Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead By Bert. V. Royal Directed by Zye Reid Review by Erin Hargan Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Erin Hargan. All rights reserved. Black Rose Productions' Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal offers a provocative and often darkly humorous look at the challenges of growing up. Inspired by the familiar characters of Peanuts, the play reimagines them as teenagers navigating grief, identity, relationsh

Photo Courtesy of Redline Performing Arts Wait Until Dark By Frederick Knott Directed by Tyler Tate Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. The lights are off. A door shuts. The floor creaks. Who is there? The life of a woman who is blind is endangered as she is targeted by criminals. Wait Until Dark with Redline Performing Arts brings suspense to the stage right before Halloween. An innocent woman outsmarts the criminals as

Photo Courtesy of StageOne Family Theatre Goosebumps The Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium Book and lyrics by John Maclay Music and lyrics by Danny Abosch Based on the work by R.L. Stine Directed by Andrew Harris Review by Lan Nguyen-Colgate Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Lan Nguyen-Colgate. All rights reserved. Spooky season has descended upon us with all the usual things –ghosts, haunted houses, middle and high school theatre productions. It’s the perfect time to see

Morgan M. Younge, Jennifer Thalman Kepler, Izzy Keel, Sara G.B. Canary, Kelly McNerney (Director), Shannon Woolley Allison, and Tiera Bowman in Looking for Lilith Theatre Company's Finding Lilith, convening at The Witches Tree in Old Louisville. Photo by Holly Stone. Finding Lilith Devised and Researched by Looking for Lilith Company Members Directed by Kelly McNerney Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. “Lifting up unhear

The Barber of Seville Music by Giaochino Rossini Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Based on a play by Pierre Beaumarchais Directed by Ben Robinson Conducted by Emily Senturia Review by Jeanne-Marie Rogers Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Jeanne-Marie Rogers. All rights reserved. The Kentucky Opera made a triumphant return “Back to the Brown (Theatre)” with its energetic production of “The Barber of Seville” by Giaochino Rossini. The Brown was buzzing with excitement as opera pa

Photo Courtesy of ShPIeL Performing Identity Incredible Finds, Inc. Written by Casey J. Adler Directed by Holly Kissel Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. The employees of Incredible Finds, Incorporated go to work every day. They swipe their badges, wear bright orange safety vests and stand in the same spot, picking and packing for hours on end. ShPIeL Performing Identity in partnership with Redline Performing Arts produc

The Abbey Written by Garrett Bates Directed by Mike Price Review by Brian Kennedy Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Brian Kennedy. All rights reserved. Grief is never an easy subject to tackle theatrically, but Little Colonel Players handles it wonderfully with heart and humor in the original play The Abbey. Louisville-based playwright Garrett Bates wrote The Abbey, which Mike Price directed for Little Colonel Players. In the post-pandemic world of the play, it centers on

Photo by Jeremy Daniel; Courtesy of Broadway in Louisville Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Music by Bob Guadio Lyrics by Bob Crewe Directed by Des McAnuff Review by Loraine Lawson Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Loraine Lawson. All rights reserved. Fans of the Four Seasons and doo wop music will not want to miss Jersey Boys, which opened the 2026-27 series of PNC Broadway Louisville Tuesday night. For

Photo Credit: Bill Brymer The Haunting Based on the works by Charles Dickens Written by Hugh Janes Directed by Matt Wallace Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Lan Nguyen-Colgate. All rights reserved. Review by Lan Nguyen-Colgate Being in a library overnight surrounded by books seems like a dream. In Kentucky Shakespeare’s The Haunting, all the cozy vibes are stripped away, and a supernatural menace turns the experience into a nightmare. The Haunting written by Hugh Janes, m

Photo by Matthew Bryan Pruitt Macbeth: Guilty as Sin Written by William Shakespeare Adapted and Directed by Alyssa Rae Hendricks Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. Fewer stories of corruption hit harder than Macbeth. A nobleperson is so hungry for power; they go on a rampage, killing both adversaries and friends. And what about those witches? Is Macbeth fulfilling a prophesy? Highview Arts Center’s current offering of th

