Author: Colin Douglas
What We Do for Family
Curve of Departure – Northlight Theatre
When the lights rise on Lauren Nigri’s detailed, ultra-realistic Santa Fe motel room setting, we discover Linda ironing a man’s suit, while an
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Crime and Punishment – Shattered Globe
Sometimes one slaves over his plans for an event, rationalizes it to death and even envisions its aftermath. Such is this, Fyodor
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Little Shop of Horrors – Drury Lane Oakbrook
Welcome back, Scott Calcagno! This brilliantly multitalented, detail-oriented director returns to the
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Sweet Charity – Marriott Theatre
As the performance begins, the big, brassy chords of “Hey, Big Spender” reverberate throughout
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Legally Blonde – Paramount Theatre
Paramount Theatre’s Autumn offering is a funny, creatively produced, scrumptious, hyper-caffeinated musical draped in pink and
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Homos, or Everyone in America – Pride Films & Plays
Opening Pride Films & Plays’ second full season, nestled in their intimate, North Broadway venue, is New York playwright Jordan Seavey’s
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Avenue Q – Mercury Theatre
Calling this 2004 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Book and Score edgy is like saying that pornography is spicy. But it’s so much more
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A Shayna Maidel – Timeline Theatre
Barbara Lebow’s wrenching and uplifting drama about two sisters, reunited after years of separation, tells just one of the many stories
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Vietgone – Writers Theatre
A huge success last year as part of Writers Theatre’s new play reading series, Qui Nguyen’s autobiographical, two-act comic drama opens
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Nightmares and Nightcaps: The Stories of John Collier – Black Button Eyes Productions-
British-born author John Collier, best-known for his highly polished, but bitterly flippant fantasies, was regularly featured in The New Yorker, from the 1930’s through the 1950’s. His dark style might even be viewed as a precursor to contemporary authors Neil Gaiman, Roald Dahl or even Ray Bradbury. Collier’s sophisticated, edgy stories and novels, filled with poetic descriptions, sharp, caustic wit, frightening characters and bizarre plot twists, have been anthologized here in theatrical form.
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