A band of suburban moms unexpectedly achieve the musical success that eluded Charles Manson.
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This hospital one-act is anything but maudlin. It's tense, gripping, funny, and surprisingly celebratory.
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In a perfect world, Brown's superhero songs would be distributed in goodie bags at Comic-Con.
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My cultural references are just as good as your cultural references.
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Mark Stuart makes it sound easy, with or without the Man in Black.
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Three aging punk rockers battle their own demons and a cartoon monster in Casey Wimpee's play.
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A philosophizing three-year-old and a tragicomically misunderstood Salome highlight an uneven but diverting evening of one-acts.
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No one does bedroom farce like the British.
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With raw vocal power and smart, evocative lyrics, Bobby Long is a folksinger with a spirited intensity.
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