Photo Courtesy of Kentucky Shakespeare Festival As You Like It By William Shakespeare Directed by Matt Wallace Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. When life in the city becomes complicated, sometimes you have to steal away to the forest. The Forest of Arden, in fact! William Shakespeare’s As You Like It follows a daughter of a duchess and her best friend as they disguise themselves and venture into the woods with their tr

Photo Courtesy of Jay Marie Padilla-Hayter and Highview Arts Center Laundry and Bourbon/Lonestar Written by James McLure Directed by Jay Marie Padilla-Hayter Review by Regina Harris Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Regina Harris. All Rights Reserved On a front porch, a woman stares into the distance absent- mindedly folding laundry in a small Texas town, late of an afternoon. In swoops her lifelong friend complaining loudly about her rowdy children. She plops down to help

Pictured from left to right: Elizabeth Loos, Lisa Woods, Janet Essenpreis (FRONT); Katie Lose Gilbertson, Jennifer Pennington, Bryana Bentley (BACK) Calendar Girls By Tim Firth Produced and Directed by Tina Jo Wallace Review by Loraine Lawson Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Loraine Lawson. All rights reserved. If somehow you’ve missed learning about Calendar Girls, it’s the true account of how the Yorkshire Women’s Institute (WI) club raised money for a cancer ward by p

Swimming in the Shallows Written by Adam Bock Directed by Gil Reyes Review by Erin Hargan Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Erin Hargan. All rights reserved. Pandora Productions’ staging of Adam Bock’s Swimming in the Shallows is a quirky, offbeat comedy that moves between whimsy and sincerity, exploring loneliness, love, and the ways people search for connection. This production balances humor with moments of real emotional depth, and draws the audience into a world th

Featured in photo: Joe R Monroe, Kate Bariteau, Emily Vergason, Floren K; Photo courtesy of SoIn to Shakespeare Pericles, The Prince of Tyre Written by William Shakespeare Directed by Martin French Review by Brian Kennedy Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Brian Kennedy. All rights reserved. No matter where in Southern Indiana this show is happening, SoIn to Shakespeare presents a casual, entertaining, locally-flavored Pericles. Pericles, the Prince of Tyre, a relatively l

Fiddler on the Roof Music by Jerry Bock Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Book by Joseph Stein Directed by Erin Silliman Review by Erin Hargan Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Erin Hargan. All rights reserved. The production of Fiddler on the Roof at CenterStage at the Trager Family Jewish Community Center of Louisville captures the story’s timeless appeal with a balanced blend of warmth, humor, heartbreak, and tradition, delivered with sincerity and heart. Set in the s

ShakesQueer: I Wooed Thee With My Sword Written by William Shakespeare Direction and Fight Direction by various local theater artists Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. Primal urges, we all have them. Fighting might be the most primordial, sprung from basic human reaction. And William Shakespeare seemed to write all about human urges, basic and complex. three witches shakespeare explores fights and combat in their newest

The Book of Mormon Written by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone Directed by Jennifer Werner Review by Loraine Lawson Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Loraine Lawson. All rights reserved. The Book of Mormon delivered something to offend and amuse almost everyone last night during its first night at the Kentucky Center of the Arts. That shouldn’t surprise fans of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park. The production has been criticized as blasphemous by

Cast of 'A Raisin In The Sun,' photo courtesy of Redline Performing Arts; Photo by Daniel Keown with Keown Photography. A Raisin In The Sun By Loraine Hansberry Directed by Brandi Lashay Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. The Youngers are “plain working people” who live in the South side of Chicago. A matriarch shares her home with her adult daughter, son and his wife and child. The living arrangement is small yet dreams

Photo Courtesy of CompanyOutCast The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals Music and Lyrics by Jeff Blim Book by Nick Lang and Matt Lang Directed by Gabriel Petri Music Directors Zye Reid and Arianna Hart Review by Erin Hargan Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Erin Hargan. All rights reserved. The Company OutCast production of The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals at Highview Arts Center brings to the Louisville stage the cult favorite horror-comedy musical originally created by StarK

