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Affluent Americans slinging veiled insults and witty retorts is a favorite spectator sport for theatregoers. Family dysfunction transformed into verbal repartee exchanged in a cloud of cigarette smoke and alcohol was especially in vogue in those swinging, drinking eras of the early to mid- twentieth century. First performed in 1966, A DELICATE BALANCE, by Edward Albee (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), is a densely worded drawing room dramedy. It's a well-ordered setting for the messy lives living in it.

There's a reason 'She Stoops To Conquer' continues to grace stages worldwide nearly 250 years since it was first performed in 1773...It's funny, and in a myriad of ways

Theatrical Mining Company's TURDUCKEN is by Lisa Hodsoll and directed by Andrew Peters. It ran at Le Clerc Hall at the College of Notre Dame as part of the 28th Baltimore Playwrights Festival from July 16, 2008 to August 2, 2009.

Last chance to see a quartet of short plays by the prolific Simon.London Suite is a different ball game. It started Off-Broadway at the Union Square Theatre with the likes of Carole Shelley, Kate Burton and Jeffrey Jones. It later became a Hallmark and NBC Entertainment television movie made in LonDon Starring such luminaries at Patricia Clarkson, Kelsey Gtammer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, and Madeline Kahn among others who arrive at the posh Connaught Hotel.