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HI! DRAMA: March 7th, 2026 YouTube video by Eva Heinemann

HI! DRAMA:
REVIEWS:
Bug
Cirque Le Swing
Without Mirrors
Dat,
The Dinosaurs
The Reservoir mention
Mother Russia
Footnotes
INTERVIEW:
Karley Wasaff (Movement Artist)
PLUGS
youtu.be/bYAucad_VtQ
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“Theater is scaled to the human. To a room. To the community.” - Ayad Akhtar

First full day of the theater leaders conference at The Milwaukee Rep.

PicksInSix Q & A: Mrs. Doubtfire's Craig Allen Smith and Ava Rose Doty — CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy Mrs. Doubtfire's Craig Allen Smith and Ava Rose Doty PicksInSix® Q & A | Ed Tracy When “Mrs. Doubtfire” sweeps into the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend for four shows March 13-...

#PicksInSix Q &A - "Mrs. Doubtfire" starring Craig Allen Smith plays March 13-15 at the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend. We had a chat with Smith and Ava Rose Boty about the show and life on the national tour. @theatrecritics.bsky.social
www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2...

Mother Russia When I went to Russia as a child, my parents and I brought Skippy, Hanes, and Levis to a friend’s niece in Moscow.  All the best restaurants only took American dollars, which were unavailable to lo…

Will Mother Russia have you seeing Red? My review is live on the Unforgettable Line: theunforgettableline.com/2026/03/03/m... @theatrecritics.bsky.social

Theater: ‘The Spitfire Grill’ Offers Good Home Cooking Creator James Valcq has revised musical set in Wisconsin in fine Skylight staging.

Composer and Skylight concoct a sweet meal at Spitfire Grill tinyurl.com/mwpwf6z5
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Theater: Rep Makes ‘Piano Lesson’ Sing August Wilson's rhythmic dialogue and juicy characters brought to life in strong staging.

Slavery and pull of money haunt special Rep production of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson tinyurl.com/bdhsmrz6 @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com

Chinese Republicans In Chinese Republicans, four women of Chinese heritage and spanning three generations are gathered for an Affinity Luncheon near their New York City office.  As co-workers at a stressful inter…

Will Chinese Republicans get your vote? My review is live on the Unforgettable Line: theunforgettableline.com/2026/02/27/c... @theatrecritics.bsky.social

THE RESERVOIR: Touching, life-affirming dramedy about an adorable, frequently funny, yet seriously messed-up young man is being given a first-rate production at Atlantic Theater Company. My review at - www.talkinbroadway.com/page/ob/02_2... @theatrecritics.bsky.social

A new post: www.netheatregeek.com/2026/02/23/i... @theatrecritics.bsky.social #hubtheatrecompanyofboston

HI! DRAMA:Reviews: Just Desserts,The Disappear, Beneath The Ice Of The Vistula,Hans Litten, Blackout Songs,The Cry of the Butterfly,I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical, An Ideal Husband, Coriolanus, Hate Radio, Ai Yah Goy Vey! Ulysses, Kramer/Fauci.PLUGS
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PicksInSix Review: Dear Evan Hansen - Paramount Theatre — CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy The Struggle to Feel Less Alone. PicksInSix® Review | Guest Contributor | Kaitlyn Linsner We are chronically online. Profit-maximizing algorithms fuel our social media compulsions. Phones serve as ...

#PicksInSix Review - "Dear Evan Hansen" is now playing @paramountaustin.bsky.social in Aurora. Read Kaitlyn Linsner's review and see the show through March 22. @theatrecritics.bsky.social www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2...

Theater: ‘Swing State’ Is Quietly Powerful Drama Play set in Wisconsin's Driftless Region, in strong Next Act staging, will sneak up on you.

In subtle then explosive domestic drama Swing State reveals human malaise tinyurl.com/mrxdhp45 @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com

PicksInSix Review: Miss Julie - Court Theatre — CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy Trapped, Strindberg Style: Aristocratic Summer Solstice PicksInSix® Review | Guest Contributor | Sarah Frances Fiorello It’s been a long, hard winter here in Chicago, but on the south side at ...

#PicksInSix Review - Sarah Frances Fiorello reviews August Strindberg's "Miss Julie," directed by Associate Artistic Director Dr. Gabrielle Randle-Bent, now playing at @courttheatrenz.bsky.social through March 8. @theatrecritics.bsky.social www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2...

A new post! www.netheatregeek.com/2026/02/16/h... @theatrecritics.bsky.social #TheModeratePlay #CentralSquareTheater #CambridgeMA

Not Nobody Retired professor McAlester Daily does not want to be labeled.  Given the nature of a spectrum, he posits, aren’t we all on it?  True, he insists on clarity: of the questions being asked of him and…

Are you somebody who will enjoy Not Nobody? My review is live on the Unforgettable Line: theunforgettableline.com/2026/02/16/n... @theatrecritics.bsky.social

#PicksInSix Review - The Royal Shakespeare Company's "Hamnet" @chicagoshakes.bsky.social is every bit as thrilling as one would expect from this world-class partnership. Now playing through March 8 in The Yard at Navy Pier. @theatrecritics.bsky.social www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2...

