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The King and I
Perhaps this touring production of the discomfiting chestnut should mark the end of its era
Ragtime
Griffin reinvents Ragtime in a “chamber musical” revival that’s brimming with invention and heart
Bright Half Life
Two women experience love's ups, downs, ins and outs out of order in Tanya Barfield’s gem of a romance
Parade
Jason Robert Brown’s impressive score and a strong cast make for an enjoyable staging of the somewhat chilly musical
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Bright Half Life
Two women experience love's ups, downs, ins and outs out of order in Tanya Barfield’s gem of a romance
Native Gardens
Neighborly goodwill gets mowed down in a property dispute in Karen Zacarías’s carefully pruned comedy
You on the Moors Now
Literary heroines get dangerous in the Hypocrites’ raucous revisiting
Pass Over
The promised land remains out of reach in Antoinette Nwandu’s allegorical portrait of young black men waiting for change
Ragtime
Griffin reinvents Ragtime in a “chamber musical” revival that’s brimming with invention and heart
Moby Dick
A powerful, thrilling and acrobatic new adaptation that, like Ahab, just can’t quite capture the whale
