

The TIFF Film Review: Peak Everything By Ross “I wish I understood the world better,” he says, adding, “It became so complicated.” It’s an idea that is so true and so deeply ingrai…

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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

“Cats: The Jellicle Ball” Returns to Broadway — the Invitation You Can’t Refuse by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Cats: The Jellicle Ball Returns to Broadway Get ready, jaded theatre lovers — Cats: The Jellicle Ball is making its way to Broadway, and yes, I’m both excited, …

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Combative Conditional Love and the Courage to Confront: Inside MCC’s Caroline by Ross

Suitcases, Tylenol, and pancakes in a corner booth of a diner outside of Cleveland — that’s how MCC’s Caroline begins. New clothes and a new name are what’s asked for by the newly an…

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Monday, October 13, 2025

Combative Conditional Love and the Courage to Confront: Inside MCC’s “Caroline” by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: MCC’s Caroline By Ross Suitcases, Tylenol, and pancakes in a corner booth of a diner outside of Cleveland — that’s how MCC’s Caroline begins. New clo…

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The White Lotus Will Sharpe Stars Alongside Paul Bettany in the Upcoming Amadeus Series by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies is positively vibrating with excitement over the news about Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus — that decadent, delicious battle of genius versus mediocrity. The new limited series…

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Sunday, October 12, 2025

Wondrously “Waiting…“, Wanting, Watching: Beckett on Broadway and Beyond by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Waiting for Godot by Ross I’ve seen the pictures. Of the curtain calls and the production stills. But nothing prepared me for the awesome spectacle of that mas…

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Saturday, October 11, 2025

SCHMIGADOON! is Heading to #Broadway in Spring 2026 by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Schmigadoon! The Musical is Coming to Broadway With something a little meta and marvelous over that foggy bridge, Schmigadoon! The Musical, based on the clever and …

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John Lithgow Towers Over Broadway Once More in “Giant”, Mark Rosenblatt’s Roald Dahl Drama by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: The Roald Dahl Play Giant Will Bow on Broadway Starring John Lithgow by Ross There’s a certain theatrical thrill in seeing John Lithgow step back onto a Broadway …

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Friday, October 10, 2025

‘The White Lotus’ Will Sharpe Stars Alongside Paul Bettany in the Upcoming “Amadeus” Series by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: The Streaming Series “Amadeus” Arrives This Year Frontmezzjunkies is positively vibrating with excitement over the news about Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus — that…

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Thursday, October 9, 2025

TIFF50: “A Private Life” Speaks Cleverly About Silence and the Self by Ross

The TIFF Film Review: A Private Life By Ross Jodie Foster delivers a captivating performance of rare precision, vulnerability, and grace in “A Private Life“, a French-language drama that…

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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

MTC’s “Punch”: The Weight of One Powerful Blow by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: James Graham’s Punch By Ross “It’s a hot one today, boiling,” he states, wired and itching for drama, “and I’m not even high yet.” It’s a sharp, …

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Tuesday, October 7, 2025

TIFF50: The Naked Truth of “Modern Whore” and the Right to Be Seen by Ross

The Tiff Film Review: Nicole Bazuin’s “Modern Whore”  By Ross As naked and honest as one could be, “Modern Whore“, premiering at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival,…

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“Mexodus” Brilliantly Layers and Loops History with Liberation at Audible Theater by Ross

“Did you know about this shift?” That in 1848, to be precise, Blacks who were free in Mexico’s Texas suddenly found themselves slaves in America’s Texas after its annexation? And did…

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Monday, October 6, 2025

Native Earth Performing Arts Announces 43rd Season, 2025-26 by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Native Earth Performing Arts Announces 43rd Season of Indigenous Theatre, Dance and Performance Native Earth Performing Arts is proud to announce its 43rd season …

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Sunday, October 5, 2025

Jeremy O. Harris’s “Slave Play” About Race, Sex, and Therapy Hits Toronto’s Canadian Stage Like a Fever Dream by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Slave Play at Canadian Stage By Ross Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play doesn’t ask for your comfort, but it does demand your participation and your attention. His…

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NYTW Preaches A Glorious Gospel Gathering of Love and Defiance with Saturday Church by Ross

In one of its most radiant “preach to us” moments, Saturday Church rises up in a blast of light and love, urging us to feel the power of acceptance with open hearts. Designer Adam Honor�…

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