#PicksInSix Review - "Let there be no doubt that the play belongs to Lola ... and Gwendolyn Whiteside is at the top of her game." Ronald Keaton recommends @americanblues.bsky.social's "Come Back Little Sheba" thru March 22. @theatrecritics.bsky.social www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2...

Applications are open for ATCA’s Helbing Mentorship Program through April 30! The year mentorship supports an LGBTQIA+ theater writer. The fellow receives a $5K grant and works with ATCA members on a major project, to be published at the end of the program.
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PicksInSix Review: Hedda Gabler - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company — CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy ‘Hedda Gabler’: A Woman of Secrets PicksInSix® Review | Guest Contributor | Ronald Keaton An interesting take on the great Henrik Ibsen play “Hedda Gabler” is the latest offering from Remy Bumpp...

#PicksInSix Review - Ronald Keaton recommends Remy Bumppo Theatre Company's revival of "Hedda Gabler" now playing at Theater Wit. Read the review and see the show through March 8. @theatrecritics.bsky.social www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2...

#PicksInSix Gold Review - @goodmantheatre.bsky.social's "Holiday" may be the best production of a promising young season. Now playing through March 1st. @theatrecritics.bsky.social
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The First Line of Dante’s Inferno The presiding character in The First Line of Dante’s Inferno has no lines, but dominates and literally overhangs the dialogue.  It is the dark outlying woods represented by Lauren Helpern’s evocati…

How heavenly is The First Line of Dante's Inferno? My review is live on The Unforgettable Line: theunforgettableline.com/2026/02/09/t... @theatrecritics.bsky.social

PicksInSix Review: The Irish... and How They Got That Way - Porchlight Music Theatre — CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy “We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams.” PicksInSix® Review | Ed Tracy There is a bit of the blarney in all of us, whether we celebrate Irish traditions once a year or every day. The Porchlight Musi...

#PicksInSix Review-Traditional Irish music is in the air at Porchlight Music Theatre's spirited production of Frank McCourt's wistful "The Irish... and How They Got That Way." David Girolmo directs. @theatrecritics.bsky.social www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2...

PicksInSix Review: The Dance of Death - Steppenwolf Theatre Company — CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy Steppenwolf Steps Boldly Into Strindberg’s ‘Dance’ PicksInSix® Review | Guest Contributor | Ronald Keaton Now playing at Steppenwolf through March 22, the Swedish playwright August Strindberg's ...

#PicksInSix Review-Jeff Perry shines in one of the most eccentric, unique comic performances imaginable. See @steppenwolfthtr.bsky.social's "The Dance of Death" and read Ronald Keaton's review. Now playing thru March 22. @theatrecritics.bsky.social www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2...

PicksInSix Review: Salome - Lyric Opera of Chicago — CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy “A Dark and Enthralling Operatic Experience” PicksInSix® Review | Guest Contributor | Kaitlyn Linsner Richard Strauss’s “Salome” premiered in Chicago in 1910 and caused such uproar that after two pe...

#PicksInSix Review - Jennifer Holloway's commanding, all-consuming performance in "Salome" at @lyricopera.bsky.social is a stunner. Read Kaitlyn Linsner's review and experience it for yourself through February 14. @theatrecritics.bsky.social
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HI! DRAMA: Feb.7th,2026 YouTube video by Eva Heinemann

HI! DRAMA: Reviews: Marjorie Prime, And Her Children, Oedipus, Manon, Sartre and Simone,The Bookstore. INTERVIEWS: Will Friedwald (Going Bacharach)PLUGS
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HIGH SPIRITS: Encores! at New York City Center is doing a bang-up job with its altogether scrumptious revival of this musical based on Noël Coward's 1941 comic romp, Blithe Spirit. You can read my review at www.talkinbroadway.com/page/ob/02_0... @theatrecritics.bsky.social

A new post! www.netheatregeek.com/2026/01/31/d... @theatrecritics.bsky.social

PicksInSix Review: Stereophonic - Broadway in Chicago — CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy Rumour Has It: The Radio Edit PicksInSix® Review | Guest Contributor | Sarah Frances Fiorello In 2024, “Stereophonic” made history garnering a whopping 13 Tony Award nominations, the most ever...

#PicksInSix Review - The first national tour of "Stereophonic" opened Wednesday at @broadwayinchicago.bsky.social Chicago's CIBC Theatre. Read Sarah Frances Fiorello's review and see the show thru Feb 8. @theatrecritics.bsky.social www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2...

Theater: Skylight’s ‘Amadeus’ Is a Curiosity Staging straight play with added musical ensemble adds a twist but gets long. Strong acting helps.

Strong cast, lively setting bolster Skylight’s lengthy Amadeus tinyurl.com/36afy9vp @broadwayworld.bsky.social @theatrecritics.bsky.social @variety.com