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I’m about to tell you not to miss a play about genocide ... and that's not even the weird part... I’m going to tell you it’s a fun night out. Before you think I’ve completely lost my mind, let me break down Lauren Yee’s

When coming out of a busy subway stop in the '80s, you might be lucky enough (or unlucky enough) to come across a game of three-card monte. The game is near a guy with a cheap briefcase of counterfeit Rolexes caught up in a swirl of steam escaping a

It’s hard to screw up Michael Frayn’s farce Noises Off. Its solidity comes from its structure. If you don’t know the British backstage comedy, it’s a three-part theme and variation. In the first act, you’re watching the final rehearsal for a British comedy. We mostly

Time hasn’t been kind to Larissa FastHorse’s new play Fake It Till You Make It. That may be an odd thing to say about a world premiere that just opened last night but if you stick with me, you’ll see what I mean. Fake It Till You

I am about to tell you that a beard is the reason to go see a play. I know that sounds nuts, and I’m probably biased, but my god, it’s one hell of a beard! It’s messy. It’s big. It seems to have a mind of

There’s a sketch of next season on artistic directors' walls or computers right now. Maybe it’s a bunch of Post-its on a whiteboard, maybe an elaborate Excel spreadsheet, or just some scribbled lines in a notebook — but there’s an idea about the future. My guess, if