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‘110 in the Shade’ by BoHo Theatre: Lizzie knows the difference between wishing for rain and settling for the truth

May 9, 2019 at 5:50 a.m.

“Soon it’s gonna rain, I can see it. Soon it’s gonna rain, I can tell.” All right, fine. Those lyrics are from “The Fantasticks” and not “110 in the Shade,”...

In ‘Scientific Method’ at Rivendell, a female scientist has been scooped — it’s no surprise what happens next

May 9, 2019 at 5:50 a.m.

In January 2018, Pew Research Center released the results of a study on women working in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs that revealed 50 percent said they had...

‘Radio Culture’ by TUTA: Arts on the radio provide a tiny escape for a workaday foreman in Belarus

May 9, 2019 at 5:50 a.m.

Belarus Free Theatre is best known locally for stunning deconstructions of classics, such as their mind-blowing production of “King Lear” at Chicago Shakespeare in 2016. But the company, which has...

Theater Unspeakable’s cartoonish ‘American Revolution’ can’t tell us much about history

May 9, 2019 at 5:50 a.m.

Theater Unspeakable takes a cue from the Reduced Shakespeare Company by condensing the history of the American Revolution to 50 minutes. Then it further “reduces” the story by confining the...

Remy Bumppo’s grim ‘Frankenstein’ a journey from monster to man and back again

May 9, 2019 at 5:50 a.m.

If you stitched together a butoh performance and a zombie film, you’d come close to capturing the look and feel of the opening minutes of Remy Bumppo’s “Frankenstein.” Greg Matthew...

Can love and music still change the world? Stoppard’s ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll’ gets another spin at Artistic Home

May 9, 2019 at 5:50 a.m.

What’s more dangerous than a heretic? A pagan. At least, that’s the view propounded by Jan, the young Czech sorta-dissident in Tom Stoppard’s 2006 “Rock ’N’ Roll.” First seen locally...

In Lynn Nottage’s warm ‘Crumbs From the Table of Joy,’ a 1950s New York family fights loneliness, doubt

May 9, 2019 at 5:49 a.m.

Lynn Nottage may be one of the most humane playwrights in our contemporary canon. Her plays give breathing space for her characters to find their voices, no matter how constricted...

‘Oxy, Ohio’ tells a mother-daughter story of opioid addiction in Dayton — but could be anywhere

May 9, 2019 at 5:49 a.m.

In June 2017, an article by Mark Gokavi in the Dayton Daily News mentioned that one man in the Ohio city had been revived via Narcan by police 20 times...

Taking a cue from Charles Ludlam, David Cerda camps it up in ‘The Artificial Jungle’

May 9, 2019 at 5:49 a.m.

The late Charles Ludlam and his Ridiculous Theatrical Company provided the blueprint for David Cerda’s Hell in a Handbag Productions, purveyors of quality camp since 2002. So it’s perhaps odd...

‘Legally Blonde’ at the Paramount is pink, silly and plenty of fun

May 31, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

Omigod you guys! Sisterhood is awesome! If you want a show that celebrates female friendship with flying colors (mostly on the pink end of the spectrum), then have no fear...

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