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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

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

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

Book of Merman – Pride Films and Plays

With the phenomenal success of Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez’s cleverly written, irreverent and infectious musical comedy,

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 – The Other Theatre Company

Following the unthinkably violent incidents that occurred in the aftermath of Rodney King’s sadistic beating in California, stage and

White Guy on the Bus – Northlight Theatre

Each Saturday Ray, an affluent, caucasian business man, shares a public bus with a single, African American mother named Shatique, in

Rapture, Blister, Burn – Goodman Theatre

At some point in life, often in one’s middle age years, a person begins considering the road not taken, the life one could’ve chosen…but

The Apple Family Plays: – Timeline Theatre

That Hopey Changey Thing

It’s November 2 in Rhinebeck, New York. The polls are about to close for the 2010 mid-term elections. Gathering around the dinner table

The Apple Family Plays: – Timeline Theatre

Sorry

Two years have now passed since audiences visited the Apple family in “That Hopey Changey Thing” (reviewed separately). It’s very early

Accidentally Like a Martyr – A Red Orchid Theatre

A gang of regulars, including a few middle-aged queens and a handful of slightly younger gay patrons, meet regularly at this “forgotten gay