Here is a riddle for you: What do a game of chess and life have in common?* Inside the tidy, rule-driven universe of a chess board, seven-year-old Alice stumbles upon the inexplicable and absurd rules of a new world. Every fledgling chess player will empathize as Alice is met with surprise after surprise in this […]
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Act(s) of God provides no justification for its existence
Actor Kareem Bandealy’s playwriting debut overreaches.
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The American Mercy Tour, United Flight 232, and ten more new stage shows
A dual-sided look at health care and an electrifying study of heroism are among this week’s best bets.
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American Hwangap, Matt Damon Improv, and 12 more stage and comedy shows to see now
A Korean-American family drama and an all-female Annoyance troupe are among this week’s best bets.
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Hnath Fest! Lookingglass and Writers Theatre present works by the same up-and-comer
Lookingglass and Writers Theatre present works by up-and-coming playwright Lucas Hnath, one effective, one coy.
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Rick Bayless’s Cascabel prices itself out of its pleasures
Rick Bayless’s Cascabel has priced itself out of the pleasure zone.
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It’s the memories that matter in The North China Lover
Deanna Dunagan outshines the central action in Heidi Stillman’s adaptation of The North China Lover.
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In Lookingglass Theatre’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, the big cat sleeps tonight
Lookingglass Theatre Company presents Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.
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Dutiful Drama
Trust, David Schwimmer’s stage play about online predators, is more case study than compelling story.