‘Creep’ Culminates Donald Fowler’s 15-Year Musical Search for Jack the Ripper
The Dallas actor makes his composing debut with a a murder mystery that’s been brewing in his mind for many years.
Previews
The Queen’s English: Two New Plays Find Inspiration in Elizabethan Language
Meg Miroshnik’s ‘The Droll’ looks at the theatre of Elizabeth’s time, while Karin Coonrod’s ‘texts&beheadings/ElizabethR’ deconstructs her language.
Mike Lew’s Rattled Hymn of a Tiger Cub
In ‘Tiger Style!’ the playwright takes a personal look at the Tiger Mother, and how success and happiness don’t always go hand-in-hand.
A Film Critic in Love in ‘The Black White Love Play’
A new show at Black Ensemble Theater sets Chaz and Roger Ebert’s storied romance to music.
Adrienne Truscott’s Raw, Rapey Vagina Monologue
Jokes about sexual assault seldom have the double-edged bite of Truscott’s riotous, disturbing solo show ‘Asking for It.’
A Cast of Cast-Aside Characters in Lisa Loomer’s ‘Homefree’
The city-bred playwright has gotten to know another America in rural Oregon, where both liberal and conservative communities are failing their young people.
Schindler and Neutra: Architects Who Couldn’t Avoid Each Other, Despite Their Best Efforts
Tom Lazarus’s new play ‘Princes of Kings Road’ traces two Viennese modernists who briefly worked together, then split up—then met again in an L.A. hospital.
Keith Josef Adkins’s New Play Recovers ‘The People Before the Park’
A new historical drama at New Jersey’s Premiere Stages sifts through the history of Seneca Village, a black and immigrant community razed for Central Park.
Distilling ‘Hee Haw’ Into ‘Moonshine,’ a Musical with More Than Just Hayseed Har-Hars
Bookwriter Robert Horn, along with Nashville song pros and director Gary Griffin, aims for the heart as well as the humor of the TV variety chestnut.
Samantha Barks Finds Her Outgoing Inner Child for Musical ‘Amelie’
Best known stateside as the big-screen Eponine, Barks throws herself into the role of a mischievous French waif.
