Levi Holloway’s horror show for A Red Orchid Theatre gives a feminist makeover to a familiar genre.
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A silent retreat fails to provide enlightenment in Small Mouth Sounds
Behold another exemplary production from A Red Orchid.
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The Artificial Jungle pays tribute to Charles Ludlam, the patron saint of queer comedy
The campy caper is such a throwback, it borders on family-friendly.
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Choir Boy, Foxfinder, and 12 more stage shows to see now
A play by Moonlight author Tarell Alvin McCraney and a paranoiac drama by British playwright Dawn Hall are among this week’s best bets.
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Playwright David Adjmi tears the cushions off Three’s Company
3C—get it?—is a dark parody of the old sitcom.
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Ubu the King, True West, and nine more new theater reviews
Alfred Jarry’s absurdist satire and a minor masterpiece by Sam Shepard are among this week’s highlights.
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Congo Square’s A Small Oak Tree Runs Red, Black Ensemble’s The Marvin Gaye Story, and ten more new theater reviews
Two African-American companies present revelatory dramas.
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Ike Holter’s astonishing Sender brings a hipster back from the dead
Shade Murray directs the Chicago wunderkind’s latest, now premiering at A Red Orchid Theatre.
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A Red Orchid’s sold-out Pilgrim’s Progress is gloriously, disquietingly puzzling
Gruesome, violent death lurks in playwright Brett Neveu’s latest, starring Michael Shannon.
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Cole Theatre aims high with its debut production, Ecstasy
Mike Leigh’s 1979 play Ecstasy is more about the agony than Cole Theatre’s debut production.