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

BECAUSE YOU WERE, I AM Conceived and Directed by Looking for Lilith Theatre Company Creative Team Review by Jeanne-Marie Rogers Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Jeanne-Marie Rogers. All rights reserved. Looking for Lilith, a woman-led theatre company that seeks to lift up unheard voices, presented “Because You Were, I Am” as a culmination of The Ancestors Project, a series of workshops that began in 2021 as a way to help diverse communities share their personal history t

Wave After Wave By Benjamin Benne Directed by Amelia Acosta Powell Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. Two cousins, one beach and life time of memories. Wave After Wave , a world premier making its debut with Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Storytelling Revolution Festival, is an intimate look at the bonds of family through the passage of time. The play shows how life is like an ocean, constantly drifting, returning and le

The Odd Couple Written by Neil Simon Directed by Ruby Harr Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. Name two characters that are more synonymous with a play than Felix and Oscar. Mention those two names and you immediately know one is clean and tidy and the other is a slob. South End Theatre Society is back with the Neil Simon classic The Odd Couple . This sophomore production is bright, lively and full of laughs. In case you

Prayer for the French Republic By Joshua Harmon Directed by David Chack Review by Regina Harris Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Regina Harris. All Rights Reserved Persecution wrought on one cultural group by another is always a human tragedy. A complicated and painful topic in any circumstance, Prayer for the French Republic by Joshua Harmon, as presented by ShPIeL Performing Identity at the MEx last Thursday night examines a wave of antisemitism in France. The play is s

Elephant and Piggie’s We are in a Play Based on the books by Mo Willems Script and Lyrics by Mo Willems Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma Directed by Allison Sims Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. It is a big scary world out there. Isn’t great to know you have friends by your side, making each day better? StageOne Family Theatre offers Elephant and Piggie’s We are in a Play , a jovial adaptation of Mo Willems’ children’s b

Photo by Matthew Bryan Pruitt Quick Quills Play Festival Directed and Written by various local theater artists and playwrights A review by Brian Kennedy Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Brian Kennedy. All rights reserved. Eight plays in one place? Sure, especially when there were some very entertaining ones during The Quick Quills Festival at Highview Arts Center. Several plays certainly made their cases for the best of the festival. Each one had some kind of unexpected t

Our Town Written by Thorton Wilder Directed by Zac Campbell-Hoogendyk Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. To stage Thorton Wilder’s Our Town might seem quaint, simplistic and maybe even trite. In this era of reality television and social media reels, the play could come across as a corny throwback to an unrealistic Norman Rockwell-inspired time in history. Indeed, the story of any-town Grover’s Corners and its inhabitant

Six Degrees of Separation Written by John Guare Directed by Gil Reyes Review by Lan Nguyen-Colgate Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Lan Nguyen-Colgate. All rights reserved. Six Degrees of Separation is a multilayered dark comedy written by John Guare. It opens up in the living room of wealthy, privileged, white couple Flan and Ouisa Kittredge. Flan and Ouisa are trying to convince art dealer, Geoffrey Miller, to give them the money they need to purchase a painting. In s

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Book by Linda Woolverton Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice A Review by Regina Harris Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Regina Harris. All Rights Reserved Disney magic filled the air Tuesday night as PNC Broadway in Louisville presented newly reimagined stage tour of Beauty and the Beast to a spellbound crowd. This refreshed production delivers a visual spectacle that bridges generations, thrilling longtime fans while

The Comedy of Errors Written by William Shakespeare Created in collaboration with The Saunders Collective Directed by Ben Steinfield Music and lyrics by Heath Saunders Review by Loraine Lawson Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Loraine Lawson. All rights reserved. Actors Theatre of Louisville hosted and co-produced the world premier of the Fiasco Theater’s Comedy of Errors Friday night, a musical rendition of the classic comedy that delivered both high- and low-brow laugh

Walk Two Moons Based on the novel by Sharon Creech Written by Tom Arvetis Directed by Beth Craig Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright @2026 by Kate Barry. All rights reserved. A young girl takes road trip with her grandparents from Ohio to Idaho. Her destination: to visit her mother who left her behind. While on the road, the girl regales her grandparents with stories of best friend and her mother. As the trip progresses, the girl learns valuable lessons. ACT Lo

Me and My Muse: An Episodic Drama Episode Two The Big Pitch Written by Jack Wallen Directed by Sharon Kinnison Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright @2026 by Kate Barry. All rights reserved. Last August, the first installment of Me and My Muse made its debut. If you missed it, here’s the rundown: a writer struggles with writers block as he grieves his partner’s death when he is visited by a muse. The writer is struck by inspiration and finds the strength to creat

Footloose Based on the Original Screenplay by Dean Pitchford Stage Adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie Music by Tom Snow Lyrics by Dean Pitchford Additional Music by Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins and Jim Steinman Directed by Erin Silliman Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. After a tragic accident kills a prolific reverend’s son, a town is forced to abstain from liquor, drugs, sinful acts like dance.

Pictured from left to right: Kate Drury as Logainne, Kasey Kraft as Marcy, Zach Burrell as Barfee (front); Tai Rosenblatt as Coneybear, Kyle Braun as Chip, Kristin Yates as Olive (back) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Music and Lyrics by William Finn Book by Rachel Sheinkin Conceived by Rebecca Feldman Directed by Tina Jo Wallace Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. It is hard to be a kid. With school, activiti

Photo from Hayswood Facebook page; Jerrah Photography Annie Based on "Little Orphan Annie" Book By Thomas Meehan Lyrics by Martin Charnin Music by Charles Strouse Directed by Jami Weckstein Review by Brian Kennedy Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Brian Kennedy. All rights reserved. Looking for an adorable, fun-filled musical this weekend or next? Hayswood Theatre’s got one with the enjoyable musical Annie . The Jami Weckstein-directed Annie features the precocious titul

MEG Photography LLC SONGBIRD Adaptation by Eric Sean Fogel, James Lowe, and Kelley Rourke Based on La Périchole by Jacques Offenbach, Henri Meilhac, and Ludovic Halévy Directed by Andrew Nienaber by Jeanne-Marie Rogers Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Jeanne-Marie Rogers. All rights reserved. Songbird is an adaptation by Eric Sean Fogel, James Lowe and Kelley Rourke of Jacques Offenbach’s opera bouffe La Perichole , updated to a Prohibition era New Orleans setting. Sung

The First National Touring Company of THE GREAT GATSBY. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade The Great Gatsby Based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald Book by Katie Kerrigan Directed by Marc Bruni Review by Loraine Lawson Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Loraine Lawson. All rights reserved. What is it about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby that draws modern audiences? Is it the story of love gone awry? The carelessness of the elite? The tragedy of Gatsby’s American

Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Announces 66th Season of Free Kentucky Shakespeare in Central Park A preview by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. If you are longing for summer nights under the stars amidst all this snow and ice that simply will not melt, there is good news! You can ease your cabin fever with a promise of outdoor theatre. Kentucky Shakespeare, the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth, announces the 66th

Photo by Russell Underwood Checking-In Featuring Characters from Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard Written and Directed by Martin French Review by Kate Barry Entire contents are copyright © 2026 Kate Barry. All rights reserved. Step inside the Kleinhelter Gallery and a member of The Chamber Theatre hands you a ticket, one of two colors. One ticket sends you upstairs; the other sends you into the next room. What follows are intimate one acts between Ranevskyaya, Varya, Yermol