Ameriville
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, Chicago
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Josephine Tonight
MetroStage, Alexandria, Va.
(800) 494-8497
Sherman Yellen and Wally Harper’s new musical about Josephine Baker benefits from “an exuberant performance” in the title role, said Washingtonian.com. Zurin Villanueva convincingly charts Baker’s rise from gangly Missouri teen to “elegant, commanding star,” elevating the show from “ho-hum musical biography” to “a knockout night at the theater.”
Elemeno Pea
South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, Calif.
(714) 708-5555
Any adult with a sibling or two can relate to the “authentic doses of judgment and jealousy” in Molly Smith Metzler’s new play, said LA Weekly. Her lively story about two sisters from blue-collar Buffalo is weighed down by heavy-handed messages about money and class, but “the sisterly love story—with all its jagged edges”—is winning.
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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.