With Chicano swagger and a sly sense of humor, Luis Alfaro tears Sophocles’ timeless Greek tragedy out of its mythic past and catapults it into the vivid, vicious reality of today’s L.A. barrios. Here Oedipus does hard time for ripping off a Costco, Jocasta splashes on the cheap perfume while glued to “All My Children”, Read More»
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
This long running Off-Broadway absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism. In his first comedy for the stage, Steve Martin plays fast and loose with Read More»
The Taming of the Shrew
Sweet-tempered daddy’s girl Bianca can have her pick of suitors, but not until her sister, the fiery-tongued Kate, is married off. Rising to the challenge is fortune-seeking Petruchio, but can he match Kate jab for jab? Shakespeare’s outrageous comedy introduces one of the theatre’s greatest pairs, a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other Read More»
The Pillowman
THE PILLOWMAN was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Foreign Play, and two Tony Awards in 2004-2005. With echoes of Stoppard, Kafka, and the Brothers Grimm, THE PILLOWMAN centers on a writer in an unnamed totalitarian state who is being interrogated about the Read More»
The Wedding Singer
Based on the movie of the same name, THE WEDDING SINGER takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, and a wedding singer just might be the coolest guy in the room. It’s 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the Read More»
