DRY LAND is Expertly Crafted at Rivendell

DRY LAND is Expertly Crafted at Rivendell

This play begs for education, support and advocacy for young women. I’ve been hoping for a play like this for a long time and I didn’t want it to end.

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Porchlight Revisits CHESS Can Handily Declare Checkmate

Porchlight Revisits CHESS Can Handily Declare Checkmate

For musical theater die-hards (like myself), Porchlight Music Theatre’s concert reading of CHESS—a three-night-only engagement as part of the Porchlight Revisits series—is simply delightful.

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IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES Deserves Our Attention

IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES Deserves Our Attention

Memories are beautiful moments that awake our purpose for living. It is not easy to memorialize the story of the Mirabal sisters and the volatile history of the Dominican people during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. However, Caridad Svich writes a symphonic liberation of Julia Álvarez’s renowned novel IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES.

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SENDER Will Reinstate Your Faith in Realism

SENDER Will Reinstate Your Faith in Realism

Ike Holter’s modern day bohemians warn you before you step any closer: “Things are weird in here.”

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IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT is a Faithful, Safe Adaptation

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT is a Faithful, Safe Adaptation

With race being a topic of much distress, a topic which the arts could be leading the movement toward equality and embracement, it’s unfortunate that what we are getting is simply a really decent copy.

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Mercury Theater’s THE PRODUCERS Is an Uproarious Hit

Mercury Theater’s THE PRODUCERS Is an Uproarious Hit

As the secretary and wannabe stage actor Ulla sings in THE PRODUCERS, when you got it, flaunt it. And Mercury Theater’s production definitely got it.

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Vocally Victorious EVITA Rouses at Marriott

Vocally Victorious EVITA Rouses at Marriott

Even though EVITA emerged 40 years ago, how relevant it remains to the politically tumultuous present-day– a wise choice for The Marriott Theatre’s 2016 season.

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‘A’ TRAIN Examines Moral Responsibility in Religion and Criminal Justice System

‘A’ TRAIN Examines Moral Responsibility in Religion and Criminal Justice System

In their season opener of Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, Eclipse Theatre examines moral responsibility through the lenses of religion and the criminal justice system- two institutions occupied with salvation as much as flawed doctrine. And in this case, neither the Law nor God provides their constituents with a clear path to redemption.

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BULLETS OVER BROADWAY Supplies Rip-Roaring 1920s Fun

BULLETS OVER BROADWAY Supplies Rip-Roaring 1920s Fun

If you’re looking for toe-tapping theatrical pleasure, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY is just the ticket.

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MARY PAGE MARLOWE: Masterful, Deeply Personal, Not to Be Missed

MARY PAGE MARLOWE: Masterful, Deeply Personal, Not to Be Missed

MARY PAGE MARLOWE is snippets from one woman’s life (played by six different actresses), a woman said to be ‘unremarkable’, a thrice-married CPA with two kids and a drinking problem. But I didn’t feel that I was watching a play about someone unremarkable, at all. I felt I was watching the story of a thousand women, of a hundred thousand women, maybe a million women — women who lost and found themselves a dozen times over, in their lifetimes. Women who can’t please their mothers, or become their mothers; who can’t please their children, or be their children; who can’t please themselves, or be themselves. Women capable of more, but lacking some essential element to make it so; like maybe equal footing, or a society that sees them as people.

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