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Monday, November 3, 2025

“Kyoto” at Lincoln Center Theater: A Cautious, Calculated, and Cauterizing Study in Denial and Strategy by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Lincoln Center Theater’s Kyoto By Ross “The times you are living in are fucking awful.” The statement drops early and direct in Kyoto, echoing through …

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A Barn Full of Ghosts (and Great Stories): The Interview by Ross

A Front Mezz Interview: Mark Shanahan Discusses the Westport Country Playhouse If running a theater is anything like hosting a dinner party, Mark Shanahan has found himself presiding over th…

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Sunday, November 2, 2025

Ragtime on Broadway: America Sings, Cries, and Soars Once More by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Ragtime By Ross An upright piano still stands silently in a pool of light, waiting to unleash the epic heartbeat of Ragtime. A young boy approaches, tentative bu…

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Why Ragtime Matters Now: A Reflection on Revival and Resonance by Ross

A Companion Piece to the Frontmezzjunkie’s Review of Broadway’s Ragtime Before I share my own review of Ragtime’s majestic Broadway transfer, I wanted to include a piece written by my …

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Saturday, November 1, 2025

“Other” at Greenwich House Theatre: The Beautiful, Anxious Art of Self-Acceptance by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Other at Greenwich House Theater By Ross When Ari’el Stachel won his Tony Award for The Band’s Visit, a show that I loved with all my heart (including hi…

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Friday, October 31, 2025

“Gwyneth Goes Skiing” — A Slippery, Silly, and Slightly Overextended Good Time on the Off-Broadway Slopes by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Gwyneth Goes Skiing at the Soho Playhouse NYC By Ross “Prepare to be gooped,” we are told, wisely, as we slide onto the slick with absurdity slopes at th…

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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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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off