Aynsley Bubbico (Jake's Mom) in "Millennials Are Killing Musicals" at The Colony Theatre (Photo by Ashley Erikson) If the title alone of “Millennials are Killing Musicals” intrigues you, know that the show fully delivers on its suggestion of theatrical fun. With a talented, high-energy cast and a story that reflects our digital times using immersive projections, this world-premiere musical by Nico Juber at The Colony Theatre is #fabulous. Juber first wrote the musical as a 90

This review was originally published in the Long Beach Post, a nonprofit news organization, on May 7, 2026. From left: Aaron Pelt, Andrew Laughery, Michael Taber, Cassie Korrie, Charles Massaro and Nate McFadden in "Tea with Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice" at the Historic Bembridge House. Photo courtesy of Michael Taber. Perhaps the only thing that could make a Shakespeare play better is staging it in a historic Long Beach house with full tea service and, yes, maybe shor

This review was originally published in the Long Beach Post, a nonprofit news organization, on May 7, 2026. From left: Bruce Nozick and Anna Van Valin in "Warsaw" at International City Theatre. Photo by Jordan Gohara. Sometimes the past is more intertwined with the present than you’d think, and more able to change it than you’d expect. “Warsaw,” a new play by Paul Webb — a British playwright who wrote the screenplay for the 2015 movie “Selma” — explores just that kind of hist