Strings Attached: A Chicago Immigrant Tale Travels to Scotland
Adventure Stage’s ‘Reprise’ tells the story of community change via a loaned violin.
Category Archives: Previews
Front & Center for September 2016
Political satires, dystopian dramas, new works festivals, and more take the stage this month.
Brecht 2.0: ‘The Threepenny Opera’ for the Digital Age
Atlanta’s 7 Stages creates a Brechtian world using onstage cameras and digital projections.
Evelina Fernandez’s Chicano Century Cycle
In ‘A Mexican Trilogy,’ the actor/playwright tells the story of a family, and a people, with her own creative family, the Latino Theater Company.
The Layered Betrayals of James McLure’s ‘Iago’
A backstage love triangle with its own history gets an overdue revival at New Jersey Rep.
Honesty Vs. Community in Harbor Stage’s ‘The Kritik’
Brenda Withers’s new play, set in 19th-century Russia, is inspired by her theatre’s experiences with feedback on Cape Cod.
‘Unexpected Joy’: It Really Comes Together When Mom Sings Along
A new musical from Bill Russell and Janet Hood tells the story of three generations of female musicians.
LaGuardia Alums Roar Into Their Twenties With ‘Where We’re Born’
The NYC-based theatre ensemble, comprising artists in their early twenties, stages stories that mirror their own.
Cottage Days: Annie Martin Writes From Childhood Memories
Inspired by her grandfather’s home, the playwright pens her new play ‘Summer Retreat.’
‘Daisy’: The Campaign Ad That Dropped a Bomb on American Politics
A new play about LBJ’s infamous mushroom-cloud commercial mines its political relevance—and its deeper implications for our uncsoncious fears.
