Last Sunday, Mirvish decided to take a break from its typical assortment of musicals and "plays" and the remount of an acclaimed Stratford production of Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending opened at the Royal Alex. And it's really good. Orpheus is one of Williams' bigger plays in every sense of the word, so the somewhat grandiose choice of venue makes sense. This show has three hours, three acts, a huge cast a large set and......

We've recently noticed that the so-called Entertainment District is experiencing a noticeable lull in, well...entertainment. Once the home to a bustling nightly crowd of theatre goers, King Street has become a veritable ghost town of flashing lights since Pippin and Chicago closed a couple weeks ago. With the exception of John McDermott's Family Christmas on December 23, both the Royal Alex and Princess of Wales are black until The Phantom returns on February 21.......