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Monthly Archives: May 2015

A Dish Best Served Cold

May 31, 2015 Comments Off on A Dish Best Served Cold

Les Liaisons Dangereuses – Ashton Rep

 

Christopher Hampton’s dramatic adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’ classic 18th century novel is set in France

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Some Secrets Run Deep

May 28, 2015 Comments Off on Some Secrets Run Deep

Scotland Road – BoHo Theatre

 

The crew of a modern-day Scandinavian fishing boat discovers a beautiful young woman clinging to an iceberg in the

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In the Night Kitchen

May 26, 2015 Comments Off on In the Night Kitchen

Our New Girl  –  Profiles Theatre

 

In the middle of the night, a little boy quietly enters through the shadows of a darkened, designer kitchen. He

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A Scientist and an Artist Walk Into a Bar…

May 26, 2015 Comments Off on A Scientist and an Artist Walk Into a Bar…

Picasso at the Lapin Agile – Organic Theater Company

 

One evening in 1904 a young Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso and a mysterious Visitor from the Future meet by chance

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Haunted by a Nightmare

May 23, 2015 Comments Off on Haunted by a Nightmare

The December Man – Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co

 

In 1989 a psychopath named Marc Lepine wandered into Canada’s Ecole Polytechnique and, without reason and in

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That Deaf, Blind Drag Queen

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Miracle! – Hell in a Handbag

 

Back in 1957 William Gibson adapted Helen Keller’s inspiring autobiography, The Story of My Life, into a Tony

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Hissing Cousins

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Bad Jews – Theatre Wit

 

At war, two cousins.The lines are drawn, the battleground is readied. Shortly after the lights rise on a promisingly

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The Music of Johnny Cash

May 19, 2015 Comments Off on The Music of Johnny Cash

Ring of Fire – Mercury Theatre

 

Even if you’re not a fan of this legendary singer, or of Country- Western music, this jukebox musical that traces the

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They’ll Never Kill Our Spirits

May 19, 2015 Comments Off on They’ll Never Kill Our Spirits

Shining Lives – Northlight Theatre

 

The War’s finally over and once again the economy’s booming. It’s the 1920’s and women are thrilled to join th

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Love, Loss and Art

May 17, 2015 Comments Off on Love, Loss and Art

Inana – Timeline Theatre

 

Because, as the United States was about to invade Iraq in 2003, our government neglected to develop a plan for

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