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Central Square Theater, Cambridge, Mass., (617) 576-9278
Writer Anna Ziegler has trained “a long-overdue spotlight” on physicist Rosalind Franklin, said The Boston Globe. Becky Webber’s “carefully calibrated” portrayal of Franklin reveals this little-known DNA pioneer to have been both a hero of scientific discovery and “a compelling character.”
The Cost of the Erection
The Blank Theatre Co., Los Angeles, (323) 661-9827
Jon Marans channels both Noël Coward’s effervescence and the subtle menace of Edward Albee’s best dramas in this “sly and sophisticated portrait of marital strife,” said Backstage.com. Its story about two Manhattan couples “bristles with sardonic humor and startling character revelations.”
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Weapons: Julia Garner stars in 'hyper-eerie' psychological thrillerThe Week Recommends Zach Cregger's 'top notch' new film opens with 17 children disappearing at exactly the same time
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Freakier Friday: Lohan and Curtis reunite for 'uneven' but 'endearing' sequelThe Week Recommends Mother-and-daughter comedy returns with four characters switching bodies
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Al fresco art: the UK's best sculpture parksThe Week Recommends Soak up the scenery with a stroll through these open-air galleries
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If/Thenfeature Tony-winning Idina Menzel “looks and sounds sensational” in a role tailored to her talents.
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Rocky
feature It’s a wonder that this Rocky ever reaches the top of the steps.
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Love and Information
feature Leave it to Caryl Churchill to create a play that “so ingeniously mirrors our age of the splintered attention span.”
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The Bridges of Madison County
feature Jason Robert Brown’s “richly melodic” score is “one of Broadway’s best in the last decade.”
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Outside Mullingar
feature John Patrick Shanley’s “charmer of a play” isn’t for cynics.
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The Night Alive
feature Conor McPherson “has a singular gift for making the ordinary glow with an extra dimension.”
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No Man’s Land
feature The futility of all conversation has been, paradoxically, the subject of “some of the best dialogue ever written.”
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The Commons of Pensacola
feature Stage and screen actress Amanda Peet's playwriting debut is a “witty and affecting” domestic drama.