Reproductive rights cuts both ways: the government deciding that you may not have a child comes from the same authoritarianism that tells you that you must continue an unwanted pregnancy. Given current grim news about the impending SCOTUS decision overturning Roe v. Wade, that thought is unavoidable when viewing Zoe Kazan’s dystopian After the Blast. […]
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Barroom power ballads
Kim Boler directs Mike Beyer and Kirk Pynchon’s Cleveland-set comedy about gentrification, nostalgia, and karaoke; not necessarily in that order. A group of regulars meets up on a frigid winter night for what they think will be just another night of singing their songs at their favorite local hole-in-the-wall. Little do they know that it’s […]
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Last Night In Karaoke Town is a raucous Rust Belt showdown
A Cleveland bar faces gentrification in Factory’s latest.
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Hell Followed With Her is less gory than advertised
A ghost-town saloon sets the stage for this zombie-spaghetti western hybrid.
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Triassic Parq: The Musical, A Fool’s Journey, and five more new stage shows to see (or avoid)
A remounted spoof with singing dinosaurs and a Misfit Circus cabaret are among this week’s best bets.