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Dividing the Estate; The Gallerist; 9 Circles
Dividing the Estate
The Old Globe, San Diego
(619) 234-5623
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Horton Foote understood that “nothing binds a family together quite like the strife that tears them apart,” said The San Diego Union-Tribune. At the Old Globe, Foote’s daughter Hallie and son Horton Jr. help capture “the bittersweet wit” of their father’s play about a squabbling Texas clan that believes a fortune is coming its way.
The Gallerist
Rorschach Theatre, Washington, D.C.
(202) 399-7993
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Fengar Gael’s new drama “strives mightily to avoid any contact with the typical,” said The Washington Post. A story about a New York gallery owner’s discovery of a treasure trove, it’s “a fusion of Gothic Freudian intrigue and lesbian romance” that deserves a braver staging.
9 Circles
Curious Theatre, Denver
(303) 623-0524
Based on the true story of a horrific war crime in Iran, Bill Cain’s drama is “soaked in ambiguity,” said the Boulder Daily Camera. Sean Scrutchins gives “a stunning turn” as Pvt. Daniel Reeves, a “deeply damaged soldier” who’s convicted of committing rape and murder but makes justice’s apparent triumph feel hollow.
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Rocky
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Love and Information
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The Bridges of Madison County
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Outside Mullingar
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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
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