Life of the Party Written by Tara Anderson Directed by Tory Parker Review by Erin Hargan Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Erin Hargan. All rights reserved. Untitled Louisville Theatre Company’s production of Life of the Party by Louisville playwright Tara Anderson asks the question: how much of modern friendship is transactional? This play was performed as part of the Storytelling Revolution Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This festival presents new works fr

Photo from Little Colonel Social Media Decision Height Written by Meredith Dayna Levy Directed by Michelle Lori Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. As men were sent to front lines to defend America during World War Two, women remained at home. Some raised families, some just waited. Some women did their part and joined the fight against global tyranny. Decision Height with The Little Colonel Players tells the story of Wom

Alice in Derbyland Written by Tony Lewis Directed by Alex Roby Review by Regina Harris Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Regina Harris. All Rights Reserved You’d think something called the Kentucky Derby would be impossible to miss - but plenty of us spend the first half of our lives unaware of the Run for the Roses. I was one of them. Coming from Texas, I arrived in Louisville, wide eyed and clueless, only to be thrown headfirst into a world of mint juleps, mile-wide hats

The Tempest By William Shakespeare Directed and Adapted by Crystian Wiltshire Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. When an epic storm brings a king and his crew to a magical island, enchantment and romance follows. Spirits play, love blooms and a little tomfoolery is thrown in for good measure. Shakespeare in the Parks tour produced by Kentucky Shakespeare currently offers The Tempest . With 46 stops in the Kentuckiana are

Photo from Actors Theatre Social Media AMIOS SHOTZ Produced by Zac Campbell-Hoogendyk and Megan Massie Ware Directed and Written by various local theater artists and playwrights A review by Jeanne-Marie Rogers Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Jeanne-Marie Rogers. All rights reserved. The premise of This Bridge Theatre’s “AMIOS’ SHOTZ!” is to give theatre-makers an opportunity to create, regardless of their level of experience. Participants are assigned to groups as writer

Photo from Actors Theatre Social Media Bloodsong: The story of the Hatfields and the McCoys Written by Chelsea Marcantel Directed by Jason Justice Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. Very few stories are as notorious as the legend of the Hatfields and McCoys. Rooted in Appalachia, the feud is epic and bloody. Pike County’s Artists Collaborative Theatre brings Bloodsong: The Story of the Hatfields and the McCoys to Actors

Image from KY Opera social media Scalia/Ginsburg An Opera by Derrick Wang Conducted by Everett McCorvey Directed by Audrey Chait Review by Jeanne-Marie Rogers Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Jeanne-Marie Rogers. All rights reserved. The Kentucky Opera’s production of Scalia/Ginsburg is a delightful and surprisingly poignant take on art, friendship and constitutional law. With score and libretto by Derrick Wang, the one-act opera interweaves the words of the two Supreme

Rumors By Neil Simon Directed by Zach Trinkle Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. Charlie and Myra plan a dinner party to celebrate their anniversary. Things quickly go awry with a gunshot, a missing host and no kitchen staff. Gossip and stories fly when the elite party guests begin to arrive. Rumors at Hayswood Theatre is a chaotic comedy of manners with lots of laughs. The Neil Simon classic centers on four couples. Ch

Picture from Clarksville Little Theatre Facebook page/Cyndi Chaney photography Titanic: The Musical Music and lyrics by Maury Yeston Book by Peter Stone Directed by Cathy Ryan Review by Erin Hargan Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Erin Hargan. All rights reserved. How does a theatre company present a musical about tragedy without losing sight of the people behind the history? That question sits at the center of Titanic: The Musical , the latest production at Clarksville

Pictured from left to right: Leilani Bracey as Little Inez, Katelyn Webb as Tracy Turnblad, and Shaquille Towns as Seaweed J. Stubbs Hairspray Book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan Music by Marc Shaiman Lyrics by Scott Whittman and Marc Shaiman Directed by Tina Jo Wallace Review by Regina Harris Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Regina Harris. All Rights Reserved. Whether or not you are of age to remember after school dance shows, know that image was everything: mini-s