Fall River Fishing

Director Eric Tucker and his taut company Bedlam depart from their usual classical-theater path to take a whack at the legend of Lizzie Borden, who was acquitted of axe-murdering her parents in 1892 but has been condemned in rhyme ever since. Zuzanna Szadkowski (Gossip Girl) and Deborah Knox's irreverent dark comedy weaves in pop-culture threads from A Doll's House to the Manson murders and beyond. Joining Szadkowski and Knox in the cast are Susannah Millonzi, Jamie Smithson and the reliably discomfiting Tony Torn.