Barry Boehm's "Our House" tackles race and gay marriage in 2014 America, but stumbles under the weight of its own…
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Goodman’s ‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’ has a gifted cast and one glaring problem
Goodman's The Brief Life of Oscar Wao wants to celebrate Dominican lives. It just keeps stepping on the women to…
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What three productions are saying about Asian visibility right now
From disco Marcos to corporate climbers, three regional theater productions are asking who gets to rise and what the climb…
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Lost in the algorithm: ‘Morning, Noon, and Night’ can’t find its human heart
Shattered Globe Theatre's “Morning, Noon, and Night” has big ideas but thin characters. Too bad the humans got lost in…
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5 regional productions worth the trip this March
From a page-to-stage adaptation to a contemporary take on Chekhov, March offers regional productions worth writing home about.
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‘Chinese Republicans’ bickers brilliantly. Until it doesn’t.
Alex Lin's Off-Broadway workplace dramady "Chinese Republicans" crackles with sharp dialogue but stumbles when it reaches for slapstick.
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In ‘The Reservoir,’ Noah Galvin faces addiction & a family at its limit
Noah Galvin anchors this tender memory play about sobriety and family — moving when it matters, even if the script…
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In ‘Miss Julie,’ Court Theatre finds something new inside a very old birdcage
Court Theatre's stunningly designed "Miss Julie" reimagines Strindberg's 1888 play with a thoughtful commentary about race and class.
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‘You Got Older’ mines for grief in the small talk & finds more than it bargained for
"You Got Older" is a messy, moving portrait of a family in freefall. Over a decade later, Clare Barron still…
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‘Pot Girls’ delivers a smoky riff on Caryl Churchill’s classic play but can’t clear the air
The Story Theatre's "Pot Girls" is a bold, brainy reimagining with scenes that cut deep, but the play's ambitious reach…
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