Something Wilder in Ethan Lipton’s ‘Seat of Our Pants’
A new musical based on Thornton Wilder’s 1942 epic ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ aims to bring the original’s absurdities closer to home.
Category Archives: Previews
A ‘Working Girl’ Who Just Wants to Have Fun (and Break Glass Ceilings)
Cyndi Lauper and Theresa Rebeck’s new musical at La Jolla Playhouse, based on the hit film, eyes the absurdities of the 1980s work culture—and the inequalities that are still with us.
Southern Discomfort in ‘Covenant’
Two productions of York Walker’s play, inspired by the Robert Johnson myth, bring the story home.
Chicana Ibsen
In Josefina López’s ‘An Enemy of the Pueblo,’ even a flawed woman can tell the truth.
Kitchen Sink Drama in ‘Dhaba on Devon Avenue’
Madhuri Shekar’s play, about an intergenerational family tussle over a restaurant and its menu, has its belated Chicago debut in a co-production of Writers Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Company.
‘Co-Founders’ Scores One for The Town
The creative team behind a new musical at ACT honors their oft-disrespected Oakland home, telling a story about its overlooked tech contributions with a locally brewed hip-hop sound.
A New Wind Sweeping Down the Plain in ‘O.K.!’
In Christin Eve Cato’s play at Intar Theatre, a pregnant actor finds herself in a state where she cain’t say no.
Just Sow Story: ‘The Vermont Farm Project’
Behind the scenes of a new interview-seeded ‘farm-to-stage’ musical at Northern Stage.
Memory Care in Noga Flaishon’s ‘Memoriam’
In this world premiere at Houston’s Main Street Theater, people can rent and fully experience the memories of others.
Garden Variety Grown From ‘Fifty Boxes of Earth’
A response to Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula,’ Ankita Raturi’s world premiere play explores what it means to try to survive in a new place when those already there treat you as a monster.
