Saturday, January 10, 2026

My Favourite Week of the Summer is at The Stratford Festival by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Tickets for the Stratford Festival Go On Sale Today by Ross Every theatrical season, there’s one press release I read not just with interest, but with a calendar …

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Pleasure, Pleasure, Pleasure: “The Importance of Being Earnest” Delights the West End by Ross

The London UK Theatre Review: The Importance of Being Earnest By Ross A grand piano and a pink feathered gown, worn by the unexpected, usher us into this unapologetically delightful romp. Wo…

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Friday, January 9, 2026

The Clock Ticks, but the Stakes Never Rise: “High Noon” in the West End by Ross

The London UK Theatre Review: High Noon By Ross An old-fashioned clock is stationed over the stage like a warning, or a stopwatch, counting down the minutes until High Noon strikes and Marsh…

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Thursday, January 8, 2026

When Theatre Dares to Reconcile the Irreconcilable: TIFT’s “All The Cows Are Dead” by Ross

Frontmezzjunkes reports: TIFT’s All The Cows Are Dead By Ross There are certain theatre companies I trust enough that, even when I can’t immediately get myself into the room, I still wan…

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Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Returning to the Edge: “Woman in Mind” and the Comedy That Still Cuts by Ross

The London UK Theatre Review: Alan Ayckbourn’s Woman in Mind By Ross I first encountered Woman in Mind when I was 22 years old, newly out of theatre school and living recklessly in London.…

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Tuesday, January 6, 2026

A Visually Lush but Elusive “Playboy of the Western World” Pours Down on the National by Ross

The London UK Theatre Review: National Theatre’s Playboy of the Western World By Ross Rain lashes the stage as John Millington Synge’s masterpiece comedy The Playboy of the Western World…

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Monday, January 5, 2026

A New Company, A Necessary Pause by Ross

A Frontmezzjunkies interview: With Greenheart Productions’ Co-founders Susan Jacobson & Andrea Lynn Green In an era when empathy can feel like a niche subscription service rather than …

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Sunday, January 4, 2026

Menier’s “Fallen Angels”: Champagne, Jealousy, and Noël Coward at Full Fizz by Ross

The London UK Theatre Review: Fallen Angels at the Menier Chocolate Factory By Ross It’s all delicious art deco inside Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels, revived most brilliantly at the Menie…

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Saturday, January 3, 2026

Guilt Takes Root and Falls Hard in “All My Sons” by Ivo van Hove by Ross

The London UK Theatre Review: Ivo van Hove’s West End Production of All My Sons By Ross The play opens in thematic chaos, as wind roars through the Wyndham Theatre. Thunder cracks overhead…

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Friday, January 2, 2026

Bringing the Shaw Festival to the City: Theatre, Access, and a Waterfront Home by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: The Shaw Festival Named Harbourfront Centre’s Resident Artist Company By Ross As a long-time admirer of the Shaw Festival and its masterful commitment to craft, e…

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Thursday, January 1, 2026

A Wish and What Comes After: “Into the Woods” at the Bridge Theatre by Ross

The London UK Theatre Review: Bridge Theatre’s Into the Woods by Ross “I wish.” And they have a way of coming true at Christmas time, sometimes spectacularly, sometimes in ways that su…

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The Emotional Infinity Loop of Eldridge’s “End” at the National Theatre by Ross

The London UK Theatre Review: End By Ross After an exchange of love, tenderly delivered, Alfie states, quite clearly, “I’ve accepted what Dr. Chan said on Friday.” And in that beginnin…

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Tuesday, December 30, 2025

A Ghost Story Whispers for Christmas Eve: “The Woman in Black” at the CAA Theatre by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black By Ross “It was 9:30 on Christmas Eve.” Arthur Kipps cannot quite get the line out before he is gently, then firmly, interru…

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Monday, December 29, 2025

A Town, a Bully, and the Moment Everything Breaks: “Kenrex” at The Other Palace by Ross

The London UK Theatre Review: Kenrex at The Other Palace By Ross ‘911, what’s your emergency?’‘My husband… they shot him… they all did.’ It’s July 10th, 1981, Missouri, and i…

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Sunday, December 28, 2025

Acton Says: Heroes and Vaudevillians at Puppet Parlor 2025 by Ross

The Acton NY Theatre Review: Dream Music Puppetry Program’s 26th Annual Puppet Parlor by Acton Basil Twist opened a festive and frisky sack of holiday cheer with Dream Music Puppetry Prog…

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Saturday, December 27, 2025

Misogyny, Memory, and the Ocean’s Pull on Board O’Neill’s “Anna Christie” by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Anna Christie By Ross Assembled before our very eyes in the first few moments of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie at St. Ann’s Warehouse, the play barges…

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Friday, December 26, 2025

“You Deserve More”: The Spectacular Miscalculation of Broadway’s “The Queen of Versailles” by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: The Queen of Versailles By Ross The Queen of Versailles closed on Broadway last Sunday, months earlier than planned and years earlier than anyone involved likely…

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Thursday, December 25, 2025

Counting Blessings, Not Sheep: My Favourite Christmas Films by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: My Favourite Christmas Films By Ross Every December, I find myself returning to A Christmas Carol, not so much as a ritual to be checked off my list that I check tw…

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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

“Does It Hurt?” Love and Injury in Off-Broadway’s “Gruesome Playground Injuries” by Ross

The Off-Broadway Review: Gruesome Playground Injuries By Ross “What happened to your face?” It’s a simple question, asked by an eight-year-old girl in a school nurse’s office, but it…

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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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