Lisa Mezzacappa takes inspiration from noir fiction for a gritty sextet album and from the writings of bold 19th-century female explorers for a dense big-band recording.
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The Tall Girls; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; and eight more new theater reviews
A League of One’s Own for Depression-era women’s basketball and a musical based on the Australian cult classic are among this week’s best bets.
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Goodman Theatre’s The Little Foxes gives us a woman to rival Lady Macbeth
Lillian Hellman’s prescient midcentury melodrama is a portrait of rapacity.
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The Children’s Hour: Lies, secrets, and silence, revived for the Facebook age
Pride Films and Plays bring back The Children’s Hour, Lillian Hellman’s 1934 drama.
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Weekly Top Five: The best of the Coen brothers
Weekly Top Five: The best of the Coen brothers