Most of us know the wonderful story of “Alice in Wonderland” and know that it is filled with moral values for our youngsters- National Pastime Theater in association with Clock Productions is presenting a whole new twist on the story and I must emphasize this version is NOT for children ( of any age
Read MoreBig Noise Theatre Company has reached into the stratosphere with their stunningly beautiful production of Stephen Sondheim’s 1985 Sunday in the Park with George. Utilizing an amazing amount of video animation depicting the painter at work, George explodes as an ode to the creative process and the pains associated with the creation of art
Read MoreThe latest selection of short works from Side Project’s Cut to the Quick series, this one collectively titled after/math, is not for everyone. It is a collection of six works mostly under thirty minutes that are loosely held together by some common threads: they are all original
Read MoreThe Revenants focuses on two married couples barricaded in a basement during a violent uprising of the undead. We never learn too many details except that a zombie bite makes a human into a zombie
Read MoreTom Williams discusses the following stage plays: Pumpgirl, Ghostwritten, and A Chorus Line with host Carl Amari on April 18, 2009
Read MoreThis is a marvelous piece of dramatic theatre! Rogers is a talented writer who both develops rich characters and plausible situations placing each in a nuanced complexly gray-shaded world on Rwanda in the 1994.
Read MoreDirector Tina Landau uses her extraordinary troupe of actors to maximum advantage in creating the extraordinary island world of The Tempest. The result is pure entertainment…and pure Shakespeare.
Read MoreTheir Treasure Island is a major triumph with a grand future offering sophisticated tale ripe with pirates, excitement, buried treasure, ships and distant shores peopled with richly developed characters originally created by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Read MoreMozart’s last opera from 1791, La Cemenza Di Tito, is a high drama of great immediacy featuring the soaring Mozart score under the deft direction of Jane Glover. This story is set in ancient Rome (79 A.D.) where Vitella (Amanda Majeski) wants Emperor Tito assassinated because he doesn’t lover her as he has chosen Berenice. She wants Sesto (played by a female Renata Pokupic) to kill Tito but asks him to delay the murder because Sesto is told by his friend Annio (also played by a female Paula Murrihy) that Berenice will not be the emperor’s consort after all. The two men renew their friendship as the populace hails Tito as a near god.
Read MoreHedwig is a ‘love it or hate it’ affair. If you don’t like drag shows or loud rock music, then this isn’t for you. But if punk rock and drag is your thing, then Hedwig will be a treat.
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