The week’s other opening
The Frequency of Death!
Eisemann Center
Richardson, Texas
(972) 744-4650
Kurt Kleinmann’s convoluted whodunit is “thin and silly,” but it’s also as glamorous as the 1930s B-movies it emulates, said the Dallas Observer. “Visually, the production is pretty spectacular.” The multilevel art deco set, the costumes, and the makeup are exclusively black and white, thus blending the effects of film and stage.
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If/Then
feature 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.