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Fake News and the Truth

December 4, 2017 Comments Off on Fake News and the Truth

LePuff: Believe It or Not – Remy Bummpo

 

Obscure French playwright, librettist and novelist Eugene Scribe is remembered today only as the

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The Beauty Within

December 4, 2017 Comments Off on The Beauty Within

Violet – Griffin Theatre 

 

Concerning this much-respected company’s 30th season curtain-raiser, there’s only one word to

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You Would Even Say It Glows!

December 3, 2017 Comments Off on You Would Even Say It Glows!

Rudolph, the Red-Hosed Reindeer – Hell in a Handbag

 

David Cerda’s popular, gender-bending Christmas entertainment is now in its 20th year. It’s difficult to believe, but times flies when you’re having fun. Hell in a

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You Can Chris-My-Ass-Miss!

December 1, 2017 Comments Off on You Can Chris-My-Ass-Miss!

A Q Brothers Christmas Carol – Yard @ Shakespeare Theatre

 

First published in 1843, Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday novella has become a classic, as immortal as the Ghost of Jacob Marley. Influenced by the author’s own

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No Mere Elf on the Shelf

November 27, 2017 1 Comment

Elf, the Musical – Paramount Theatre 

 

The Christmas season provides audiences with so many different holiday movies, several that have

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A Drama About Race and Privilege

November 22, 2017 Comments Off on A Drama About Race and Privilege

The Minutes – Steppenwolf Theatre

 

The storm rages outside. Amidst the loud thunder and flickering lights, the rain continues to fall outside. For the moment, all’s quiet within the cavernous town

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An Angel Gets His Wings

November 21, 2017 Comments Off on An Angel Gets His Wings

It’s a Wonderful Life -American Blues Theatre 

 

What’s undoubtedly the most popular, best-loved holiday movie of all time? Well, here’s a hint: The name George Bailey has become synonymous with Christmas

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Style and Sincerity Rule

November 20, 2017 Comments Off on Style and Sincerity Rule

The Importance of Being Earnest – Writers Theatre

 

Can there be a more exquisite comedy in the English language? Populated by some of literature’s most delightfully self-absorbed characters, Oscar Wilde’s comedy

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Acceptance in the Kingdom of Colors

November 20, 2017 Comments Off on Acceptance in the Kingdom of Colors

Sleeping Beauty – Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences

 

Forget the Grimm Brothers, Charles Perrault or Walt Disney’s fairy tale versions of this story. Marc Robin takes familiar fairy tales and rewrites them for today’s kids.

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Grrrl Power

November 16, 2017 Comments Off on Grrrl Power

Lizzie – Firebrand Theatre

 

Opening with the familiar sing-song refrain of the childish rhyme, “Lizzie Border took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks; and when she saw what she had done, she gave her

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