It’s that time of year again, when Vulture’s critics embark on our messiest annual tradition: the finalization of our top-ten lists. Here is the best theater of 2025, according to critics Sara Holdren ...

Is it telling that the sweetest and most transporting production I remember from 2025 happened in early January? “Dead as a Dodo,” a virtuosic puppet show by the theatre company Wakka Wakka, about a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Angels hovering anew over Chicago’s North Side. The return of Brian Friel. And a “Raisin” we could call our own. Here’s our annual celebration of the best ...

It was a starry year on Broadway and beyond, as a Hollywood slump drove A-listers east to light up marquees (and juice ticket prices). This is not that list! For every celebrity vehicle, there were ...

This week, we’re looking back on the best art, music, food, movies and more from the year. See our entire Best of 2025 guide here. In 2025, Bay Area theater was loaded with innovative artists ...