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Theater Review: “The Little Prince” Dazzles at The New Rep

December 1, 2014

If you want to expand your heart and mind this holiday season, you couldn’t do better than go to The Little Prince.

Theater Review: “A Disappearing Number” — An Encounter With Mathematical Wonder

October 27, 2014

A Disappearing Number combines mathematics and drama in ways that will enthrall some, overwhelm others, and puzzle the rest.

Theater Review: “Alice” Grows Up in a Musical Wonderland

October 22, 2014

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Andrew Barbato’s play turns the Dormouse, the White Queen, and even the Red Queen (“Off with their heads!”) into nurturing Montessori teachers, concerned with comforting and reassuring an upset Alice.

Theater Review: A Flawed “Far From Heaven” at Speakeasy Stage Company

September 20, 2014

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In the musical Far From Heaven, the pleasure of Cathy’s first-act dream overwhelms the anguish of her second-act awakening.

Theater Review: Nora Theatre Company’s “Emilie” — Where History, Feminism, and Science Fiction Meet

September 16, 2014

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At its deepest level, Emilie invokes the quest we all undertake to make sense of who we are, where we have come from, and where we are going.

Theater Review: “Her Aching Heart” — Laughing Heartily at Heterocentrism

July 17, 2014

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The Nora Theatre Company’s production of Her Aching Heart has enough energy, wit, challenge, and—yes—heart to delight those who approach the rousing satire with the right spirit.