Monthly Archives: March 2015
Expressing the Inexpressible
Title and Deed – Lookingglass Theatre
Will Eno, runner-up for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play “Thom Paine (based on nothing),” has written a new one-man show
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Opposites Attract
Our Bad Magnet – Mary-Arrchie Theatre
Take an unsolved local mystery, combine it with a dark, rural tale of lost innocence and lace it with bursts of unexpected black humor and
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Junkies and Pushers and Hookers, Oh My!
Balm in Gilead = Griffin Theatre
Lanford Wilson’s first full-length play, written back in 1965 when the young playwright was living in New York City, became his signature
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Revenge, Repentance and Forgiveness
Les Miserables – Paramount Arts Center
Ringing down the curtain on their fourth successful season of musicals, Paramount tops itself once more with this spectacular production.
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When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Outside Mullingar – Northlight Theatre
John Patrick Shanley (the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Moonstruck” and the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-
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A Masterpiece Presented Gloriously
Two Trains Running – Goodman Theatre
The late playwright, August Wilson, was a literary genius and a true American treasure. His Century Cycle (or Pittsburgh Cycle, as it’s often
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A Great Love Begins with a Great Story
The Illusion -Right Brain Project
This theatre company kicks off their 10th season with a play that literally plunges its audience into darkness, much like its main character.
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Biscuits and Honey Butter Today!
The Royal Society of Antarctica – Gift Theatre
What if someone told you that your mother, now deceased, bore you in a barren, frozen, faraway land, and that shortly after your birth she
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A Whale of a Tale
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Strawdog Theatre
Jules Verne’s 1870 sci-fi classic, was subtitled “An Underwater Tour of the World.” More scientifically accurate than his Journey to the Center of the Earth and more exciting than his Around the World in 80 Days, this book remains one of Verne’s most popular novels, even to this day. Originally serialized in a popular French magazine, it tells the adventurous story of French Professor Arronax, his devoted young servant and assistant, Conseil and Ned Land, a Canadian whaler, all of whom are rescued at sea and held captive aboard Captain Nemo’s extraordinary submarine, the Nautilus. Their adventures take them around the world beneath the surface of the seven seas.
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A Modern Twist on an Old Story
The Princess and the Pea – Marriott Theatre
With a dash of brilliance and a generous peppering of modern-day references, Hans Christian Anderson’s classic children’s story about
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