THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller, directed by Georgia Athearn, is a 1953 play that dramatizes the story of the Salem witch trials that took place in Massachusetts. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the U.S. Government persecuted people accused of being...
CLUE by Sandy Rustin, directed by Eddie Dethlef, is a play based on the classic board game and the 1985 Paramount movie, where six guests are invited to a mansion and a murder occurs. The play, a comedic whodunit, challenges the audience to solve the mystery of who killed the...
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, directed by Henry Avery, centers around Sheridan Whiteside, a sharp-tongued, demanding, and witty character, who is forced to stay with the Stanley family after an injury. He disrupts their lives with his eccentric...
Come From Away is the true story of the 38 planes and their passengers that were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland the morning of September 11, 2001. The United States closed the airspace for the first time in history and all planes coming from Europe were forced to land in Gander, a town of ab…
The story begins with Joan (Karen Leigh), a well to do mother and wife who lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. As she begins to tell her “where were you” account about that morning, I notice members of the audience nodding and nudging one another – if we were old enough to remember that…
Mean Girls kicked off the 97th Season at ALT, an enormous accomplishment and impressive feat, especially at a time when the arts, and theater in particular, are so vastly underfunded and rely heavily on the support of individual donors and community supporters. …
The play is presented in two acts. In Act 1, the scene is established: an elderly, wealthy woman (A) meets with a young lawyer (C) who has been sent to get A's affairs in order. Woman B, a nurse, gently cares for Woman A through moments of senility and vulnerability. C remains unimpressed and uninsp…
Sometimes a show seems like it’s of the moment; the plot points and action hits just right for the time. Many times they become iconic parts of the canon for years to come, but some tend to feel like they miss the mark too quickly. Bad Medicine, which has its world premiere at the Santa Fe Playhou…
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I won't post to X.Imagine my surprise and delight to view this musical through the fresh vision presented by Director Anna Hogan, cast and crew. Let’s begin with the basics, compliments of the Cabaret program:…
According to the Director’s note, The Drowning Girls is based on a true story. It tells the tale of three women who lived during the early half of the 20th century; all three were murdered by their husbands, drowned in their bathtubs. …
What did our critic think of SPRING AWAKENING at Musical Theatre Southwest?…
What did our critic think of OUT AT SEA at Theater Grottesco?…
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In this much acclaimed adaptation by Joseph Hanreddy and J. R. Sullivan, you enter the world of Jane Austen's much loved novel, the story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. This is the classic story of the Bennets, a family of five daughters with...
This true-to-life musical revue celebrates and explores human relationships, detailing the travails of dating and romance, from the first date to growing old together in the age of safe sex. Although it takes the form of a series of vignettes each portraying individual stories...
Set in fogbound London in 1880, Angel Street tells the story of a seemingly normal couple, Jack Manningham and his wife Bella. As the drama unfolds, it becomes clear that Jack Manningham is intent on convincing his wife Bella that she is going mad, even to the point of assuring...
The Men of Mah Jongg centers around four older buddies from NYC, struggling with the pitfalls of old age, only to discover the unlikely game of Mah Jongg as the key to their unbridled happiness. Recent widower Sid Weinberg, a recluse facing ever growing physical & emotional...
Set in a drought-ridden rural town in the West in Depression era America, The Rainmaker tells the story of a pivotal hot summer day in the life of spinsterish Lizzie Curry. Lizzie keeps house for her father and two brothers on the family cattle ranch. She has just returned from...
The Adobe entry in The Southwest Irish Theater Festival. This play is set in a seaside hotel in Inish, Ireland. In order to attract more tourists to the resort, the owner of the hotel has decided to host a serious acting company that will be presenting modern drama in the town's...
The Drowsy Chaperone, a comic "musical within a play," is an homage to American musicals of the jazz age. It won 8 Tony Awards in 2006 including best book. The Man In The Chair, a mousy agoraphobic Broadway fanatic seeking to cure his "non specific sadness", listens to a...
A Moon for the Misbegotten,The Adobe Theatre is proud to announce its production of Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical play, A Moon for the Misbegotten. This was O’Neill’s last full length play, and is considered one of the classics of American theater. The story is set on a...
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