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'Woody Sez' at People's Light
This music is your music
Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie, currently playing at People’s Light & Theatre Company, is a tribute to the legacy of one of America’s folk music icons.
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Sharr White’s ‘Annapurna’ at Theatre Exile
Never too late
Annapurna, Sharr White’s intense two-character play, captures the nuances of despair behind a formerly married couple, as well as the bleak humor of their situation, with a generous assist from superb performances by Pearce Bunting and Catharine Slusar.
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Neil Patrick Harris in 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'
Wicked little town
Is it time to stop acting like gender-bending is a big deal?
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EgoPo’s ‘Gint’
Ibsen in Appalachia
EgoPo has transformed a seemingly unstageable play into a vivid pageant about the road to purgatory.
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'I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change' at Walnut Street Theatre
Seeking love at any age
Technology and cultural references may change, but relationships have been difficult since Adam and Eve first met in the garden of Eden and tried to work things out.
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'Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill' in NYC
Lady Day returns to 15th and Bainbridge
The human spirit, expressed through song, is an ultimate triumph over personal tragedy. Thanks to the generosity and compassion of Audra McDonald's brilliant voice, Billie Holiday sings on.
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Deb Margolin's '8 Stops' at SEI Innovation Studio
How long does it take to change a life?
Deb Margolin asks us to consider big questions. How much pain can we stand in our own lives, and how do we raise another human being — whether we have a lifetime to do it, or maybe just eight stops on a subway train?
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Peter Brook's 'Suit' and Athold Fugard's 'Train Driver'
Apartheid's end
Two different productions look at the effect of apartheid on South Africans, black and white.
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Michael Pennington's Lear in Brooklyn
An unforgettable Lear and an exemplary life in the theater
Michael Pennington’s elegant, deeply felt Lear — Shakespeare’s most challenging tragic role — is a study in fallibility, vulnerability, and the dignity of a man in defeat.
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'Bullets over Broadway: The Musical'
A crossfire of fun and musical mayhem
Who needs the angst that newer musicals have been offering these days? Bullets over Broadway: The Musical provides all the ammunition required for an evening of nostalgic pleasure.
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