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    Parade

    This brilliant musical eloquently dramatizes a real-life tragic miscarriage of justice that occurred in Atlanta in 1913: the false conviction and ultimate mob lynching of Jewish factory superintendent.

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    Gogol Project

    Your appreciation for this production will depend largely on the style of theater you prefer. This is storytelling for the eyes and ears more than for the heart, yet the visuals are magnificent.

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    Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today

    Whether revealing private matters regarding himself and an onstage musician or daring to make a barb against journalists while reviewers attend his show, this guy's a bona fide scamp.

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    Mom's the Word

    Motherhood seems to inspire otherwise poised and judicious women to deliver hormonally driven stories about their birth experiences and those of others.

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    Shining City

    Irish writer Conor McPherson has received critical kudos for his earlier plays "The Weir," and "Shining City" but, in this production at least, it's hard to understand why

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    Three Sisters

    Don't ask us why we repeatedly see the same plays, such as this Chekhov chestnut, willingly and happily.

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    Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Tuneful, funny, and heartwarming, this production offers a flavorful visit to the literary world of Mark Twain, bolstered by Miller's charming score.

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    An Evening Without Monty Python

    One can nitpick that the original members of Monty Python are inseparable from the roles they owned but there are great moments of joy to be had here.

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    Naked Boys Singing!

    In a strong season for gay-oriented fare, the climate seems ideal for a revisit to conceiver-director Robert Schrock's spirited nudie revue.

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    Medea

    "It's natural for a woman to be upset," says Jason to Medea after he has left her to marry another woman. How's that for the understatement of the last 2,500 years?