Playing Around

“The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.” Bertrand Russell, [...]

Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was a misanthropic, alcoholic depressive known for writing psychological thrillers. Five decades of [...]

The Heiress is a period play that remains timely. Henry James’ heroine Catherine Sloper struggles to find her voice and assert herself [...]

Weddings, even those that begin as joyous occasions, often bring to the surface long-simmering feuds. In Everybody Knows, Laura (Penélope [...]

The astonishing and thoroughly entertaining works of the brilliant artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898 – 1972) are on display until [...]

Misery loves company, but it isn’t always a good judge of the company it keeps. And sometimes, when grief runs too deep, it will invent [...]

Dysfunctional family plays, often with a black sheep, are common theatrical fodder. Leah Nanako Winkler’s uneven play has originality [...]

Televangelist Dr. Thomas Isaac Rehan (Christopher Sutton), with more than a passing resemblance to Joel Osteen, broadcasts from a St. Louis [...]