Review: Noel Coward’s Wit Retains Its Flavor in Updated Private Lives at Raven Theatre

Two newly wed couples arrive for their honeymoons at a swank resort hotel in France. Unbeknownst to both couples, the…
Two newly wed couples arrive for their honeymoons at a swank resort hotel in France. Unbeknownst to both couples, the…
Almost everything that is written about the times we live in uses words like troubled, divided, and unprecedented. Various adjectives…
The Luckiest is the ironic title of a superb play by Melissa Ross, now on stage at Raven Theatre. It’s a…
Few 20th century works of art have inspired as many adaptations as Stanislaw Lem’s 1961 science fiction classic Solaris: three…
It’s the most famous slammed door in theater history. And it’s the most satisfying slammed door for a feminist. It’s…
Sundown, Yellow Moon by Rachel Bonds is a family story about twin sisters from the big city who visit their…
First of all, there’s the bar. Jeffrey D. Kmiec’s design of Hank’s Bar is a classic and so realistic you…
Playwright Theresa Rebeck is a master of dialogue and never hesitates to portray the bad manners of her contemporaries. Her…
This isn’t a “best theater of 2018” list. We didn’t see everything. Most of our writers are freelancers, all with…
The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh is a story of two Irish brothers, locked in a codependent relationship of affection and…
Playwright Tennessee Williams is a master of his craft. He is skilled at conjuring up a time or place and…
Tennessee Williams has been a local favorite for decades, ever since December 27, 1944, when Claudia Cassidy, the fearsome Chicago…
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