Achy Obejas

Corrine Mi Confidente (RMM) (star) (star) Oh, Corrine, Ralph Mercado's teenage queen. She's cute enough, and there's some nice grit in the vocals, but this is still a work-in-progress. Recruited...

It's cozy at the Monkey Bar. Whether it's the Tuesday night comedy lineup or Superbowl Sunday or a weeknight after work, the confines of this little watering hole in Lincoln...

Ours is a versifying burg, a town perfect for jingles and doggerel, elegies and epics. But what we're really good at here is the art of poetry on the stage...

Angelica (Arista/Latin) (star) This is pretty pop from Arista/Latin's latest attempt at creating a Mexican-American Gloria Estefan. Angelica has a voice, and she's certainly pretty enough. But the songs on...

Klezmatics Possessed (Green Linnet) (star) (star) (star) (star) Maybe they should have subtitled this "with Tony Kushner," because the brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright contributes both lyrics and hilarious, touching liner...

There he was, rattling in the pot. Pincers taped shut and useless, the one-pound lobster struggling to escape to nowhere. He was, after all, in shellfish hell: a raw bar...

Susana Baca (Luaka Bop) (star) (star) (star) 1/2 Susana Baca is probably one of the most sensational singers ever to emerge from Peru. But until David Byrne heard her and...

Levante Las Manos (Scotti Bros.) (star) You know something's not quite right when Artie The 1 Man Party's exhortation to the dance floor -- where you're supposed to be frisky...

Jeff Abell, performance artist extraordinaire, has a secret to tell. "Lots of people know me from the many hats I've worn in this city over the years -- as a...

It has been a hell of a year for Lea DeLaria. To everyone's surprise -- except possibly her own -- she was a big hit off-Broadway in the revival of...