House of Gold
Ensemble Studio Theatre
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Double Indemnity
ACT: A Contemporary Theatre
Seattle
(206) 292-7676
This new adaptation of James M. Cain’s tale of a femme fatale is “riveting, seamy, and eye-popping,” said The Seattle Times. Carrie Paff is “not quite as icy” as Barbara Stanwyck was in Billy Wilder’s classic film, but this play’s “ghoulishly operatic” twist “hews closer to the sinewy 1935 novel.”
Pelleas & Melisande
The Cutting Ball Theater
San Francisco
(800) 838-3006
The titular couple exhibit “an almost comical acceptance” of their tragic fate in this production of an 1893 “symbolist classic,” said the Marin, Calif., Independent Journal. Still, Rob Melrose’s dance-infused staging “offers plenty of aesthetic delights” despite its wan romance.