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Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood in "Bug."
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Review: Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood scratch more than an itch in Tracy Letts’ ‘Bug’
Matthew Wexler Jan 8, 2026 0

By Matthew Wexler From playing the tightly-wound, corset-wearing matriarch on The Gilded Age to smoking a crack pipe in a…

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(l-r) Caleb Joshua Eberhardt and Alia Shawkat in "You Got Older."
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‘You Got Older’ mines for grief in the small talk & finds more than it bargained for
Emily Chackerian Feb 23, 2026
(l-r) Myah Bridgewater, Brenna DiStasio, Tamsen Glaser and Emily Marso with (back) Peter Ferneding in the world premiere of "Pot Girls" at The Story Theatre.
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‘Pot Girls’ delivers a smoky riff on Caryl Churchill’s classic play but can’t clear the air
Matthew Wexler Feb 23, 2026
Will Conard and Eva Kaminsky in The Huntington's production of "We Had a World."
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Joshua Harmon gets personal in ‘We Had a World’—and it pays off
Matthew Wexler Feb 20, 2026
The cast of "Chez Joey" at Arena Stage.
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Arena Stage’s ‘Chez Joey’ has big ambition. Does the classic framework hold it back?
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