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.’
Category Archives: Previews
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.
Two New Riffs on an Ancient Legend Share a Mission: Free Salomé!
Two wildly different new versions unveil the woman behind the myth.
Brothers Work It Out in Idris Goodwin’s ‘Bars and Measures’
The real-life story of jailhouse meetings between two music-loving siblings is the basis of a new play at B Street Theatre.
Son House Is in the House for Geva Theatre Center ‘Revival’
A blues legend who lived in Rochester, N.Y., for 20 of his quieter years is the subject of a citywide celebration and a new play by Keith Glover.
Waterlogged Wives of Bath in ‘The Drowning Girls’ at Mildred’s Umbrella
In the tale of a century-old serial murder case, the feminist theatre company finds a resonant and literally immersive fable of abuse.