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Oedipus the King by Sophocles A king unwittingly kills his father and marries his mother in this greatest of all Greek tragedies. Translated and directed by Nicholas Rudall. Starring W. Morgan Sheppard and Carolyn Seymour.
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The Falsettos, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Music and lyrics by William Finn, book by William Finn and James Lapine. Original cast members Michael Rupert, Stephen Bogardus, and Chip Zien reunite in this story of a family turned upside down by Dad moving in with his lover.
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Design for Living by Noel Coward. Three terminally stylish friends share rivalrous affections in a twisted love triangle. Written in 1932, the play was deemed extremely daring, and even by today’s standards is considered controversial in its frank take on sex, love and commitment, proving to be one of Coward’s.
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Dinah Was by Oliver Goldstick. It’s 1959. Dinah Washington, legendary blues star, cannot enter a hotel without a white escort. Yvette Freeman reprises her Obie award-winning performance in this passionate play on race in America.
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A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller, starring Mary McDonnell, Harry Hamlin, Amy Pietz, and Ed O’Neill. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone is devoted to his wife, Beatrice, and to his niece, Catherine. When Beatrice’s impoverished Sicilian cousins enter the U.S. illegally in the hope of finding work, Eddie gives them a helping hand. But when … Continued
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An evening of Old Time Radio Drama, beginning with Howard Koch’s adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds. Leonard Nimoy, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner and fellow cast members from the TV series "Star Trek" recreate this classic science fiction thriller, which became known as the "panic broadcast" when it first aired in 1938. The … Continued
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The Lucky Spot by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley, starring Jean Smart, Jack Black, Kurtwood Smith, and James McLure. It’s Christmas Eve, 1938, and 15-year-old Cassidy Smith is very pregnant with the child of 40ish Reed Hooker. Cassidy is desperate to marry Reed, Reed is desperate to open Louisiana’s hottest new taxi-dancing emporium, and neither … Continued
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Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde. Starring Roger Rees, Joanna Going, Eric Stoltz, and Lisa Harrow. A lord, his wife, her admirer and an infamous blackmailer converge in the irreverent satire that launched Wild’s succession of classical comedies. This delicious comic feast serves up a scandal about good girls, bad husbands and hilarious hypocrisy. Utterly … Continued
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Park Your Car in Harvard Yard. Jason Robards and Judith Ivey reprise their Broadway roles in Israel Horovitz’s classic tale about the meanest, toughest teacher ever to set foot in Gloucester High School, and the housekeeper he hires to look after him, who has her own secrets.
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Tonight: "Mizlansky/Zilinksy" by Jon Robin Baitz. Hollywood producer David Mizlansky has it all, but he’s about to lose it all to the IRS unless he can pull off one last deal. A dark portrait of some unforgettable low-lifes as they navigate the murky lower depths of Hollywood.