Photo courtesy of Clarksville Little Theatre Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street Book by Hugh Wheeler Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Based on an adaptation by Christopher Bond Directed by Andrew K. McGill Music Director Wesley Thomas Review by Erin Hargan Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Erin Hargan. All rights reserved. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Clarksville Little Theatre is a dark musical thriller filled with suspense, revenge, an

Pictured (from left to right): Tom Luce as Paul Sheldon and Elizabeth Loos as Annie Wilkes. Misery By William Goldman Based on the novel by Stephen King Directed by Tina Jo Wallace Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. When a famous writer is rescued from a nearly fatal car crash by a stranger, he is nursed with great care but quickly learns this compassionate stranger is dangerous. Will this injured writer make it out ali

La Cage aux Folles Book by Harvey Fierstein Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman Based on the play by Jean Poiret Directed by Tyler Tate Music Direction by Tasha Hatchett Review by Erin Hargan Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Erin Hargan. All rights reserved. Pandora Productions’ latest offering is La Cage aux Folles, based on the 1973 play of the same name and adapted into a musical that appeared on Broadway in 1983. The story follows Georges, the owner of a nightclub in Sa

Pen Pals Written by Michael Griffo Directed by Jason Cooper Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. It is 1955, a high school student writes a letter to a pen pal who lives across the pond. What starts as school project blossoms into a lifelong friendship. Pen Pals with Eve Theatre is a lovely telling of a bond between two unlikely strangers who grow close even though they are miles apart. With a staging in the MeX Theatre an

The Last Five Years Book, Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown Directed by Alonzo Ramont Review by Regina Harris Entire contents are copyright@2026 by Regina Harris. All rights reserved. Redline Performing Arts’ latest offering, The Last Five Years is a story about love, timing, choices, and the sometimes-painful consequences of those choices. It examines a relationship through two very different perspectives – Cathy’s, which begins at the end of the five-year relationship

Photo Courtesy of Emily Trinkle and Hayswood Theatre Come From Away Book, Music, and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein Original Broadway Production from Junkyard Dog Productions Orchestrations by August Eriksmoen, Arrangements by Ian Eisendrath Directed by Allen Platt and Emily Trinkle Review by Erin Hargan Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Erin Hargan. All rights reserved. Come From Away has been in production since 2015, and Hayswood Theatre’s production of this bel

Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Directed by Amelia Acosta Powell Based on book The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Review by Loraine Lawson Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Loraine Lawson. All rights reserved. The Hound of The Baskervilles, with its gothic, supernatural undertones, is one of the best known and loved Sherlock Holmes books written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. But leave it to an American, playwright Ken Ludwig, to turn t

Photo Credit: Matthew Bryan Pruitt And Then There Were None Written by Agatha Christie Directed by Joy Beth Dewitt-Riley By Lan Nguyen-Colgate Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Lan Nguyen-Colgate. All rights reserved. “Ten little soldier boys went out to dine; one choked his little self and then there were nine…” The unsettling nursey rhyme, titled “Ten Little Soldier Boys”, is sung at the beginning of Highview Arts Center’s (HAC) production of And Then There Were None dir

Me and My Muse: An Episodic Drama Episode Three Life is a Drag Written by Jack Wallen Directed by Sharon Kinnison Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright @2026 by Kate Barry. All rights reserved. Jeremy has eight days to send his next great novel to the publisher. Episode three of Me and My Muse sees the writer and his muse in new clothes and even more contemplative banter about art and memories. With a revolutionary idea, Jeremy and the muse fight boredom and impo

Photo Courtesy of Untitled Theatre/Lauren Bright Photography Horse Girls Written by Jenny Rachel Weiner Directed by Tory Parker Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. Excellence in riding horses and being the best in the land. Hi ho! Isn’t it grand to be a Lady Jean lady? Untitled Theater’s current run of Horse Girls may seem like a sweet as bubble gum send up to the adventures found in The Babysitters Club but this play has