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(l-r) Christopher Borg, CJ DiOrio, and Jalen Ford in "Our House."
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Is Barry Boehm’s ‘Our House’ ready for the conversation it starts?
Jude Cramer Mar 7, 2026
The cast of "Burnout Paradise": (l-r) Dominic Weintraub, Claire Bird, Hugo Williams, and William Strom.
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‘Burnout Paradise’ stacks the odds against itself and wins anyway
Matthew Wexler Mar 5, 2026
Lenin Izquierdo in Goodman's "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao."
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Goodman’s ‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’ has a gifted cast and one glaring problem
Matthew Wexler Mar 5, 2026
(l-r) "Miss Julie," "Here Lies Love," and "Chinese Republicans."
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