Music by Vivaldi, words by Sara Ruhl, choreography by Pam Tanowitz, and conception and vocals by countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo promise an impactful March 2025 premiere.
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With her incredible acting and vocal skills, McDonald colonizes every cell of Mama Rose.
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Life and death, good and evil, Greek myth, and epic adventure collide in this stunning new puppetry spectacular.
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Russian refugee kids and their American counterparts bring a powerful message we need to hear.
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This is the calm before the storm in ;Eureka Day' a play which pulls out all stops about childhood vaccinations.
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The superb cast of 'Cult of Love' during their Christmas celebration of love, angst and chaos.
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That's what I asked myself this morning as I glanced out the window.
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With all its high-tech spectacle and stagecraft, Richard Foreman's first new work in a decade revels in the retro
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Playwright Jenny Lyn Bader envisions what might have taken place during Arendt's eight-day imprisonment in 1933 Berlin.
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'Yokai', by Shigeru Mizuki brings readers into hidden world of Japan's wide range of monsters - some comical and some horrifying.
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