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Whatever you are expecting, Samadhi-lila isn’t it. The brainchild of Joshua Penman, this odd performance piece is neither an opera nor is it the multi-media […]

April 6, 2001

A haze of pipe smoke creates an atmosphere of tension as the opening scene of “Look Back in Anger” gives way to three characters in […]

March 30, 2001

It is hardly surprising that a show titled “Things to Do While Waiting for Your Abortion” is an issue play — but there are many […]

March 30, 2001

“The Complete History of America (Abridged)” is a comedy about the roots of modern America that is rich in potential, but lacks many of the […]

March 30, 2001

When writing his version of “The Birds,” Len Jenkin went the way of Shakespeare — by pilfering the ancient Greeks for inspiration and plot. Indeed, […]

March 30, 2001

If Barbra Streisand were an enormous, black drag queen dripping in magenta tafetta, she would have played Zanna instead of Yentl. In six-inch, silver stilettos, […]

March 23, 2001

An unspecified Greek island five years from now, a contemporary college dining hall and a 1969 marriage counselor’s office are the diverse settings of three […]

March 23, 2001

Matthew Shepard, Allen Ginsberg and Lewis Carroll share the stage this weekend in an unsettling blend of piano, dance, singing and soul at the Yale […]

March 23, 2001

Sam Shephard’s “Cowboy Mouth” is a rich and rewarding play for the probing glance it provides into modern man’s psyche. This all-engrossing piece has the […]

February 23, 2001

To stage a play by Bertolt Brecht, the renowned modern dramatist writing of the post-World War I period, is tricky business. Brecht’s plays are convoluted […]

February 23, 2001

They may disagree on precise definitions, but the characters of Warren Leight’s “Side Man” agree there is a fundamental difference between an “addict” and a […]

February 23, 2001