“Blueprint for Paradise”: A polished drama about Nazis for our time
The ruins of the Murphy Ranch, an abandoned pre-WWII Nazi compound in Pacific Palisades, have inspired a new play.
“The Suitcase”: Europe’s and America’s Holocausts seen from the Shawng Zeleezay
The ambitious Echo Theater Company is now staging the United States premiere of a surrealistic Polish play about the Holocaust.
Two plays about “command rape” - in war and in the office
Two plays about how men use rape to exert power over the women they conquer, command, and employ.
Molière’s madcap merriment amuses
"The Imaginary Invalid" pokes fun at doctors and the class system with ribald humor.
Black comedy “Armadillo Necktie” exposes open wound of U.S. in Iraq
A new self-described "jet-black comedy" takes on the national American character at the apogee of its foreign "nation building" enterprise.
Anti-slavery classic revived for the stage as “Tom”
A nineteenth-century American classic, re-imagined for the stage as a tale of racial injustice.
“Home/Sick” stages the 1970s Weathermen movement with explosive impact
In the waning days of the Vietnam War, democracy itself seemed to have ground to a halt. A newly re-staged play delves into that period.
Staceyann Chin takes Chicago by storm in one-woman show: “MotherStruck!”
The Chicago-based one-woman show brings audiences to tears of laughter and pain.
“Gruesome Playground Injuries”: Wounds, blood, and scars on theatrical display
This two-person tour de force is playing through June 26 at the Hudson Backstage in Los Angeles.
"The City of Conversations": Politics is all in the family
Giardina is insightfully pointing out that beneath the surface - especially in politics, which makes strange bedfellows - things aren't always as they appear to be.
